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Hamilton snubs media after Snapchat backlash

RESULTS: Japanese Grand Prix – Qualifying results Lewis Hamilton has walked out of his post-qualifying session with assembled media after expressing his dissatisfaction with his use of social media during Thursday's press conference. The defending champion came in for criticism after seemingly being distracted by his use of the social networking app 'Snapchat', including taking photos of himself and fellow press conference attendees using the 'animal face filter'. However, whilst others have dismissed his action as nothing more than fun and has raised a debate over whether the dated press conference format should be revised for 2017, Hamilton was unhappy with the way he was subsequently...
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