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Franco Colapinto hit out at social media trolls who have been targeting him and other F1 drivers throughout the campaign. Alpine team members, Pierre Gasly, and Lando Norris have all been on the wrong end of a tidal wave of verbal jibes online. 

Colapinto responded by posting a lengthy statement condemning the matter. When asked about the subject again, the Argentine said: “I’ve been always very grateful with all the fans supporting me, and I think in every sport and every fan base has got this bad side and the hate side.

“The people putting bad comments [are] not helping the athletes perform the best. To me, it crossed a few lines lately.

"I talked a lot about it, and I think probably the last thing I could do to put a statement of me talking and a video like that was always going to be positive.

“So I was keen to do it, especially also [after] my mechanics got a lot of hate, my engineers, so people from my team that want me to do well and help me to perform, and I’m working with daily, getting these kinds of messages.

“It just hurts me in general, and of course, our drivers, but you know that we talk constantly, and I’ve been talking about that for the last 10 races, probably. So I do my best. I think again it kept crossing some lines, so it was the last thing I thought was making a video, and I think it helped.

“You saw with Max as well; he made a statement about it. So again, it’s happening a lot around, and it’s an issue that in sports we’ve got nowadays, and in sports and many areas, many different areas; artists and actors, it’s everywhere.”