Last weekend’s 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix season finale marked four years since an end-of-year team photoshoot - which he noted for a lack of diversity - prompted the Mercedes driver to eventually establish of The Hamilton Commission, a programme which works to improve the representation of Black people in UK motorsport.
The Hamilton Commission officially launched in June 2020 and then a year later, he pledged £20 million to the creation of Mission 44, a charitable foundation that helps to educate, employ and empower young people from under-represented backgrounds.
But Hamilton says that the Mercedes 2023 team photo taken on Thursday night at the Yas Marina circuit has proved that F1 has not progressed anywhere near enough with increasing its diversity.
He said: “It's more important for me [than any on-track achievements].
“Honestly, it's been a long process. It started really here in 2019.
“I'm not going to lie. We just did a team photo and I still look and I'm like, ‘Damn, we still have so much work to do’.
“There's three people of colour, for example. But there are a lot more women. But still, that needs to shift.
Source: Autosport