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Hamilton faces more questions:Briton appears before media today after controversy in Suzuka

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Triple Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has been called to appear in today’s official US Grand Prix news conference, two weeks after the Mercedes driver criticised the ‘boring’ format and triggered a media spat in Japan. Hamilton came under fire at Suzuka for playing on his telephone during the main news conference there, using the Snapchat app to take pictures of fellow drivers and sounding generally disinterested.

He then walked out of a team media briefing after Saturday qualifying, hitting out at “disrespectful” criticism of his behaviour by journalists and saying he was “not here to answer your questions”.

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