Nico Hulkenberg has slammed fellow Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen after the pair clashed during the Hungarian Grand Prix and had a minor spat on live television after the race.
Hulkenberg attempted to overtake the Haas driver at Turn 2 on Lap 61 to claim 11th place, but Magnussen pushed the Renault driver wide and onto the grass.
The stewards handed Magnussen a five-second time penalty for failing to give another driver room.
After the race, Hulkenberg approached Magnussen, who at the time was talking to a Norwegian television station, and called him "the most unsporting driver", to which Magnussen responded: "Suck my balls, honey."
Later, talking to NBC, Hulkenberg called the Danish driver "nasty" and said he was being an "a**hole".
"I congratulated him for most unsporting driver of the whole grid once again," said the German. "When it comes to racing, he's just nasty.
"Hard defending is fine but when he does this, it's just ruthless and sending people into the wall.
"What he did there, opening up the steering, making me run wide, it's just being an a**hole basically.
"We had really nice words, he said [suck my balls], that was his return, so it's quite interesting with him, yeah."
Hulkenberg said the matter would be taken to the FIA's Charlie Whiting.
"I'll go and speak to Charlie. I hear he got a bit of a penalty, five seconds, but in his mind he won't care about that too much."
Magnussen said he didn't understand why he was penalised when he had the corner and the racing line.
“I don’t really understand the penalty. He didn’t get anything for what happened at turn one when he smashed into the side of Romain, which finished his race effectively.
"I didn’t even touch him. He could have chosen to back out, as I had the corner. I was on the inside and we were side-by-side. If anything, I was a little bit in front. I just chose my line. It’s not like I moved off the racing line. We braked late, so it’s natural you go wide and push on the entry. He put himself in danger on the outside."
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