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Wolff denies Hamilton in title meltdown
- Updated: October 10, 2016
Lewis Hamilton, Japanese GP 2016
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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has defended Lewis Hamilton at the end of a tumultuous weekend for the reigning world champion.
Briton Hamilton ended his troubled Suzuka weekend – which culminated in Mercedes winning the constructors’ world championship – by deleting a Tweet referring to an “idiot”.
Earlier, he was in a standoff with the media, he messed up the start of Sunday’s Japanese grand prix, and he failed to get past Max Verstappen at the end of the race.
Mercedes protested Verstappen’s alleged movement under braking, but via Twitter, Hamilton denied the protest had even been lodged and referred to an “idiot” who started the story.
However, the story was true, and Hamilton subsequently …
