HAMILTON: FERRARI ARE TAKING US OUT

FURIOUS Lewis Hamilton pointed the finger at Ferrari for shunting him off the track at Silverstone.

Sparks flew after the four-time world champ saw his dreams of landing a fifth successive British Grand Prix bite the dust while Sebastian Vettel took home the

FROM BACK PAGE spoils. Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen clipped his wheel on the first lap, leaving Hamilton to recover from last place – eventually finishing second.

He said: “That’s two races now that Ferrari have taken out one of the Mercedes.

“A five-second penalty and 10-second penalty doesn’t appear to feel... it spoils the race.

“It’s a lot of points that Valtteri Bottas and I have lost in those two scenarios.”

It was some comeback from Hamilton but following a fivesecond punishment in France when Vettel hit Hamilton’s fellow Mercedes driver Bottas two weeks ago, it left a sour taste.

He questioned his rivals’ tactics on the podium.

And asked what happened on the third corner, Hamilton said: “I was hit by a Ferrari.”

He added: “We have to make sure we are not exposed to the red cars. We need to work hard to position ourselves better to lock out the front row.

“Who knows when it’s going to happen again?

“We need to make sure we are fully aware of those guys.”

Raikkonen admitted his mistake in the immediate postrace debrief but upon hearing Hamilton’s criticism, hit back, saying: “Funnily enough, you start blaming us that we did it purposefully.

“But he locked a wheel and unfortunately we touched. We both paid a price for it.”