McLaren are investigating alleged abusive messages towards Lewis Hamilton from now-deleted accounts, originating from an employee.

Several reports emerged surrounding these social media posts, said to have been aimed at Hamilton who drove for the McLaren team between 2007-2012.

These posts allegedly came from the private Twitter and Facebook accounts of a McLaren employee, accounts which have since been deleted, the same true for that employee’s TikTok account.

The posts reportedly spanned over several years, up to Hamilton receiving his knighthood in December, 2021.

In reaction to Hamilton’s knighthood, as well as during several other key recent moments of his career, including his Brazil qualifying disqualification in 2020 and missing the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix due to COVID, abusive posts towards Hamilton, containing expletive language, were reportedly released.

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