Lewis Hamilton was subjected to racist abuse following his victory in Sunday's British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
The Mercedes driver claimed his eight victory at the track to close to within eight points of championship rival Max Verstappen.However racist messages including monkey emojis and other slurs were sent as replies to a post by the Mercedes team on Instagram celebrating Hamilton's win.
The seven-time world champion has been particularly out spoken about racism - both in his sport and society.
Hamilton has previously questioned the lack of diversity within the paddock and said recently: "It's all been about understanding. So I was asking a lot of questions for a long, long time, for years.
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