Damon Hill hallucinates at Alonso’s penalty

Many journalists and users were surprised and expressed their disbelief at the sanction imposed by the stewards of the United States GP on Fernando Alonso after the race in Austin. Once the appointment was over, after a complaint from Haas who had come out of the plane regarding the rear-view mirror that had fallen on the Asturian, the FIA ​​decided to impose a 30-second penalty on the Asturian, depriving him of the points he had heroically and epically earned after the terrible accident he had in the Stroll. And those complaints on social networks were joined by some former pilots, such as Damon Hill.

“I’ve been reading about this Alonso and Alpine case. What’s going on? Are the stewards upset with the race directors? Sounds worse than the Conservative Party!”, pointed out the 1996 F1 world champion, who made it clear that the stewards wanted to correct a possible error in Race Direction, which did not show Fernando Alonso a black and orange flag despite how much his rear-view mirror saw wobbly, or No. once the man from Oviedo was left alone with glasses in his car. Hill suggests the penalty was more of a wake-up call from Race Direction stewards with Fernando paying the piper.

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“How can you penalize a car for being unsafe after it has finished the race safely?” one of McLaren’s IndyCar drivers asked himself, Felix Rosenqvist. Or the pilot of W-Series, Alice Powelldid not explain that he was allowed if the Race Direction did not warn him during the race: “What a joke. If they thought the car was unsafe, why didn’t they remove the black and orange flag?”

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In its part, Karun Chandhokthe former driver and current commentator, was very critical: “I am confused. Fernando Alonso drove too hard, risking his life, and received a 30-second penalty because his rearview mirror was not attached? It’s not perfect , but it seemed very difficult, especially when we saw some loose wing plates,” he said, referring to Perez’s battered wing that Haas also complained about, though with no luck to the FIA.

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“The FIA ​​is doing its thing, it seems familiar to me …”, said the former Spanish F1 Roberto Merhi. “As usual, lack of common sense and self-criticism. I see no penalty for running him with a car that is ‘very dangerous’ with so many laps. What things …”, he commented Dani Juncadella, which was shortly before giving up on the Asturian exhibition: What a fucking animated thing about Alonso. Speechless. Hope to see him in a winning car soon.”

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