Formula 1 world ch🌃ampion Lewis Hamilton has moved to clarify a deleted post on his Instagram after sharing an anti-vaccination  conspiracy video that triggered criticism.

Hamilton received backlash from fans on Monday ꦺafter he shared a video by internet personality Andrew Batchelor that called Bill Gates a lair following an interview he conducted in America about the COVID-19 vaccine his foundation is⛦ helping to fund.

Canadian-Amercian content creator ‘King Batch’ captioned the video with “I rem🍒ember when I told my first lie”, which Hamilton shared on his own Instagram story to his 18.3million followers.

The six-times F1 world champion, who has urged his followers to respect COVID-19 safety guidelines throughout the pandemic, denied that he is against the production 𓄧and distribution of a coronavirus vaccine and held his hands up for not noticing the comment attached to the post he shared.

“I’v🧸e noticed some comments on my earlierও post around the coronavirus vaccine, and wanted to clarify my thoughts on it, as I understand why they might have been misinterpreted,” Hamilton wrote on his Instagram account.

“First, I h💝adn’t actually seen the comment attached so that is totally my fault🐼 and I have a lot of respect for the charity work Bill Gates does.

“I also want to be clear that I’m not against a vaccine and no doubt it will be important in the fight against coronavirus, ༒and I’m hopeful for 🍨its development to help save lives.

“However after watching the video, I felt it showed that there is still a lot of uncertainty about th﷽e side effects most important and how it is going to be funded.

“I may not always get my posting right, I’m only human but I’m 💫learning as we go.”