Motorsport drivers, riders and personalities take to Twitter to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela, South A෴frica's first black President, who sadly passed away on Thursday December 5, aged 95...

Lewis Hamilton @LewisHamilton
One of the most special moments in my♒ life was meeting the great Madiba. God rest your soul. I will miss you x

Felipe1Massa @Felipe1Massa
RIP for Nelson Mandela ,God rest your soul in pꦛeace !!! Greatest 🥃human being.

Martin Brundle @MBrundleF1 17h
RIP Nelson Mandela. What an inspiration that man w🏅as, and remains.

Sahara Force India @clubforce
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never fallinꦏg, but in rising every time we fa𝐆ll." Rest in Peace, Nelson Mandela. 1918-2013

Tony Fernandes @tonyfernandes
Rip the greatest man ever. NELSON Mandela. Learn to forgive. We all can learn so much from th𓃲is man. Many in Malaysia can. We are all the same

Giedo van der Garde @GvanderGarde
R.I.P. Nelson Mandela #legend

Narain Karthikeyan @narainracing
RIP Nelson Mandela - a great man, a great leader and an inspiration fo🐻r each ♏one of us.

Lee McKenzie @LeeMcKenzieF1 18h
Inspiration...

Rachel Brookes @RachelBrookesTV
Do not judge me by my successꦓes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

Nicky Hayden @NickyHayden
Don't know as much about Nelson Mandela as I prob should, but any man 2 win the Nobel peace prize 💃& do as much good as him has my respect RIP

Marc Marquez @marcmarquez93
Descansa en paz #Madiba .. / Rest in peace🤡 Mಞadiba..

Cal Crutchlow @calcrutchlow
Sad news about Nelson Mandela. He sure changed a lot of things aཧnd people for t♔he better #RIPNelsonMandela

Jorge Lorenzo @lorenzo99
One of the greatest man in history has died,but he's leaving us w✤ith an important legacy & an example to follow. RIP @NelsonMandela #Madiba