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Sutil says Hamilton a 'coward' for not testifying

Former Force India driver Adrian Sutil waits for the continuation of his trial in a court in Munich, southern Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012. Sutil was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm in a nightclub confrontation in China with a Formula One team owner and given an 18-month suspended sentence. He was charged with causing grievous bodily harm Renault F1 team executive Eric Lux at a party following Lewis Hamilton's victory at the China Grand Prix in Shanghai on April 17. (AP Photo/dapd, Uwe Lein)

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The Associated Press 7:41 AM Wednesday, February 1, 2012

FRANKFURT, Germany — Former Force India Formula One driver Adrian Sutil says Lewis Hamilton is a "coward" for not testifying at the German's trial.

Sutil was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm in a nightclub confrontation in China and given an 18-month suspended sentence Tuesday. Hamilton declined to testify because of commitments with his McLaren team.

Sutil told the Bild Newspaper that "Lewis is a coward, I don't want to be friends with someone like that."

Hamilton witnessed the incident at a party following Hamilton's victory at the China Grand Prix in Shanghai last April, when Sutil cut Renault team executive Eric Lux in the neck with a champagne glass.

Sutil said he intended to spill his drink on Lux, and that causing the injury was completely "unintentional and accidental."

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February 01, 2012 12:37 PM EST

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