Lewis Hamilton says he was racially abused at school

Lewis Hamilton (right) finished sixth in the 2022 Formula 1 drivers championship; his lowest position since starting in F1 in 2007Lewis Hamilton says he had bananas thrown at him and was regularly the subject of racial abuse at school.The Mercedes driver, 38, says his school days were "probably the most traumatising and most difficult part of my life".Hamilton said: "I was already being bullied at the age of six. "At that particular school, I was one of three kids of colour and just bigger, stronger, bullying kids were throwing me around a lot of the time."Speaking to the On Purpose…

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