Once you have subscribed we will use the email you provided to send you the newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the newsletter email. Kimi Raikkonen's wife Minttu suggested that reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton should take up ballet, following some comments the Brit made following the British Grand Prix. Hamilton and Raikkonen made contact at the start of the race which spun Hamilton round to the back of the field, and he had to fight his way up the order and, with a bit of safety car luck, managed to finish second. Raikkonen meanwhile served a 10-second time penalty before finishing just behind Hamilton in third. Hamilton made some comments after the race, saying it was "interesting tactics" by Ferrari that saw him drop to the rear of the field, whilst Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said it was "either incompetence or deliberate". It was the second time in three races a Mercedes driver had been hit by a Ferrari, following Sebastian Vettel's collision with Valtteri Bottas at the French Grand Prix. Whilst this theory was rubbished by fans and the Ferrari drivers, Raikkonen's wife left a message on her Instagram story that appeared to be directed towards Hamilton, suggesting that, in plainer terms, he needed to shut up and accept what happened happened. Raikkonen himself had assumed full responsibility for the incident after the race, and said he had "deserved the penalty" and kept his head down to fight his way back up into third place. The contact was a cause of Hamilton messing up his race start, which saw Vettel take the lead, Raikkonen try to pass him, but then get blocked by Bottas, who passed his teammate. Raikkonen then had another go at Hamilton into turn three where the contact was made. Hamilton recovered to second, with a helping hand by two safety cars which saw some of the leaders stop for fresh tyres whilst he didn't. Had that not happened, he would have been set for a solid top five finish. Vettel now has an eight-point cushion over his rival in the championship and Ferrari lead the constructors table by 20 points. News Now - Sport News<doc-sep>What had been a thrilling race to the end was still disappointing for Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes and they closed it with what felt like sour grapes. The suggestion that Ferrari were deliberately targeting their cars and that Kimi Räikkönen had intentionally hit Hamilton was farcical on many levels, not least that planning to do so would have had to anticipate Hamilton losing places. Equally with damage likely to go both ways and Ferrari very much in the constructors’ fight it would have been self-defeating. Hamilton and Mercedes have since accepted it was a racing incident. Their reaction was perhaps a reflection of the heat of the moment and the shock of being beaten in their backyard where they have been so dominant for so long. Räikkönen’s wife, Minttu, had her own take on the spat. “If you cry like a girl when you lose, do ballet,” she wrote on Instagram. Ferrari have the advantage Vettel’s reaction was of huge satisfaction at having beaten Mercedes at Silverstone. “Grande vittoria,” he said. “Qui a casa loro”. Understandably the German was ecstatic at having done it “here at their home”. Beating Mercedes at the meeting where they have won every time since the turbo-hybrid era began was significant. Mercedes brought their new engine to Paul Ricard and their first major aero upgrade to Austria. They would have expected to have put their noses in front but Ferrari with a new floor at Silverstone look to have matched or bettered them. Certainly the Scuderia’s car performs better in the high temperatures, with the Mercedes at its best in the relative cool of Friday morning. Just what the differential between Vettel and Hamilton might have been had they been fighting on the same tyres for the same part of track looks too close to call but with hot races expected at the next rounds in Hockenheim and Budapest, it is Ferrari who have every reason to believe they are the front runners. McLaren’s first task McLaren opened the week of their home grand prix by announcing the resignation of their sporting director Eric Boullier, not unexpected news given the torrid time the team have been enduring. They accompanied it with a restructuring of management roles as they try to reverse the decline with the team now at the lowest point in their 52-year history. The CEO, Zak Brown, highlighted a dearth of consistent leadership at the team since 2012 as central to the problem but that was compounded by a lack of singular technical vision driving the building of the car, instead using a group of three departments. The former McLaren designer John Barnard highlighted it as the fundamental problem and Brown acknowledged the result was “not a good race car”. What is clear is the need to address this issue and it can be expected that the next big announcement from McLaren will be the appointment of a single technical director. Their problem with the current market is just whom they can find to fill the crucial role. 01:01 Sebastian Vettel wins British GP as Lewis Hamilton claws back second spot – video Williams heartbreak compounded The deputy team principal, Claire Williams, said she was dreading the team’s home grand prix, so poor has their car proved this year. She said the situation was heartbreaking and it cannot have given any pleasure to Sir Frank, back in the Williams garage at Silverstone. It was never going to be an easy weekend for them but what transpired was a slow-motion car crash. Both Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin went off in the first qualifying session and they were the slowest cars in the field. The new wing the team had brought to improve aero performance proved a step backward, causing a loss of grip when the DRS closed. They had to replace the wings and start from the pit lane. They finished once again at the back of the field. Williams have a single technical director in Paddy Lowe but what became clear at Silverstone is the sheer scale of his task. It will be an awfully long season for the team. The class war Hamilton’s recovery drive was a magnificent show but his comeback from 18th also illustrated the huge differential between the big three and the rest of the field. Hamilton scythed though the midfield, up to sixth within 10 laps, all in overtaking manoeuvres. Admittedly no one put up a real fight – they were to all intents in a different race – but the way he could breeze past proved just what a huge task Ross Brawn faces in trying to level this playing field in the new regulations of 2021. There was also a further demonstration of another gulf as Renault’s engine deficit to Ferrari and Mercedes was again exposed. Max Verstappen, who did his best in a valiant fight with Räikkönen, said it was as if he was driving in a different series from the leaders. Red Bull’s team principal, Christian Horner, admitted the team “were just hugely exposed, in both defence and attack”. Optimism that they can still challenge for the title took a real blow at Silverstone in the scale of their deficit. Some long afternoons lie ahead at Spa and Monza.<doc-sep>LEWIS HAMILTON has been accused of crying “like a girl” by Kimi Raikkonen’s missus — and told to take up ballet! Raikkonen clattered into Hamilton on the first lap of the British Grand Prix on Sunday, forcing the Brit to battle back from last place to second. 7 Minttu Raikkonen has blasted Lewis Hamilton for moaning about their collision during the British Grand Prix Credit: AFP - Getty 7 Lewis Hamilton finished second to Sebastian Vettel on Sunday despite a rousing comeback following his opening lap clash Credit: Reuters Ferrari driver Raikkonen was slapped with a 10-second time penalty for causing the crash, but unhappy Hamilton could not hide his frustration and swerved post-race interviews. Emotional Hamilton lashed out and pointed an accusing finger at Ferrari’s “interesting tactics” after feeling Raikkonen hit him on purpose. But Minttu Raikkonen appeared to hit back at Hamilton on Instagram by suggesting people who don’t like losing should “do ballet” instead. 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Man Utd & Chelsea target Donnarumma LEAVES Milan and is available for free Her cryptic comments are bound to anger Mercedes and Hamilton even though the Brit said he had accepted Raikkonen’s full apology for wrecking his race. He also appeared to back-track on the comments he made on the podium by implying there was foul play from the Italian team. Hamilton wrote on Instagram: “Kimi said sorry and I accept it and we move on. It was a racing incident and nothing more. Sometimes we say dumb s*** and we learn from it.” Meanwhile, Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene has taken a pop at Mercedes’s Technical Director, James Allison, as tempers boiled over following a brilliant race at Silverstone, which was won by Sebastian Vettel. 7 Hamilton was furious following the collision which occurred on the first lap in Silverstone Credit: Alamy Live News Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen react after British Grand Prix Allison, who quit Ferrari to join Mercedes, was brought into the post-race row by Merc chief Toto Wolff. Wolff said Allison had privately questioned whether Raikkonen’s mistake was “either deliberate or incompetent”. And that angered Arrivabene, who sought out Italian TV to blast the Brit, saying he should be “ashamed” and that Mercedes should “stay classy”. He said: “If he [Allison] actually said something like that, he should be ashamed of himself because he worked many years in Maranello. 7 Minttu and Kimi Raikkonen share an emotional moment after the British Grand Prix Credit: AFP or licensors 7 The Finnish beauty struts her stuff at Silverstone Credit: AFP or licensors 7 Raikkonen speeds around Silverstone Credit: Getty Images - Getty “He took quite a bit of money from Maranello as well, today he’s doing his job, you have to be elegant and know how to lose. “We’re here in England sometimes they want to teach us how to be gentlemen, he should start first. Really, this annoyed me so much. “Incompetent, who Kimi? Who is he to judge what a driver is doing in the car, I can accept it from Jacques (Villeneuve) because he’s been a driver, but that person? No. “First of all, he should look at the telemetry and understand that his driver, unfortunately for himself, had a bad start, so having a bad start he immediately lost two positions. 7 Kimi Raikkonen waves his thanks to the crowd at Silverstone Credit: Getty Images - Getty “Kimi had a good start, we have the telemetry data, so he found himself immediately on top of Hamilton. “I want to remind everyone that in China we had a situation between Vettel and Verstappen and nobody said anything, all fine. “But I mean, I want to give them a message: it’s been a beautiful battle, a battle that I think the audience appreciated, there will be other battles where most likely Mercedes will win, this is a lesson for us to stay classy, a thing that they haven’t done.” MOTORSPORT NEWS LEW FOOLS Hamilton told by Mercedes it WAS their fault over call that caused Monaco flop HORSE POWER Michael Schumacher’s family buy £2.4million plot for stables in Majorca Live Blog MONACO GP LIVE Verstappen WINS in style as Hamilton and Mercedes struggle in Monte Carlo PEREZ WOE Sergio Perez's security guard 'SHOT during attempted car robbery' in Mexico 'LOVES THAT RUBBISH' Verstappen 'getting under Lewis Hamilton's skin', claims Red Bull boss CRYING WOLFF Monaco GP in chaos as Mercedes may protest about Red Bull's 'bendy wing' car NO PROBLEM WITH LEW Hamilton slams Russell row rumours after he shone in Mercedes car IT'S NOT THE PITS Norris promises he won't swap Woking to join other F1 stars in Monaco LEW BEAUTY Lewis Hamilton had 'romantic' relationship with model who Ronaldo also ‘DMed’ TO THE MAX Who is Max Verstappen's girlfriend Dilara Sanlik and who else has he dated?<doc-sep>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 reign at the front of the field. Vettel won on Hamilton’s home turf to move eight points clear of the Brit, 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.”<doc-sep>
Lewis Hamilton celebrates his comeback to second place after colliding with Raikkonen Britain’s reigning four-times world champion was fuming with the Finn who he snubbed as he accused Ferrari of dirty track tactics at the British Grand Prix on Sunday. Hamilton was hit to the back of the field by Raikkonen after just three corners at Silverstone but responded to finish second to Sebastian Vettel. But Kimi’s wife, Minttu Raikkonen, posted on Instagram: “If You Cry Like a Girl When You Lose, Do Ballet. #Just Saying.” Though the post was soon deleted, Minttu then told a fan who had defended Hamilton’s blast: “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.” As he was helicoptered out of Silverstone on Sunday night having slipped eight points behind Vettel, Hamilton attempted to defuse the row between Mercedes and the Italian team. Kimi and outspoken wife Minttu embrace at last week's Austrian GP Kimi said sorry and I accept it and we move on. Lewis Hamilton “Thank you for loving me for being with all my flaws,” said Hamilton, 33, on his Instagram account. “I know I’m not perfect. “Accepting who you are and loving yourself are so important. Go be great today and be you and give zero f**** to what anybody thinks. “Kimi said sorry and I accept it and we move on. It was a racing incident and nothing more. Sometimes we say dumb s*** and learn from it.” Hamilton’s Mercedes boss Toto Wolff had also waded into the row, quoting the team’s British technical director James Allison who had been with Ferrari until making the switch in 2016. Wolff, who had seen Valtteri Bottas hit by Vettel on the first lap in Austria two weeks before, said: “To put it in James Allison’s words, this is either deliberate or incompetence.” But that sparked a furious response from Ferrari chief Maurizio Arrivabene who said: “He should be ashamed of himself because he worked for many years at Maranello. He took quite a bit of money from Maranello as well. “You have to be elegant and know how to lose. We are here in England. Sometimes they want to teach us how to be gentlemen. He should really start first. This is a lesson for us to stay classy. A thing that they haven’t done.” Hamilton in action ahead of Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen