Nico Hulkenberg has hit out at fellow Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean following a first lap collision which took three cars out of the Spanish Grand Prix.
Grosjean moved up to eighth to find himself behind Haas team-mate Kevin Magnussen as they entered Turn 4 on the opening lap. Tucked into the slipstream of Magnussen, Grosjean lost grip and span into the chasing pack.
However the Frenchman kept his foot on the accelerator which caused a cloud of tyre smoke, making it nearly impossible for those behind to avoid him, with Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly colliding with the stricken Haas.
Renault's Hulkenberg hit out at Grosjean, saying the Frenchman "likes spinning", a comment likely relating to his Baku incident when he span whilst behind the Safety Car, adding that Grosjean "has some homework to do".
"I just got crashed into," the German told the BBC. "Obviously we saw that Romain spun and he came back into the track. I couldn’t go anywhere, couldn’t avoid him unfortunately and he took the back end of my car off and that’s the end of my afternoon.
"He doesn’t look great in that particular scenario. But generally he likes spinning a lot during the weekend but lap one is not a good time to do it with all the cars around.
"I think he’s got to look at it and he’s got some homework to do for himself."
Grosjean has yet to comment on the incident.
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