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F1: Chequered Flag

Chequered Flag Extra: Hamilton's Drive For Opportunity In F1

F1: Chequered Flag

BBC

Sports

4.22.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this Chequered Flag special, Harry Benjamin looks into the efforts being made to create more opportunity for young people in F1. We hear from a number of trailblazers including Lewis Hamilton who, through his charitable foundation Mission 44, is opening doors to careers within the sport.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

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0:09.0

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0:11.0

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0:13.0

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0:19.0

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0:24.7

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0:27.3

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0:29.4

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0:31.4

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0:37.0

Five Live Formula One.

0:41.1

Hello and welcome to a special edition of the checkered flag from Miami.

0:46.3

Now, you'll be listening to this, having already heard all of the action and reaction from the Miami Grand Prix.

0:52.4

But what we're focusing on today

0:54.3

is a drive of a different kind,

0:56.4

a drive for opportunity in Formula One.

1:03.2

It's the sport that has always been for the elite,

1:05.9

by the elite.

1:07.1

Luxury cars, racing around luxurious locations,

1:10.7

with A-listers and celebrities watching on.

1:13.4

And while that hasn't changed and won't ever change, many would argue it's the very fabric

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