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F1 drivers rally around Kimi Antonelli after online abuse "definitely hurt" rookie: What they said

Andrea Kimi Antonelli arrived in Abu Dhabi carrying what became a tsunami of abuse on his shoulders after a mistake in the closing moments of the Qatar Grand Prix was misconstrued as waving through Max Verstappen rival Lando Norris. 

Comments made by Red Bull's Helmut Marko and Gianpiero Lambiase - later apologised for - started a barrage of online hate towards the 18-year-old Italian. 

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