For Andrea Kimi Antonelli, coming under attack from the bottom half of the internet is just the latest unexpected challenge which has beset him during an up-and-down rookie season with Mercedes in Formula 1.
Although the Red Bull team apologised for its part in stoking the online hatred prompted by Antonelli’s trip across the kerbs late in the Qatar Grand Prix, allowing championship leader Lando Norris to pounce and claim fourth place, this came too late to stem the momentum of the campaign.
