Lewis Hamilton doesn't believe talks with team mate Nico Rosberg are required following the pair's run-in at Turn 1 at the start of last weekend's US Grand Prix.
Rosberg's body language and sulky attitude at the end of the race, which included a disdainful throw back of a cap Hamilton had just tossed him, suggested renewed bad blood between the two Mercedes stalwarts.
While Rosberg himself insisted the gesture was just an expression of frustration, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said that the Turn 1 on-track altercation would be addressed however with both drivers.
"There is no need to talk, "Hamilton said. "Everyone has a right to an opinion but it doesn't matter, I won the race."
Speaking of the cap throwing incident, Hamilton said he understood Rosberg's frustration, and did not read anything more into the gesture than what was necessary.
"It's the worst thing to be my team-mate," Ham concluded. "On top of everything, he was disappointed with himself."
"I've seen Nico in lots of different lights over the years. The cap came past me and I'm like 'no problem'. I'm completely oblivious to it but I understand."
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