It's 52 years since American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos introduced that powerfully defiant gesture to a worldwide TV audience when standing on the podium during their medal ceremony at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
Hamilton powered through with a time that was 1.216 seconds faster than Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
It was the Mercedes driver's record-extending 89th career pole and particularly impressive as he first beat Red Bull driver Max Verstappen's mark and then his own leading mark on his final lap.
In the event of a complete washout Saturday, qualifying could be moved to Sunday morning with the race set to start at 3:10 p.m.
The Tuscan GP at the Mugello circuit will be held on Sept. 13, the week after the Italian GP in Monza. They will be followed by the Russian GP at the Sochi Autodrom on Sept. 27.
Kallenius has now said that the two Mercedes drivers have been performing at the highest level for a while now and there is no point in tinkering with the line-up.
World champion Lewis Hamilton, the only black driver in F1, wore a T-shirt with Black Lives Matter on the front and End Racism on the back.
After a four-month suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic, the season is kicking off in Austria on Sunday with the first of eight European races.
Soccer players on fields in England and Germany have taken the knee together simultaneously before games in support of the Black Lives Matter movement
F1 has its first race on Sunday in Austria, four months after the opening race in Australia was cancelled and the season postponed.
Hamilton has spoken widely about racism in recent weeks following the killing of George Floyd -- a handcuffed and unarmed Black man -- by a police officer in Minneapolis in May.
Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas will race black-liveried Mercedes cars when the former targets Schumacher's record as F1 returns this week
Six-time champion Hamilton, who is gunning to equal Schumacher's all-time record of seven titles, stated everyone will have to follow changes put in place by the authorities for the sport to operate successfully in the wake of the pandemic.
Formula One chief Ross Brawn explained a series of changes when the season begins in Austria next month.
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix was due to be rescheduled after the postponement of its original race date on June 7, while the Singapore Grand Prix was scheduled for Sept. 20.
The Silverstone circuit will host a double-header in the Formula One season this year.
The Austrian Grand Prix will kickstart the Formula One season on July 5.
F1′s finances have taken a significant hit with the first 10 races of the season either cancelled or postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The race was set to take place at reworked Zandvoort circuit after for the first time since 1985 but fans in the country will have to wait for another year to see action from quarters.
McLaren's former Chief Operating Officer Simon Roberts joined British F1 team Williams as their director.
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