Hamilton's rumoured date takes a break from Instagram after receiving hateful comments

20:49, 30 May

byEstéban den Toom

Lewis Hamilton was spotted with a model when leaving a restaurant during the Monaco race weekend, ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix. Darja Sobakinskaja, the model seen with Hamilton, has decided to deactivate her Instagram for a few days after receiving a lot of unpleasant comments.

The video of Hamilton with Sobakinskaja was seen by many Formula 1 fans, but some responses were so negative that the model decided to temporarily delete the Meta-platform. “More than 100 messages I received today for nothing, sorry but I'm done with Instagram for [the] next few days,” she wrote in an Instagram story, as she also shared a collection of screenshots of hate comments.

'Hamilton's rumoured date' receives hateful comments

“You piece of s***, go to your Balkan country,” was one example of the comments she received after the rumour of the two dating. Incidentally, Sobakinskaja is from Russia, not the Balkans.

The model now has 514,000 followers on Instagram, thus having a large reach. Whether the two are actually dating is unknown, as Hamilton usually keeps these details private, but some fans have already drawn their own conclusions.

This article was written in collaboration with Kada Sárközi