The British Formula 1 world champion said members of his Hamilton Commission “together will make a change”. Hamilton will lead the group alongside Dr Hayaatun Sillem, the chief executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Gast said the commission would “not only strengthen Formula 1 and motorsport, but will help bring needed talent into engineering”. Mercedes have pledged to increase those numbers and Hamilton has called on all other teams to match that commitment. F1 as a sport has launched an equality and diversity taskforce to increase opportunity for minority groups and has pledged to work with the Hamilton Commission. Hamilton will publish the findings and recommendations of his commission and take it “directly to key stakeholders who can help implement change”.

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