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Lewis Hamilton says Ralf Schumacher's decision to come out as gay "sends such a positive message" but hamilton Formula 1 needs to make more progress on inclusivity. Schumacher, who raced in F1 from to and won six grands prix, said in a social media postexternal at the weekend that he was in a same-sex relationship.

Hamilton said: "Clearly he has not felt comfortable being able to say it in the past. It is definitely not a new thing. And hopefully he will be able gay say that he's, I lewis, so far had only positive feedback from people [in F1] and that's because of the time we're living in and the changes we are. Schumacher's sexuality was known within F1 when he was racing, but the German, the brother of seven-time champion Michael Schumacher, had never discussed it publicly and within the sport his privacy was respected.

Hamilton, speaking at the Hungarian Grand Prix before Sunday's 13th round of the F1 season, said that all sports "have a long way to go" before all members of society felt comfortable. Magnussen loses Haas drive for gay Schumacher left wrote on Instagram: "The most beautiful thing in life is when you have the right partner by your side with whom you can share everything".

From an inclusivity and diversity point of view, F1, McLaren, we have pushed for it a lot over the last hamilton or four years especially, the whole world kind of moved in that direction. It's great that he feels good and we all feel good for him as well. We lewis to show everyone that our incredible sport is open to you.

Hamilton, however, said that F1 needed to make progress in all areas, and singled out disability access as another problem. Hamilton said: "That's all started from Seb and I standing on the grid here and fighting against what the government was doing here. And in Saudi and Qatar, I remember Ralf said it wasn't a good idea to do those things.

And even him taking that step sends such a positive message and liberates others to be able to do the same. We need more and more people to be free to do that.

Lewis Hamilton leads F1’s reaction after Ralf Schumacher comes out as gay

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