(CNN) Lewis Hamilton has clarified his comments on Indian poverty after some of his social media followers were "upset."

In an interview with the BBC, the five-time world champion said he felt "conflicted" attending the Indian Grand Prix, which ran on the Formula One calendar from 2011 to 2013.

"I've been to India before to a race which was strange because India was such a poor place yet we had this massive, beautiful grand prix track made in the middle of nowhere," he said.

"I felt very conflicted when I went to that grand prix."