Lewis Hamilton has condemned offensive comments made by the Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko about Sergio Pérez and insisted that, despite his subsequent apology, they were completely unacceptable.
As Formula One prepares for this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen also took a swipe at Hamilton’s Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff, demanding that he focus on his task rather than demeaning their rivals’ success.