Max Verstappen has hit out at online trolls after team-mate Chris Lulham was subjected to abuse following a costly mistake at last weekend's GT World Challenge Europe finale in Portimao.
Lulham, who races for the GT squad Verstappen founded, was handed a drive-through penalty after contact with Luca Stolz's Winward Mercedes during an inside overtake attempt.
The incident dropped the Team Verstappen Racing entry from podium contention to 24th place, and triggered a wave of personal attacks on Lulham across social media.
Asked whether more needed to be done about online abuse, or whether he felt nothing was being done, Verstappen did not hold back.
Of course, it gave us a penalty, but there is no need to throw any hate towards him.