Formulation One world champion Lewis Hamilton solid doubt on Saturday on whether or not branding for an organization linked to the 2017 Grenfell Tower hearth would keep on his Mercedes race automobile amid a backlash in Britain and requires his workforce to terminate the deal.

The partnership with Irish-based cladding and insulation firm Kingspan, a few of whose merchandise had been used on the West London tower block that caught hearth with 72 fatalities, was introduced this week.

“This (deal) actually would not have something to do with me and I do know (workforce boss) Toto (Wolff) is sorting it,” seven-times world champion Hamilton informed reporters after taking pole place for the inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in Jeddah.

“Sadly my title is related to it as a result of it is placed on my automobile however whether or not that continues to be the identical we will see,” he added.

British Housing Minister Michael Gove has urged Mercedes to rethink, saying he was “deeply upset” Mercedes had been accepting sponsorship from Kingspan whereas an inquiry was ongoing.

Grenfell United, representing households and survivors, have additionally urged Mercedes to terminate the deal.

Wolff replied by letter on Friday apologising for misery induced and agreeing to a gathering.

Hamilton, probably the most profitable Formulation One driver of all time, mentioned the controversy had taken him without warning.

“It is not one thing that I really feel I’ve to talk of publicly,” he mentioned.

“I had nothing to do with the workforce signing any of the sponsors, other than most likely Tommy [Hilfiger] was the one one I dropped at the workforce. It was information to me after I heard the issues that occurred this week.

“I used to be very a lot conscious and watching very intently all of the households that had been affected by what occurred there and we all know there’s been an enormous outcry and a tremendous quantity of assist from individuals locally round there.”

Kingspan has mentioned it had no position within the design of the cladding system on Grenfell Tower, the place its K15 product constituted roughly 5% of the insulation.

It added that this “was used instead product with out Kingspan’s information in a system that was not compliant with the buildings rules”.