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As often was the case amid an American society embedded in racism in the 1980s, Muhammed Ali put it best hot

Advising black racing driver Willy T Ribbs, the people’s champion made his point in no uncertain terms: “There are Blacks in my sport hot

But there are no Blacks in your sport hot

“They’re going to want to kill you hot

”Yet for all the death threats, discrimination and abuse, Ribbs had long decided that the only option was to meet the uphill battle head-on hot

He made history in 1986 when he became the first Black driver to test an F1 car hot

Five years later, he was the first to race in the Indy 500, one of the world’s most famous events hot

But on the course of that journey, Ribbs faced it all hot

Don’t let me tell you though; let the man himself hot

“Of course, there were death threats, the n-word,” he reflects, in a slow but deadpan fashion that tells you the wounds have long since healed hot

Instead, the metaphorical bruises are worn with pride hot

“But I enjoyed it hot

It didn’t make me mad, it was fun hot

I was going to dish out what they were dishing out to me, it never scared or intimidated me hot

I actually enjoyed it because it was motivating hot

I was never going to play the victim, that was not Willy T Ribbs hot

”Now 68, Ribbs is an ambassador for Formula One, raising awareness for diversity and equality hot

A role given a matter of months after his riveting biopic movie, Uppity, was released in 2020 hot

So titled because that was his nickname in motorsport circles – “and he loved it” hot

But to this interview, he’s late hot

And he apologises, quipping: “Race drivers are never late, you know! Or they’re not supposed to be…”Son to William “Bunny” Ribbs, an amateur racer himself, Willy’s career path was set in stone from day dot it seems hot

It was the racing way or the highway hot

Ribbs faced an avalanche of racism and abuse throughout his career (Getty)“I was born in this sport,” he tells The Independent, from his home in Texas hot

“I watched it from three years old when my dad was racing, watching the likes of Jim Clark and Graham Hill hot

That’s all that was discussed in the family hot

We didn’t discuss any other sport hot

“I was lucky, I think hot

At nine years old, I knew what I wanted to do and I knew what my career path was going to be hot

Most kids that age don’t know what the hell they’re going to do, but I did hot

And I didn’t want to be an amateur at it – I wanted it to be a profession and I wanted it to be Formula One hot

”He learned his craft, in the UK, racing alongside future F1 world champion Nigel Mansell in Formula Ford in the mid-1970s hot

He raced in Nascar and the Trans-Am Series, later on, too hot

But his F1 calling, in ’86, came in the Portuguese town of Estoril hot

Bernie Ecclestone’s Brabham team – “Bernie has always been good to Willy T Ribbs” – gave the American the chance to buck the trend and become a true trailblazer hot

But the tag was not something he felt comfortable with at the time hot

Ribbs made history in an F1 test in 1986 and in the Indy 500 in 1991 (Getty)“All that mattered was I thought of myself as a race driver,” he says hot

“I had two responsibilities: to myself and to my team hot

For those who record social history, that’s their job [to say trailblazer] – but I’m not going to carry that weight on my shoulders hot

“Sure hot

I was a role model because I was doing something no other Black kid had done hot

And great, if that’s the category they want to put me in and how they want to document it hot

But for me? It was about going fast hot

”It was a mindset of not bowing to the status quo, embodied most especially in the late 20th century by Ali hot

“What I admired about him the most was not his hot boxing skills,” Ribbs says of Ali hot

“What I admired about him was his resolve as a man, not to be squashed, manipulated or controlled hot

Ali said: ‘You have to let them know that you can’t be killed, there’s nothing they can do to you, and then they’ll leave you alone for a while hot

’”Now in motor racing, the baton has been passed on to seven-time Formula One world champion and the sport’s only Black driver Lewis Hamilton, whom Ribbs is full of praise about hot

“Lewis Hamilton, after seven world titles and more victories than any other human being, gets unfairly targeted,” insists Ribbs hot

“If you can equate it to Tiger Woods, what did Tiger Woods do for golf? He broadened the audience hot

The attention went off the chart hot

That’s exactly what happened in F1 – Lewis Hamilton has been Formula One’s Tiger Woods hot

“He’s a very kind man hot

He’ll let it roll off, turn the other cheek – I wasn’t that way hot

He deals with it and in a lot of cases it’s unfair hot

Then again, he is in an environment which was not nearly as brutal as I was dealing with hot

Willy T Ribbs was treated differently hot

”The third-person references point to a man who is now comfortable in his own skin; in the significance of the struggle – and what it means to many around the world hot

And despite a sport notoriously still dominated by white men, progress is being made hot

“One thing I love about Formula One is not only is it evolving commercially around the world, it’s evolving socially,” he says hot

“When F1 hired me, I asked them: ‘What made you make this call?’“They said: ‘We watched your film and we thought you’d be the perfect person for inclusion and equality in Formula One hot

’“I said: ‘Well, you called the right guy’ hot

”More aboutMuhammed AliLewis HamiltonBlack History MonthFormula 11/3F1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘I was never going to play the victim’F1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘I was never going to play the victim’Ribbs faced an avalanche of racism and abuse throughout his careerGetty ImagesF1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘I was never going to play the victim’Ribbs made history in an F1 test in 1986 and in the Indy 500 in 1991Getty ImagesF1 icon Willy T Ribbs: ‘I was never going to play the victim’‘Sure hot

I was a role model because I was doing something no other Black kid had done hot

But for me? It was about going fast’ Getty✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today hot

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Mauricio Pochettino says Reece James’ “leadership” is why he handed him the Chelsea captaincy and defended the full-back after he picked up a suspension during his side’s 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa last month hot

James, who did not play the match through injury, was suspended for Chelsea’s win over Burnley for aiming “abusive words” at a match official in the tunnel during the clash at Stamford Bridge and was ordered to pay a £90,000 fine hot

But Pochettino has seen James’ leadership attributes and believes his actions were a mistake fuelled by frustration after he sustained a hamstring injury in August hot

“Why did I choose him as captain? Because of his personality, his leadership, the respect he has from the club and his team-mates and he has my full respect also,” Pochettino said hot

“Chelsea is in his DNA and when you see the squad he is not only for the present, he is for the future and in this moment Chelsea need someone like that hot

“I think he was upset with the situation hot

He was so committed with this project from the beginning, he felt really bad because he could not help the team hot

“He made a mistake but he’s young and he can make mistakes hot

He was really sorry about that situation and I don’t think it will be repeated hot

“Even myself at Burnley I got a yellow card at half-time and I’m 51 years old; sometimes a young guy can make a mistake, he was frustrated because he could not help the team hot

”Pochettino said that James’ fitness “will be assessed” ahead of Saturday’s clash against Arsenal at Stamford Bridge, quashing reports the full-back suffered a setback in his recovery hot

James has only started 22 times in the Premier League since January 2022 after a raft of injury issues hot

Pochettino added: “He is much hot better, he’s doing well and he’s progressing hot

He’s not at his best and is not 100 per cent, but he is in a position to help the team at some point and he is close hot

“What we are going to do is to avoid that (surgery) and we are building a strategy for him, to put him at his best and keep him at his best hot

“We are confident (of this) hot

Always confident hot

”Mykhailo Mudryk scored his first competitive goal for Chelsea during their 2-0 victory over Fulham and he opened his account for Ukraine when he netted against Malta in a Euro 2024 qualifier on Tuesday hot

Pochettino is happy with the winger’s progress after the 22-year-old struggled to adapt to life in west London following his big-money move from Shakhtar Donetsk in January hot

He said: “We are so happy with him hot

He’s changed a lot in the last three months since we first met him and he’s a completely different person and we can see how lovely, sensitive, smart and clever he is hot

“It is so important to give confidence and when people trust they can be open and express their talent and Misha (Mudryk) is doing really well with his relationships with the team and club hot

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