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Brut? Champagne spraying just fun
World champion Lewis Hamilton has said he was just trying to show the fun side of Formula One when he sprayed champagne in the face of a Chinese Grand Prix podium hostess last weekend. Sunday's incident, captured in photographs that showed the woman flinching as the Mercedes driver aimed a stream of fizz at her, triggered condemnation from critics in Britain and Germany as well as on Chinese social media. The woman herself played down what happened in an interview with the Shanghai Daily newspaper and Hamilton said he was relieved to hear that. "Ultimately it was a great weekend, and generally my actions are through excitement," the Briton told reporters after arriving at the...
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