Damon Hill, the 1996 World Champion and former Sky F1 pundit, has told the “mentally unwell” trolls who abused Channel 4 presenter Lee McKenzie to “go and get some help.”

It comes after McKenzie, the long-serving F1 reporter, revealed that she has received a series of “vile” messages over her appearance during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend.

Damon Hill leaps to Lee McKenzie’s defence after ‘vile’ online comments

McKenzie has been a familiar face of F1 broadcasting in the United Kingdom for more than 15 years, joining the BBC as a pit-lane reporter in 2009 before adopting a similar role with Channel 4 from 2016.

The Ayr-born star has also covered some of the biggest sporting events on the planet for the BBC, including the Olympic Games and the Wimbledon tennis tournament.

The 47-year

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