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 - thꦺe racism that people said about me within the teams,” Hamilton was quoted by .

“He knelt down wit💙h 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 have to get people to e🌳mpathise, we n🐎eed empathy. 

“So🃏metimes I wonder, does nobody else care? Sebastian was one of those who supported me the most.”

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

In the latter part🧔 of his career he became vocal about environmental issues.

Hamil🙈ton, meanwhile, has long been an advocate for equal rights.

Ha🐟♛milton said: "I don't know what my next project will be.

“Animal protection laws have to continue to be reviewed, with the environmen♍t. It's hard for people to see 🤪the disasters that happen.

"I have Mission 44, a project that I la✱unched in London and 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 want."

Hamilton ret🐷urns this weekend for the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix.