NICO Rosberg apparently admitted deliberately crashing into Mercedes team-mate and world championship rival Lewis Hamilton in Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix, according to the 29-year-old British driver.
Hamilton, who was leading the race when Rosberg drove into him on lap two of the 44-lap race, suffered a puncture to his left rear tyre and, after struggling to recover at the back of the field, retired with four laps remaining.
After a team meeting at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in the aftermath of their most explosive and controversial clash of a dramatic season Cheap Jerseys , Hamilton said Rosberg had said he hit him 'to prove a point'.
Hamilton told reporters: "It looked quite clear to me, but we just had a meeting about it and he basically said he did it on purpose.
"He said he could have avoided it. He said 'I did it to prove a point', and you don't have to just rely on me -- go and ask (Mercedes team boss) Toto [Wolff], Paddy [Lowe] and all those guys who are not happy with him as well."
Hamilton said he was "gob-smacked" at Rosberg's reaction in their team discussion, held just three days after 'clear-the-air' talks to improve their relationship.
"You know, and you can ask Fernando [Alonso] Miami Heat Throwback Jersey , and you can ask all drivers, when a car is less than half a car length alongside you -- and you are on the inside -- it's your racing line," said Hamilton.
"It's not your job to go massively out of your way to leave extra, extra room. And it wasn't one of those corners where there's a wall there or anything."
He added|: "I was gob-smacked when I was listening to the meeting. You need to ask him what point he was trying to make."
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Hamilton said Rosberg had tried to blame him for the incident.
"He just came in there and said it was all my fault."
Hamilton shrugged: "I can't imagine what the team would do now."
He added: "We've got eight races (to go) and we're close - there's only 11 points in it - and I thought it was going to be good for all of us. Good racing, I thought this was going to be a track that was going to be exciting.
"It's interesting because we had that meeting on Thursday and Nico expressed how angry he was..."