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Lewis Hamilton accuses Sergey Sirotkin of 'disrespectful' move in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Lewis Hamilton has criticised Sergey Sirotkin for the incident which saw them nearly collide in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Early in Q2, the session before the Q3 shootout for pole, Sirotkin approached Hamilton as both were on an out-lap. Hamilton moved off the racing line, going across the track to the left, to open up the racing line for the Williams driver -- at the same time, Sirotkin moved in the same direction, forcing him into evasive action which saw him narrowly miss the Mercedes after approaching him at a much higher speed.