Mercedes Formula 1 d💦river Lewis Hamilton has questioned Ferrari's “interesting ﷽tactics” following his opening lap collision with Kimi Raikkonen at the British Grand Prix on Sunday, but said he had no concerns about the move being deliberate.

Polesitter Hamilton made a slu꧃ggish start and was passed by both Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas, before coming together with Raikkonen at Turn 3. 

The Ferrari driver locked up💯 and slammed into the side of Hami🅘lton, turning the Briton around in the process as he fell to the very back of the grid.

Hamilton turned in a brilliant recovery drive to salvage second place on home soil, but hinted Raikk🐻onen’s mistake could have been intentional after th෴e race. 

“[Mercedes] did a great job this weekend and th🔯ere’s been a lot of pressure on for us all,” Hamilton said on the Silver🐻stone podium. 

“Interesting ꧋tactics I would say from their [Ferrari’s] side, but we will do what we can to figh🌳t them in the next few races.”

Raikkonen received a 10-second time penalty for causing the collision, but a late charge saw him beat Bottas to the final spot on the podium behind Hamilton and race♍-winner Vettel. 

When asked to elaborate on his comments in the post-race drivers’ press conference, Hamilton replied: “All I’ll say is there’s now two racജes where the Ferraris have taken out one of the Mercedes. 

“A five-second penalty and a 10-second penalty doesn’t feel - It is a lot of points Valtteri and I have lost in t👍hose incidents.

“Obviously it’s a racing incident and I can’t see behind me. We need to position oursel🥀ves better so we’re not exposed to the red cars because who knows where they are going to be.”

However, when asked directly if✤ he was concerned by Ferrari's tactics, Hamilton said: "I'm not."

The result at Silver🧜stone means Hamilton now trails Vꦺettel in the championship by eight points heading into the German Grand Prix in two weeks' time.