Mercedes Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain sprays champagne at a grid girl as he celebrates his victory on the podium after the Chinese F1 Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit, April 12, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
MANAMA (Reuters) - A Chinese Grand Prix podium hostess who had champagne sprayed in her face by race winner Hamilton has played down the incident after the Formula One world champion was accused of sexist bullying.
"It lasted for only one or two seconds, and I didn't think too much about it," Liu Siying, a 22-year-old graduate of the Shanghai Institute of Visual Art who works for a real estate company, told the Shanghai Daily.
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