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“The strategic loss for Haas was catastrophic”– F1 Twitter bashes Fernando Alonso for criticizing FIA stewards in Miami

Tanish Chachra
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"The strategic loss for Haas was catastrophic"– F1 Twitter bashes Fernando Alonso for criticizing FIA stewards in Miami

Fernando Alonso criticized FIA stewards for penalizing him in Miami without proof; F1 fans call him out for strategy damage to Haas.

The most experienced F1 driver on the current grid publically called the stewards for Miami Grand Prix incompetent, as he feels he was wrongly penalized over there.

Ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix, Alonso heavily criticized the FIA. He claimed that he was given a penalty without any proof and he also compensated for his wrongdoing.

The 40-year-old race driver on lap 53 cut out the chicane at turn 14, pulling himself away from Mick Schumacher’s DRS range. He was touted to gain a lasting advantage. So a five-second penalty was imposed on him that struck him out of the points range after finishing P9.

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F1 Twitter bashes Fernando Alonso

However, F1 Twitter didn’t side with Alonso in this. On the contrary and something rare happened, the fans this time advocated for FIA’s action on the veteran F1 driver.

Several fans called Alonso out for damaging Schumacher’s prospects in the race through illicit means. Therefore, fans believe that Alonso received a deserving verdict in Miami.

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Meanwhile, a section of fans even urged FIA to take disciplinary action against Alonso for defaming the governing body. Now, it remains to be seen what response FIA will make after this public attack on them.

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra

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Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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