Fans blast F1 racer Lewis Hamilton for snapchatting during live press conference (photos/tweets)

Formula one champion Lewis Hamilton has come under fire after the British athlete was photographed snapchatting this morning during a live Japanese Grand Prix press conference.

Using the snap chat app on his phone, Hamilton, 31, posted a video in which he was "wearing" drawn-on rabbit ears, whiskers and carrots, accompanied with the words: "This s*** is killing me." 

With the press conference still ongoing, Hamilton then showed the videos to fellow drivers Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz who each shared a smile.

 

Fans didn't take kindly to his actions and took to Twitter to criticize him calling him arrogant and unprofessional.

See tweets after the cut.