Lewis Hamilton talked about the controversial Grenfell deal Mercedes signed, and insisted that he wasn’t part of it at all.
Mercedes earned the wrath of many people when they announced their partnership with Kingspan. Kingspan’s logo even appeared on Hamilton’s car for the first time in Saudi Arabia.
However, Kingspan is famous for something terribly tragic, and that is causing the death of many people through carelessness. As a result, when Mercedes signed a deal with them, it sent shockwaves across the business world.
Hamilton talked about the controversial Grenfell deal, and revealed that he is just being asked things even though he knows nothing.
“It is not something that I feel I have to speak about publicly,” he said, as quoted by Get Reading.
“I had nothing to do with the team signing any of the sponsors. Tommy (Hilfiger) was the only one I probably brought to the team.
“It was news to me when I heard the things that have happened this week and I was very aware and watching closely all the families affected by what happened there.
“We know there has been a huge outcry and an amazing amount of support by people in the community around there. It is really nothing to do with me and I know Toto (Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff) is sorting it.
“Unfortunately my name is associated with it because it has been on my car but whether that remains the same, we will see,” he concluded.
Duly acknowledged
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff reached out to the Grenfell survivors, and expressed his desire to meet up with those involved at the earliest.
“The tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire was beyond imaginable to me, and it should never have happened,” he wrote in a letter.
“On behalf of our team, I would sincerely like to apologise to you for the additional hurt that this announcement has caused. It was never our intention to do so. The work of the public inquiry to establish the full causes of the tragedy is crucially important.”
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