Hamilton told to ‘stop crying like a girl’

Lewis Hamilton has been accused of “crying like a girl” and urged to take up ballet by Kimi Raikkonen’s wife following his collision with the Ferrari driver at the British Grand Prix.

A furious Hamilton and his Mercedes team believed Raikkonen may have crashed into him on purpose to afford Sebastian Vettel free rein at the front of the field.

Vet telwo non Hamilton’ s home turf to move eight points clear of the Briton, who recovered from last to finish second.

Hamilton was visibly angry with Raikkonen after the race and refused to dismiss the suggestion that his actions could have been deliberate.

But in a post to Instagram, Minttu Raikkonen, who has been married to the Finnish driver since 2016, wrote: “If you cry like a girl when you lose, do ballet.”

Later, after removing the post, and when addressing a fan who defended Hamilton, she added: “Just to be clear, I was not talking about the driver but the team who was crying afterwards that someone did something on purpose. No he didn’t. It’s called racing.”

Hamilton’s accusations of foul play against Ferrari overshadowed his remarkable comeback drive in front of a record crowd at Silverstone.

The British driver wrote on Instagram: “Kimi said sorry and I accept it and we move on. It was a racing incident and nothing more.”