I wonder who will win, in Hamilton's absence? Clearly, there's no way he could agree to race in a country with such an appalling record on human rights
In all fairness to Hamilton, it’s not his decision to make. Anyway, F1 never gave a damn about human rights. They raced in Argentina and Brazil during military dictatorships, in South Africa during apartheid, in China, Bahrein and Abu Dhabi now, etc. There are rumours of a race one day in Saudi Arabia, which would really be appalling.
One could hope it would have changed with new owners, but money talks. By the way, how « wonderful » that these new owners are called « Liberty » media!