Dutch driver Max Verstappen was accused of trying to punch French rival Esteban Ocon after a controversial clash at the Brazilian Grand Prix which was won by five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton.
Red Bull star Verstappen was seen on TV pushing Force India's Ocon three times and accused of threatening to hit him, after the pair had collided on track on Sunday.
The collision on lap 44 of the 71-lap race at Interlagos' famed Senna S curves cost Verstappen the race and he had to settle for second place.
The livid Dutchman, 21, had earlier said he did not see the Frenchman in the paddock after the race, but made no effort to avoid him in the drivers' weighing room where he walked straight at him.
"We were at the scales room," said Ocon.
"He wanted to punch me. He pushed me and he was wanting to be violent. It was not professional."
"I'm used to the fights with Max. He's always been the same. It goes back a few years."
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"The stewards gave him a penalty. You can say, 'Max, you should have given room', but we were not racing and you don't expect that."
"I'm a winner. To get taken out by that and to get a stupid response from their side, I was not happy about that."
"Max has lost a victory through no fault of his own today. What on earth Ocon was thinking there, it just beggars belief. Why on earth is he racing the leader?"
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