Haas Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean admits he found online criticism from internet trolls “painful” at times but has sin🐠ce learned to ac𓆉cept it.

The Frenchman, who turned 34 last week, reveale⭕d he has been subj♈ected to insults from fans on F1 social media platforms in recent years amid some difficult patches of form.

As an eight-time podium finisher, Grosjean 🥃believes his F1 record speaks for itself and insisted he has started to embrace any abuse or criticism that comes his way.

“If they say you’re a rubbish driver? Well great… maybe I’m a rubbish driver, but I’ve done 169 G🉐rands Prix," Grosjean explained during an F1 Instagram live session.

“If 💟I was th𒀰at bad, imagine how stupid the Team Principal would be to keep me in the car?

“I’ve been through different phases,” he a🐽dded. “Sometimes I was watching [social media comments] and it was just painful.

“So I stopped watching, and, you know what? I got to a point and I was like: ‘I know exactly what I’m doing, I know💦 what I’ve been achieving in Formula 1, 💙I know what I’ve been achieving in my life' – and if those guys decide that they will be harsh on me, I can reply in a funny way.”

Grosjean accepts that criticism is part and parcel of being a sports star with a larg🐟e following and believes the fact he appears to spl꧑it opinion highlights that he has personality and charisma.

“Sometimes their [comments are] not as good as you would like them to be, or as polite or respectful, but I thin🔴k it’s also part of social media,” he said.

“🌳I like when peop🍨le [comment], if it’s in a good way and they face you and they say this is not good, [that] is not good’, and you can explain and talk.

“I’m kind of happy that either people like me or people don’t like me. If you have the charisma of an o♛yster, people don’t care.”