Hamilton has found Vettel as a key ally in his battlꦬe against racism and discrimination✱.

“He (Seb) spoke about some of the things he heard whils𝔉t in other teams - the racism that people said a🐭bout me within the teams,” Hamilton 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 tr🐻y to educate others.

"We have to get peop💧le to empathise, we need empathy. 

“Sometimes I wonder, does nob✨ody else care? Sebastian wa☂s one of those who supported me the most.”

Vettel retired from F1 as a four-time champion at th💖e ꦆend of last season.

In the latter part of his career he becaꦉme🍨 vocal about environmental issues.

Hamilton, meanwhile, ♛has long been an ad🃏vocate for equal rights.

Hamilton said: "I don't know wha🌃t mꦓy next project will be.

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

"I have Mission 4💮4, a project that I launched in London and I want to expand it to Africa and the US, with which we want to instil in children that they ca𒀰n have a good future, that they can become engineers or whatever they want."

Hamilto🦄n returns this weekend for t꧅he F1 Hungarian Grand Prix.