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BARCELONA: Formula One’s governing body was investigating claims on Sunday that a fan at the Spanish Grand Prix wore dark makeup to mock driver Lewis Hamilton. Television pictures showed a man wearing a McLaren team shirt and wig, and covered in dark makeup on his face, arm and hands and carrying an F1-style steering wheel among the 92,000 fans at the Circuit de Catalunya. It’s the same Spanish track where a group of spectators jeered and insulted Hamilton, F-1’s first black driver, at testing in February 2008. Then, a group of spectators wore wigs, dark makeup and T-shirts with the words “Hamilton’s Family” on them. There were no indications that Hamilton suffered any abuse on Sunday. FIA, which launched an anti-racism campaign as a result of the previous incident at Barcelona, said it was aware of the situation and investigating. Hamilton was honoured by the track on Friday for becoming F-1’s youngest ever champion last year at the age of 23. — AP
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