Hamilton has found Vettel as🅷 a key ally in his battle against racism and discrimination.

“He (Seb) spoke about some of the things he heard whilst in other teams - the racism that people said about me within the teams,” Hamil🔯ton was quoted by .

“He knelt🌟 down with me in 2020, I have not yet seen a driver as brave as him.

“The laws must be changed so that people live better. We are 🐭risking our lives to try to educate others.

"We hav💮e to get people to empathise,▨ we need empathy. 

“Sometimes I wonder, does nobody else﷽ 🍌care? Sebastian was one of those who supported me the most.”

Vettel🦹 retired from F1 as a four-time champion at the end of last season.

In the latter part of his career he became voc꧃al about environmental issues.

Hamilton, meanwhile, has lo🙈ng been an advocate for equal rights.

Hamilton said: "I don't🍸 know what my next project will be.

“Animal protection laws have to continue to be reviewed, with the environment. It🍸's hard for people to see the disasters that happen.

"I have Mission 44, a project that I launched in London anꦡd I want to expand it to Africa and the US, with which we want to instil in children that they can have a good future, that they can become engineers or whatever they wan🎃t."

Hamilton returns this weekend for the F1 Hungarian Gr๊and Priꦑx.