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Hamilton: Champagne spraying just fun side of F1
Defending world champion Lewis Hamilton has said he was just trying to show the fun side of F1 when he sprayed champagne in the face of a Chinese GP podium hostess last weekend. The winning celebration captured in photographs that showed the woman flinching as the Mercedes driver aimed a stream of fizz at her, triggered criticism from critics in Britain and Germany as well as on Chinese social media. Recently the woman herself played down what happened in an interview with the Shanghai Daily newspaper and Hamilton said he was relieved to hear that. “My actions are through excitement. This is Formula One, it’s the pinnacle of motorsport, I’d just won a grand prix for the team and… I...
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