Lewis Hamilton actually put a cap on a verbal spat with Formulation One rival Fernando Alonso in a teasing social media publish on Tuesday.

Alonso, a former staff mate and fellow world champion, had branded the Briton an fool after a first-lap collision eventually Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix.

Mercedes’ seven-times world champion Hamilton accepted blame for the incident that ended his race however advised reporters he wouldn’t discuss to Alpine’s Alonso after what the Spaniard had mentioned about him.

Alonso had additionally declared over staff radio, in a message broadcast to a worldwide tv viewers, that the winner of a document 103 races “solely is aware of methods to drive and begin in first (place)”.

Hamilton posted in an Instagram story a clip of double world champion Alonso calling for respect for the “F1 household” and adopted it up on Tuesday with a message to his 29 million followers.

“Despite the fact that the weekend did not go the way in which we wished, after a tremendous break it was so good to be again at work. I like my job, my staff, and I beloved the power at Spa,” he mentioned on Instagram.

“Thanks to the staff for all of the laborious work and thanks to the followers that got here out to indicate love, I respect you.”

The phrases had been accompanied by a photograph of a signed cap with “To Fernando” on it.

Hamilton and Alonso had been McLaren staff mates in a stormy 2007 season, the Briton’s debut yr, the place each ended up stage on factors and missed out on the title by a single level to Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen.

Hamilton then gained his first title with McLaren in 2008, with Alonso again at Renault