LEWIS HAMILTON’S Mercedes team have been caught up in a race storm. In the wake of the five time world champion winning the Russia Grand Prix on Sunday (Sep 29), the Daily Mail reported that the sport’s top Formula One team have sacked four staff for racist bullying.

The Mail Onlline reports that Mercedes dismissed the men last month for breaching their diversity policy, after an investigation into the allegations at their Northamptonshire headquarters.

A Mercedes statement confirmed that the rule-breakers — believed to be IT staff — left the company on August 2.

Great Briton took advantage of Ferrari confusion to win the race in Russia. Hamilton’s first win in four grands prix took him closer to a sixth world title and came after Ferrari’s chances of victory fell apart following a controversy over Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc’s team-mate Sebastian Vettel disobeying team orders.

Hamilton now has a 73 point lead in the drivers’ championship as the F1 roadshow moves on to Japan in a fortnight.