{"id":3115,"date":"2022-07-11T01:08:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T07:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/?p=3115"},"modified":"2024-04-22T02:46:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T02:46:05","slug":"monday-musings-the-power-of-the-rainbow-in-f1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/2022\/07\/11\/monday-musings-the-power-of-the-rainbow-in-f1\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Musings: The power of the rainbow in F1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Lewis-Hamilton-LGBTQ-helmet-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Lewis-Hamilton-LGBTQ-helmet-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Formula One&#8217;s Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has a unique streak going on right now. Every race in which he has worn an LGBTQ+ helmet, he has finished on the podium.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Qatar 21 November 2021: 1st place.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia 5 December 2021: 1st place.<\/p>\n<p>Abu Dhabi 12 December 2021: 2nd place.<\/p>\n<p>Canada 19 June 2022: 3rd place.<\/p>\n<p>Great Britain 3 July 2022: 3rd place.<\/p>\n<p>Austria 10 July 2022: 3rd place.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just a silly little stat, but F1 fans like these sorts of things. I think it&#8217;s kind of cool.<\/p>\n<p>Also, at this weekend&#8217;s Austrian Grand Prix, there was a lot of disgusting behavior from a select amount of fans. Misogyny has no place in this world and I&#8217;m happy everyone called it out, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/old.reddit.com\/r\/formula1\/comments\/vvedio\/spectators_at_the_red_bull_ring_are_speaking_up\/\">average fan<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/i.redd.it\/ygz6ilnibra91.jpg\">drivers<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AstonMartinF1\/status\/1546057775700217858\">teams<\/a> to the police to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/f1\/news\/f1-to-discuss-unacceptable-fan-harassment-with-austrian-gp-promoter\/10336027\/\">heads<\/a> of F1. The sport has <a href=\"https:\/\/old.reddit.com\/r\/formula1\/comments\/vvmmae\/luke_smith_f1_on_fan_harassment_in_austria_we\/ifknial\/\">a way to go<\/a> concerning equality and diversity, but it&#8217;s nice to see the people who <a href=\"https:\/\/old.reddit.com\/r\/formula1\/comments\/vvuayo\/erik_van_harenmax_verstappen_on_todays_reports_of\/\">should be<\/a> stepping up and <a href=\"https:\/\/the-race.com\/formula-1\/lifetime-bans-the-hard-actions-f1-drivers-want-on-fan-abuse\/\">leading the way<\/a> are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racefans.net\/2022\/07\/10\/mercedes-brought-hamilton-fan-into-garage-after-sexist-abuse-at-austrian-gp\/\">doing the right thing<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Formula One&#8217;s Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has a unique streak going on right now. Every race in which he has worn an LGBTQ+ helmet, he has finished on the podium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[131,217,299,328,402],"class_list":["post-3115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-watchingreading","tag-f1","tag-lgbtq","tag-racism","tag-sexism","tag-women"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3115"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3564,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3115\/revisions\/3564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irenenorth.com\/writings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}