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Pastor Maldonado slams "aggressive" Lewis Hamilton

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Pastor Maldonado blames Lewis Hamilton for the pair's collision during the European Grand Prix earlier today.

Pastor Maldonado has blamed Lewis Hamilton for the pair's collision in the closing stages of the European Grand Prix.

With just one lap remaining Maldonado was forced out wide while trying to pass the McLaren driver and when he tried to return to the track his Williams car struck Hamilton's vehicle, which sprawled into the barrier.

Reflecting on the incident, the Venezuelan laid the blame at Hamilton's door.

"He tried to put me off of the track and he didn't give me any room," he told BBC Sport. "I jumped over the kerb and couldn't avoid the accident.

"I don't know why he was driving like that. He tried a very aggressive movement on me."

Maldonado was also forced to end his race early as a result of the clash.

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