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Despite the incident, Hamilton responded by securing victory at the British Grand Prix for the eighth time, overtaking Charles Leclerc in the closing stages.
Yet following the race, Hamilton received messages on Instagram from his Sunday evening upload that included monkey emojis.
One user wrote: I was his fan before this race! very bad. Sir Lewis Hamilton before adding a gorilla emoji, while another message used monkey emojis.
The abuse directed at Hamilton comes after England internationals Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford received racist abuse online after missing penalties in the Euro 2020 final against Italy.
Hamilton has frequently spoken about fighting racism and has pushed for more diversity in F1
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