Hamilton clipped the rear left of Verstappen’s Red Bull on the first lap of the day causing a puncture.
The Dutchman was forced to make an unexpected pit stop to change his tyre before he emerged one lap behind the rest of the pack.
Red Bull then made the decision to call it a day and withdrew their driver having already seen Daniel Ricciardo suffer a gear-box failure in the opening lap.
However, Hamilton had no sympathy for his rival and blamed him for the “mistake” before claiming it is not the first time the 20-year-old has made such a crucial error.
“Ultimately, I had a coming together with Max and it was an unnecessary collision,” said Hamilton.
“There needs to be a certain respect between drivers. I need to watch it again, but it didn’t feel like a respectful move.
“It was a silly move for him because he didn’t finish the race and obviously he’s tending to make quite a few mistakes recently.
“It was just unnecessary for him to do that.
“I can’t really remember what point of the race it was or why we were in that position, but I don’t really care to be honest.”
Meanwhile, Verstappen blamed Hamilton for the incident.
“I had a good run out of the last corner and went for the inside,” he said. “Lewis was trying to go around the outside and at one point I was ahead.
“I think there was still enough space on the left but I got a touch on the left rear and it destroyed my diff.”
