Following our coverage of the incident between Kimi Raikkonen and World-renowned photographer Paul-Henri Cahier ahead of Sunday’s British Grand Prix, the photographer has now issued a statement in his defence.

Raikkonen’s camp defended the driver, who pushed over the photographer, insisting he had been provoked after Paul-Henri had “touched” the 28 year-old and “stood on Kimi’s gear”.

Raikkonen endured a mare of a race during yesterday’s British Grand Prix as his Ferrari team struggled to adapt their strategy to the changing weather conditions. However, it appears the Finn was frustrated even ahead of the red lights going out.

Ferrari have admitted that they made mistakes during today’s race – mistakes that possibly cost Raikkonen a race win.

“We could have won this race with Kimi but we made a key mistake at the first pitstop, choosing to stay on the same set of tyres,” Stefano Domenicali explained. “The rain did not ease off and lasted longer and our drivers - Felipe had also gone for the same choice - found themselves in difficulty.