Lewis Hamilton has said Sebastian Vettel "disgraced himself today" by deliberately running into the side of the Britain's Mercedes whilst under Safety Car conditions.
Vettel accused Hamilton of brake-checking him after initial contact between the pair exiting Turn 15, which led the Ferrari driver to take 'revenge' on Hamilton by swiping into the side of his title rival during a race restart.
Hamilton denies he brake checked the German and believes Vettel got away "scot free" with a 10-second stop and go penalty.
"I didn’t," he said of the accusations. "I controlled the pace, like all the other restarts I slowed down in the same spot, he was obviously sleeping and drove in the back of me – that for me wasn’t an issue, driving alongside and deliberately driving into a driver and getting away scot free pretty much [is].
"He still came away fourth, I think that’s a disgrace, he disgraced himself today to be honest."
When Vettel's comments about being a man were put to Hamilton, he added: "If he wants to prove that he’s a man we should do it out of the car face to face.
"I think driving dangerously which in any way can put another driver at risk, luckily we were going slow if we were going fast it could have been a lot worse. Imagine all the kids watching F1 today and seeing that kind of behaviour from a four-time world champion I think it says it all."
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