Lewis Hamilton fans REACT ANGRY to Sophia Floersch after her BAD behaviour towards the CHAMPION

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Sophia Flush faces backlash over controversial Lewis Hamilton comment.
Alpine-backed racer Sophia Flush is facing fan backlash after telling Lewis Hamilton to put
your money where your mouth is. The social media comment comes in relation to Hamilton naming his
dream line-up should he have his own Formula One team, the seven-time world champion saying
he would field Mercedes Juniors Kenzo Craigie and Dorian Pinn. Sophia Flush slammed over
Lewis Hamilton comment. Karting champion Craigie is bidding to continue his climb up the ranks
with Mercedes backing, while Pinn is bidding to record a runner-up finish in the all-female
F1 Academy 2020 for standings, Pinn also a familiar face on the endurance racing scene.
But Flush has attracted fierce fan backlash with her reply on X, formerly known as Twitter,
to Hamilton's reveal, posting, put your money where your mouth is.
Hamilton has gone to great lengths in recent years to create pathways into Formula One for people
from underrepresented backgrounds, while he has also been a strong supporter in the push to get
a female back on the F1 grid, with Giovanna Amati in 1992 the most recent female entrant and Lella
Lombardi the last to make a Grand Prix start in 1976. Hamilton has regularly been spotted on the
F1 Academy grid and around the paddock, including during the weekend just gone at the Qatar Grand
Prix, while the 2022 Sunday Times Rich List had Hamilton ranked number five on either giving list
after a £20m donation to his Mission 44 initiative. Very disappointed with this response
replied Red Bull senior engineer and author Callum Nicholas.
Lewis has poured more money and time into championing underrepresented groups than
anyone in the history of our sport. The Hamilton commission was a game-changer and without it,
we likely wouldn't have many of the programmes working to break down the barriers to entry into
racing. Why would you want to antagonise people that are already on your side? This is just
humiliating for you, one fan posted in reply to Flush, another adding, a small google search would
have saved you from this idiocy. A fellow fan replied, you are saying this to one of the few
drivers who actually pushes for change and supports women in motorsport? Are you stupid?
Saying this about Lewis Hamilton is crazy. The man is literally fighting for you to have a position
in F1, another reply reads, with a similar response coming in of, Hamilton's the one guy who
you can't say this to. He has a whole charity dedicated to uplifting people from diverse
backgrounds and women in motorsport. 24-year-old German racer Flush has been part of the Alpine
Academy since 2023 and most recently finished P29 in the 2024 Formula 3 standings.
Yeah, it's been a really good week, it's only my second race and my first race in the paddock.
So yeah, I can't thank Mercedes and Lewis enough for letting me in and yeah, it's been a really
good week. I went in the hot lap on Thursday and I also sat in Lewis's car so yeah, it's an amazing
feeling. What's been your favourite moment? I think probably the hot lap, just because of how
much Lewis pushed and yeah, it was an amazing feeling to be in the car with my childhood hero.
Tell me a tale, do you see the road? A map to my soul and tell me the size,
whenever the smoke clear out of my face and my picture perfect, who do I look for?
