Sutil brands Hamilton a 'coward'

Former Force India driver Adrian Sutil has branded McLaren star driver Lewis Hamilton a 'coward' after he failed to attend his two-day trial in Munich as a witness.

Hamilton, instead, sent a written letter to the court in which he claimed that he didn't see the incident as the pair celebrated his Grand Prix triumph, The Sun reports.

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Sutil has been fined 170,000 pounds by a Munich court for smashing a glass of champagne into the neck of Lotus boss Eric Lux that led to him needing 24 stitches.

u00a0"Lewis is a coward. I don't want to be a friend of such a person. He is not a man. He even changed his number, so I couldn't call him," he said.