Aidan Louw worked as a short-term agency contractor providing services to one of Aston Martin's suppliers. His abusers worked for Aston Maꦫrtin's suppliers.

Speaking to Sky News, Lo♔uw sh꧂ed light on the abuse he endured during his time with the Silverstone-based outfit.

"Before I even walked into my working environment that's when🌜 I was told 'look if you've got a problem with how we speak here, it's just how we speak'," he said.

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Louw cl🌺aimed that the racist name-calling started immediately.

"It went fr🐈om brownie to darkie - I wasn't referred to as Aidy…or anything like that. I was called n** ♏n** and brownie - that is what I was referred to.

"It was towards the end of the du🅷ration that I had finally processed what was happenin🐼g.

"It had taken me shift cycle after shi🍷ft cycle of abuse after abuse, words going from n** n** and brownie to outright n***** when I am being called a n***** that's where I draw the line, that's where I go no."

He also suffered homophobic abuse.

"I disclosed to s🦂omeone that I had a boyfriend in my𝔍 teen years and that was it - in that split second everything switched," he explained.

"As soon a⛄s they found out about that sliver of information that was 🍌it, they were trying to claw me down to break me down as a man, as an individual and a human."

Aston Martin’s response

In response to Louw’s claims, Aston Martin explained that his contract with the team was terminated due to a combination of factors i🗹ncluding poor performance and poor timekeeping.

A statement from the team said: "Aston Martin Racing and its supplier operate a zero-tolerance policy with regard to racism, homophobia and all types of discrimin♑ation.

"We deal with any allegations of this unacceptable behaviour✤ se🦩riously including thoroughly investigating such claims and sanctioning any individual who falls short of our standards.

"In this case, the complainant was rightly believed, his complaints were immed🧸iately acted upon and appropriate sanctions were imposed in line with our zero-tolerance policy.

"We are in ongoing discussions with him."

The team added: "The individuals involved no longer work fo🐈r Aston Martin F1’s supplier and have no connection whatsoever with Aston Martin F1.

"The whole ꦛepisode is very sad, but the right actions were taken throughout, as you would expect from a respon⭕sible and diligent company such as Aston Martin F1."