Jul.8 (GMM) The photographer knocked over by reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen on the Silverstone grid has denied provoking the Ferrari driver's attack.



We reported that Frenchman Paul-Henri Cahier, who has been a F1 photographer for almost forty years, fell onto his back after Raikkonen shoved him for pushing a lens too close to the Finnish driver's face and standing on his equipment prior to the British grand prix.



But in a statement issued by Cahier's agency, the Cahier Archive, he denied that he touched Kimi's equipment.



"Furthermore, the distance at which Paul-Henri Cahier was taking a picture, although close, was completely standard," the statement added.



Cahier said he has never seen a F1 driver act "in such a rude manner" as did Raikkonen at Silverstone, but he does not intend to take any further action.