‘Hope he has an accident’: Marshal quits over vile Lewis Hamilton post

An F1 marshal in Saudi Arabia has been forced to stand down after a disgusting post wishing Lewis Hamilton would crash.

An F1 marshal who “hoped” Lewis Hamilton would suffer a fiery crash similar to Romain Grosjean has been forced to quit working at the Saudi Arabian GP.

It is a staggering development which will only heighten tensions surrounding this race, which has been plunged into doubt by a missile attack on a nearby fuel depot.

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Posting on Twitter as @Heem4U, he replied to an image of Hamilton and wrote in Arabic: “I hope he has an accident like Roman (sic) accident in Bahrain.”

Grosjean suffered a huge smash in 2020 in Bahrain where his Haas caught fire and was lucky to be pulled from the wreckage.

SunSport flagged the issue to the FIA and the organisers, who say the man “has been removed from his post”.

Images from the Twitter account showed videos of an AlphaTauri pitstop and a photo of the F1 trophies.

In another message in Arabic outlining Hamilton’s desire to help change Saudi Arabia’s human rights, the same account replies: “The Saudi authorities do not respond to dogs.

“If a person saw him, they would have responded to him.”

This is never OK. Photo: Twitter

Romain Grosjean's 2020 crash was truly terrifying. Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

He has since apologised to Hamilton and wrote again in Arabic on Twitter, and announced he was leaving the race.

He wrote: “I offer my apologies to the Saudi Motorsports and Motorcycle Federation.

“And for driver Lewis Hamilton.

“On my previous tweet, I announced (sic) my withdrawal from the ring [race].”

This weekend’s event is still set to go ahead, despite yesterday’s terror attack just six miles from the Jeddah circuit.

That and criticisms of the track and a shocking his speed crash from Haas’ Mick Schumacher have overshadowed the weekend.

Among the outrage, BCSN Sports reporter Joel Sebastianelli tweeted: “Aside from sportswashing a country with an inexcusable human rights record, a nearby missile strike, a marshal wishing peril on Lewis Hamilton, and reckless track design getting a driver airlifted, you have to hand it to F1 for their vision and execution of the #SaudiArabianGP.”

Teams revealed that teams would allow drivers not to compete if they were uncomfortable with the current circumstances in Saudi Arabia.

This story first appeared in The Sun and was republished with permission.