McLaren probe online abuse

McLAREN are investigating historic social media posts allegedly made by an employee calling Lewis Hamilton a ‘p **** ’ and a f***ing ‘w ***** ’.

The abusive posts were from now-deleted Twitter and Facebook accounts. One in December 2020, when Hamilton had tested positive for Covid, said he ‘couldn’t stand seeing someone do well!’ That came after George Russell replaced Hamilton at the Sakhir Grand Prix and led most of the race before the Mercedes pit crew fitted the wrong tyres. When the posts came to light on Friday the official McLaren F1 account responded: ‘We consider these comments to be completely at odds with our values and culture.’