Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg accused team-mate Lewis Hamilton of negatively impacting his race by driving too slowly at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.
World champion Hamilton led from start to finish on Sunday and finished atop the podium ahead of Rosberg and Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel.
However, Rosberg suggested Hamilton's pace put his second-placed finish at risk - an accusation the Briton was quick to dismiss in the post-race news conference.
"I wasn't controlling his race, I was controlling my own race. My goal was to look after my own car. I had no real threat from Nico through the whole race," Hamilton explained.
"It's not my job to look after Nico's race. My job is to bring the car home as fast as possible and that's what I did."
However, Rosberg saw things differently and suggested Vettel could have got closer to second following the second round of pit stops.
"It's interesting to hear from you Lewis that you were just thinking about yourself with the pace," Rosberg added.
"Unnecessarily that was compromising my race, because driving slower than was maybe necessary at the beginning of stints meant that Sebastian was very close to me and that opening up the opportunity for Sebastian to try that early pit stop, to try and jump me.
"I was unnecessarily close to Sebastian as a result and it cost me race time as a result."
The pair have endured a tumultuous relationship that threatened to boil over during competition last season as they battled for the title.