McLaren has issued a statement on Lewis Hamilton's behalf categorically denying that the rookie swore at team boss Ron Dennis over the radio during qualifying in Hungary last Saturday.

The British press widely reported on Sunday that the rookie had twice used the 'F-word' towards his long-time mentor during a heated exchange towards the end of the session after feeling the team had deliberately held him up behind Fernando Alonso in the pit lane as a punishment for disobeying team orders.

Both Dennis and Hamilton admitted that there had been an exchange of views during the session, with the McLaren boss quoted as saying that the language used had been “100% materially wrong”.

However on Thursday McLaren issued a statement saying that reports of Hamilton swearing had been totally inaccurate and that he had been unhappy that it had been reported as such.

“Over the last few days there has been some inaccurate and misleading reporting of certain events which transpired during the qualification for the Hungarian Grand Prix,” the statement read.

“Whilst the team would normally not comment on such speculation, Lewis has asked us to correct one important matter of untrue critical commentary.

“It has been reported that Lewis used the “F word” to Ron Dennis over the team radio immediately after the qualification session had been completed.

“The team have investigated this claim and reviewed the radio transmissions and we can categorically confirm that Lewis did not use the “F word” at any time during any conversation with the team.

“The team and Lewis are extremely disappointed that the use of the “F word” appears to have been invented and repeated to the media.”