London: Reigning Formula one champion Lewis Hamilton has caught the ire of critics for spraying champagne on the grid girl while celebrating his victory at the Chinese Grand Prix.
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The Briton, who clinched his second victory of the season on Sunday, popped the cork and sprayed the champagne directly at an unsuspecting hostess.
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Object, a campaign on media sexism, has criticised the two-time world champions' way of celebration as they accused him of abusing grid girl's position. Roz Hardie, the chief executive of the organisation, said that the photographs appear to show that the woman was not just being splashed, but that the champagne was being very specifically directed into her face, adding that it didn't look like a voluntary piece of horseplay on her part, the Mirror reported.
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Hardie further said that Hamilton, if it was the case, should apologise for his actions and think carefully about how he behaves in the future, insisting that it was apparent for most of the people that she was not enjoying it.
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Hardie added that it was surely a very difficult position to be a grid girl and she would have had little option but to stand there and take it, claiming that Hamilton appeared to have abused her position.
