Hamilton feud with Button brews after German Grand Prix

English drivers in verbal clash as Button questions Mercedes rival's approach after collision

Jenson Button
(Image credit: PATRIK STOLLARZ/AFP/Getty Images)

At times this season it has appeared that Formula 1 is a sport contested only by the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, but after the German Grand Prix Hamilton's former team-mate Jenson Button risked sparking a feud with his compatriot by pointedly reminding him that there are other cars on the track.

Hamilton and Button came together on the 30th lap of the race, inevitably won by Rosberg, as Hamilton charged through the field on his way to a third place finish. A crash in qualifying on Saturday had forced him to start from 20th on the grid.

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