Lewis Hamilton bites back at Max Verstappen after stewards decision for Hungarian Grand Prix collision
Lewis Hamilton felt Max Verstappen was being hostile
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Lewis Hamilton feels there will 'always be hostility' from Max Verstappen after the F1 rivals collided once again in an eventful Hungarian Grand Prix.
Verstappen and Hamilton have had their fair share of battles on track and this year's race at the Hungaroring produced another chapter in their rivalry.
The Red Bull driver cut an agitated figure inside his cockpit all race with multiple angry radio messages to his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase.
He was twice undercut by Hamilton before closing up to the British driving star in the latter stages of the race.
Lewis Hamilton felt Max Verstappen was being hostile
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But the pair collided into Turn One when Verstappen attempted to make a move on the inside before locking up.
Hamilton ended up touching Verstappen's rear left tyre, which sent the Red Bull car flying in the air.
Speaking immediately after the race, Hamilton brushed it off as a 'racing incident' but Verstappen blamed the Mercedes driver for the collision.
The stewards ultimately decided that neither driver was fully to blame for the incident as both drivers escaped any further punishment.
But Hamilton got in one final dig at his rival in the post-race press conference for the top-three drivers.
The 39-year-old insisted he holds no 'hostility' towards Verstappen, but he isn't surprised that the Dutchman doesn't appear to share the same feelings.
“We passed a backmarker and I got into the braking zone and then Max appeared, so I moved over to defend," Hamilton said.
“I left enough room on the inside, but Max locked up and he was going on a different trajectory to me.
Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton collided in the Hungarian Grand Prix
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"I was going around the corner and he came shooting across.
“It felt like a racing incident and it is easy to make mistakes like that so I don’t feel there should be any hostility but of course from his side there always will be.”
Hamilton then laughed and pretended to drop the microphone, with Lando Norris chuckling on the other side of the sofa.
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Verstappen ended up finishing fifth with McLaren edging even closer to Red Bull at the top of the Constructors' Championship.
There's now just 41 points separating the two teams with McLaren moving further clear of Ferrari.
Mercedes are further back in fourth and will need to continue their run of consecutive podium finishes to close the gap further.