Days after being spotted with Lewis Hamilton in Monaco, IG model slams fans for abuse & quits IG for "next few days"

Lewis Hamilton was seen leaving a Monaco restaurant with an Instagram model, Darja Sobakinskaja, before the Monaco Grand Prix. The video made rounds on the internet among the F1 fanbase, but some confronted the Briton's alleged date with negative comments. This led Sobakinskaja to take a few days off from the Meta-owned platform.

Hamilton's dating life is not as public as other drivers, as he is rarely seen with anyone over a F1 Grand Prix weekend. However, the paddock at the Monaco GP was abuzz with speculation about him dating Sobakinskaja after the two were spotted leaving a restaurant together.

Though a relationship between the two is not confirmed yet, some took the matter into their own hands and started harassing the Russian model on Instagram. This led to Sobakinskaja sharing that she would be taking some time off in a now-deleted story, as she said:

"More than 100 messages I received today for nothing, sorry but I'm done with Instagram for [the] next few days."

Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton finished fifth at the Monaco Grand Prix.

---

Lewis Hamilton said luck was not on his side at the Monaco Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton at the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco - Source: Getty

After eight race weekends, Lewis Hamilton still does not seem at home in the Ferrari SF-25. After being handed a three-place grid drop for impeding Max Verstappen during qualifying, the Briton started the race in seventh.

Hamilton got past Isack Hadjar and Fernando Alonso in the pit stop sequence, but wanted more. With the streets being narrow and leaders having a considerable advantage in the early section of the race, only the intervention by Safety Cars could have helped spice up the race.

The 40-year-old was in no man's land mid-way through the race, and he later reflected on how fortune was not on his side as there were no Safety Cars. The seven-time champion said, via Formula 1's website:

"Obviously I started with the penalty I had down in seventh, was obviously behind two cars for some time and then managed to clear them and then I was kind of just in no man's land after that. I think the gap was relatively big and I wasn't racing anyone. I needed the Safety Car or something to come into play but it didn't happen so it was just pretty straightforward from there.

"I didn't know what I was fighting for... but in actual fact when I look at the data, I wasn't anywhere near the other guys up front so I used my tyres a lot in that moment but I was so far away from them."

Hamilton has amassed 63 points in the eight race weekends held so far and sits in P6.