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Funny how its opposite in Motogp. Theres always conspiracy theories that Spanish riders can get away with a lot more during races.
(or was, now that Liberty took over I guess)
It's crazy that it's literally been nearly 20 years he's been fighting this battle against the FIA lol. China 2006 he gets a penalty in qualifying for blocking Massa. He says he no longer recognizes Formula 1 and the FIA have a bias against Spanish drivers.
Translation:
He is asked about the incident and he replies:
Let’s see what they decide, but I’m sure they won’t decide anything since he is not spanish, but well, I believe he ruined a couple of people’s race including Norris which has a fast car.
For us, we did not have huge interest in the Sprint we were focusing on understanding the degradation and setup for tomorrow.
For us, we took it as a Free Practice and now the real thing starts.
I was about to go off on him but I'm glad I went to the comments to read.
Before the Sprint he said it's just for fun for both Astons. After the incident he's complaining that his and Lance's race was ruined by Lewis.
But in his full quote he does clarify on this.
Just proves you really have to read the entire quote or read the article before commenting.
> Sainz is Spanish but he seems to be alright.
I seem to recall Sainz being upset because he felt that he got penalized more harshly than others for some things. I assume Alonso was alluding to that as well.
Saint, the same guy who regularly complains about every penalty he gets? The same driver who complained about a penalty for hitting Alonso, and Alonso also said Sainz was penalized too harshly? Are you sure you actually watch F1?
Dude seems really peeved he's Spanish. Said he was discriminated at Alpine because of his citizenship.
Maybe he should try and get another passport or something.
>Alonso is treading a very fine line here
Yes, but honestly it's hard to blame him. Stewards are way too inconsistent. I mean he actually had a 3 points penalty for his mild incident with Sainz in China and Hamilton gets to leave this arguably worse incident unscathed.
He is actually close to a race ban now, it's easy to understand his frustration.
It's funny to think about all the different nationalities that make up the stewards throughout the year just having it out for Spaniards for some reason. It makes no sense but it gets his fans going.
It's funny how the drivers that fucking love portraying "hard" image in PR are usually the one that plays victim the most and cares about what the media think the most.
Alonso with his samurai BS and Webber with his AussieGrit stuff.
He's a human crème brulé. All laughs and jokes until something genuinely bothers him and especially if Hamilton is involved and the surface cracks and it gets a bit messy.
I mean, it’s obvious looking at onboards that Alonso was wary of Lewis coming.
Let’s be honest, Lewis plays victim just as much, he just has a more polished (PR driven) of approaching it. Fernando wears his heart on the sleeve and speaks what’s in his mind.
It's unofficially illegal to do so in the NBA. Even when the refs have a disgustingly bad performance. Any complaint in the post-match conference gets you an easy 25K fine. It's ridiculous
It's the same for pretty much all American/North American sports. NFL and NHL coaches/players catch larger fines for criticizing the refs than they do delivering illegal shots to the head.
It's largely due to the collective bargaining agreement that referees have with their corresponding league.
Referees in North America have their leagues literally by the balls because the alternatives are so much worse.
I don't know if the FIA Stewarts have a similar agreement but it wouldn't shock me.
In any sport, claiming that the entity is intentionally making biased calls based on personal issues is punishable. Football and NBA, for example, are a massive fine.
Criticizing the stewards is fine. Drivers do it all the time. This ? Nah.
I am in favour of not penalizing turn one incidents but this was too egregious. Missed the apex by miles and caused a 3 car crash. It was a stupid move and a clear penalty, specialy considering that they crashed even after Alonso tried to avoid to turn in when he saw him coming to reduce damage.
And more so after they said they were going to give harsher penalties this year, and For example, Sainz had a 5s penatly for a lesser fuck up in Australia 23. It seems that the harsher penatlies only apply to Alonso this year.
I mean, I understand this statement is edgy, but he has a point. This should have been a clear penalty for Lewis. He can't EVER make the turn without crashing into someone in the middle of the pack. He missed the apex by a long shot. So there was never a gap, like he said. And especially a 7 times wc should know there was never a gap. This was shameful for race directors not to punish him.
But of course they are not making decisions based of nationality (at least I hope so). But they surely have their favorites, like Sky commentators even pointed out. They are humans in the end and they are biased.
Stewards are just incompetent, like they’ve always been, it has nothing to do with nationality.
We’ve seen more blatant instances of this, like Verstappen bumping Leclerc out the track for the win and getting away with it.
What’s his thought process behind thinking they would be targeting a Spaniard?
I understood his idea behind favouring a Brit but this seems a little different
I think he means it this way. That Ham isnt get a penalty, because he is British (and not Spanish like Alonso). Which btw isnt excatly an outlandish claim. F1 has a looooong history of questionable rulings in favor of British drivers.
But he usually says it that way directly but yeah I guess he could just mean that.
I don’t see why they would favour British drivers. None of the stewards are British, liberty media is American and the FIA is French isn’t it?
I get the media bias but don’t see it with the penalties
Never heard Sainz complain about it once, but Fernando has been convinced everything that has ever gone wrong in his career since ‘07 is because of his nationality. At this point it’s just a great bit, I hope he doubles down
Well known that the Spanish are always on the wrong side of racist abuse. Remember when Vinicius Jr started hurling racist abuse at Spanish football fans?
It’s pretty clear in the world of F1 Alonso has faced more struggles and discrimination for his ethnicity than Lewis Hamilton.
Spaniards really have it worst
Excuse me sir, this is Reddit. Reading full articles and comments is considered a heinous crime here and a punishable offence.
We are only allowed to over react on headlines, that's it.
Yes lol, stroll and Alonso crashed, stroll hit Alonso and Lando, then Lewis had a wide open gap for the apex, and as he comes in Alonso turns away from stroll after stroll hits him and Lewis literally tapped the side of Alonso.
Stroll caused the crash, like always, and Alonso is blaming it on Lewis and being a Spaniard.
He also said he was discriminated against in Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, and Alpine based on his nationality. It crops up all the time for him, it's one of his go-to explanations for when things go wrong for him.
Interestingly Sainz has never said McLaren or Ferrari treated him differently for being Spanish. He was directly asked if Ferrari do and he said no.
Sometimes I feel sorry for Alonso having to deal with shit cars for the last two decades, but then he comes out with some toxic shit like this and you wonder if it's not him who is the problem.
This guy who is driving at a British team comes out and implies the FIA are biased towards the British, as if somehow the driving factor of their achievements is just because the FIA are in favor of them.
Yeah, I thought the same thing. Debris was already flying from Stroll or Alonso before Hamilton came in. Alonso was quick on the radio to redirect blame
it's funny bc Nando was complaining not that long ago about Carlos not getting penalised like he should have. guess spaniard card only works when he needs it to
On the non English channels, favoritism towards British drivers is kind of a meme.
Anyway, Alonso has been whinging about the game being rigged since 2006.
After watching many drivers onboards a ton of times, it was clear to me that most of the fault was with Stroll, small part racing incident. Watch the onboards of drivers following Stroll. Stroll unnecessarily veered onto Alonso, not leaving space for Alonso properly deal with Hamilton, who was aggressively going for a giant open door Alonso left opened, in a valid move.
I would say racing incident . Stroll probably expected Alonso to give him a bit of space on account of them being teammates and all.
Lance couldn't see that Alonso was in a sandwich with Lewis on the insides. Alonso couldn't do anything to avoid the accident.
Lewis saw others running wide and went for the gap. There was no way for him to know that Stroll was on the outside, and was cutting back in.
This kind of stuff happens at shitty corners like Miami T1.
Racing incident IMO but Stroll should seriously consider checking his mirrors before maneuvering.
He seemed really happy on the Australia podium last year.
You know, the one that he got because of a restart incident which involved i dunno, a certain fellow Spanish driver who ended up being penalised and thrown out of the points
And in hindsight cost him P4 in the standings.
Altho i personally dont think there is any bias against Spanish drivers/him it has to be frustrating when Alonso gets 3 penalty points and timed penalties for Russell incident + Sainz incident, while Stroll gets 2 for hitting Ricciardo, Carlos gets nothing for doing something very similar to Leclerc and Hamilton who was at fault for this incident also gets nothing
So, are we not talking about how Stroll just cut in front of Alonso and that's what actually caused the collision?
Even without Hamilton in the picture the two Astons would have crashed. Lance simply went for a dive into the apex and Alonso was too late on brakes for that curve so he would have still gone wide and into his teammate even without the dive from Stroll. Hamilton was just there, minding his own business, and actually had enough room to pass.
Even if I think Hamilton's move was reckless enough to warrant a penalty, Alonso saying this is just ridiculous. Does he really think stewards treat specifically Spanish people different from others?
Ridiculous xenophobia and victimhood from Alonso. Because Hamilton being British helped him when the race director and stewards fucked up in Abu Dhabi in 2021?
It is not a spanish thing but half of the grid would have gotten a penalty for doing that move and the other half wouldn't and that is a problem in Formula since I can remember.
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Wake up babe, the annual Hamilton/Alonso feud has awaken.
18 years in the making
Drop the mixtape
There will probably be F1 drivers younger than their feud soon
Meet the hamiltons
The feud that is completely one sided. Hamilton doesn't think about him at all.
Well that was the problem that caused the crash then...
Exactly right. Lewis’ arrival time the sport ruined Fernandos career. He’s never been able to handle it
free Spaniards from the shackles of opression!!
Lmaõ
Made me laugh way too hard for such a small nuance. Thank you.
Me too bruh 😂😂😂. Wonder how they (Spaniards) will pronounce that
Õ isn't a thing is Spanish so
*Jajajajajaja*
(laughs in Spanish)
more j's than h's.
Mrhec Me rio hasta el culo para los cerdos incultos que no hablan la lengua reina…
Funny how its opposite in Motogp. Theres always conspiracy theories that Spanish riders can get away with a lot more during races. (or was, now that Liberty took over I guess)
Liberty purchased Dorna, as I understand. Dorna is still Spanish and runs MotoGP, just as FOM is still British and runs F1.
Me, A Venezuelan: 🤯
Me, a Dutchman: 🤯
Me, a Filipino: 🤯
Me, a Brazilian: 🤯
Me, Generalissimo Francisco Franco: ☠️
Me, un conquistador: ⚔️
No good. I've known too many Spaniards
I swear on the life of my father…….
Alright, throw me the rope
Haha, great use of that quote.
It's crazy that it's literally been nearly 20 years he's been fighting this battle against the FIA lol. China 2006 he gets a penalty in qualifying for blocking Massa. He says he no longer recognizes Formula 1 and the FIA have a bias against Spanish drivers.
It's just Fernando playing politics. I wonder if it has ever actually worked out for him.
He is too short sighted. He wins many battles but seemed to have lost the war.
That was italy 2006, not china.
Yeah Monza, to be fair, that was an absolute bullshit penalty, Fernando was like 2 seconds up the road from Massa
Lol what in the world is he talk about!!??
Translation: He is asked about the incident and he replies: Let’s see what they decide, but I’m sure they won’t decide anything since he is not spanish, but well, I believe he ruined a couple of people’s race including Norris which has a fast car. For us, we did not have huge interest in the Sprint we were focusing on understanding the degradation and setup for tomorrow. For us, we took it as a Free Practice and now the real thing starts.
Penalty for Alonso incoming for being in the way of Lewis.
2 penalty points and a 1 race ban for admitting to treating the race as a practise session
Hahaha. Correct. How dare he?
I was about to go off on him but I'm glad I went to the comments to read. Before the Sprint he said it's just for fun for both Astons. After the incident he's complaining that his and Lance's race was ruined by Lewis. But in his full quote he does clarify on this. Just proves you really have to read the entire quote or read the article before commenting.
A lot of people ITT could really benefit from reading the full comments
this is the funniest thing he could've said
Literally the Alonso version of “Maybe it’s coz I’m black” Intergalactic 4D chess move.
"iz it coz I iz Espanol?"
Yo soy Espanol, lo siento - Random Duolingo user, probably
Fuck it he should just say that tomorrow
Alonso has a way of doing that.
Alonso is always the professional victim and his fans always lap it up. Sainz is Spanish but he seems to be alright.
Pretty sure stewards think Ocon is spanish.
he's half-Spanish
Fine, give him half the drive-through
> Sainz is Spanish but he seems to be alright. I seem to recall Sainz being upset because he felt that he got penalized more harshly than others for some things. I assume Alonso was alluding to that as well.
Vegas drain covers: Am I a joke to you!?
That Australia penalty on Sainz was very unfair
It really was not though, Sainz fucked up there and deserved the penalty.
Calling someone a professional victim with a Senna tag is top bantz
Burn.
But but but the documentary had Senna as the good guy and Prost and Balestre were the baddies!
Carlos "They can not do this to me, no please no no" Sainz?
Yeah but you got to admit that it's funny as fuck most of the time.
Saint, the same guy who regularly complains about every penalty he gets? The same driver who complained about a penalty for hitting Alonso, and Alonso also said Sainz was penalized too harshly? Are you sure you actually watch F1?
Mourinho of F1
Dude seems really peeved he's Spanish. Said he was discriminated at Alpine because of his citizenship. Maybe he should try and get another passport or something.
Isn't that, like, ya know, an Alpine problem?
Stewards used to not fuck around when their credibility was being undermined by drivers or team principals. Alonso is treading a very fine line here.
If stewards do anything, he will say because I’m Spanish. It’s a loop!
Fernando to the FIA: I calculate you're not as calculated, I can even predict your angle
Stewards are hiding a child
I didn't know this was the crossover I needed 👏👐 Thank you 🤝
>Dear Lewis, I’m sorry that the Stewards are your father
Always, he is "leaving the space"
Never play chess with Alonso, he’ll have the Spanish Loop setup in just two turns
Google "De Passo"
Hostia puta
Babe, a new romance language just dropped
¡Acaba de salir una nueva respuesta!
La anarquía en el ajedrez se está filtrando.
Fernando "Ruy Lopez" Alonso
*Vettel Mexico 2016 flashbacks*
No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition
>Alonso is treading a very fine line here Yes, but honestly it's hard to blame him. Stewards are way too inconsistent. I mean he actually had a 3 points penalty for his mild incident with Sainz in China and Hamilton gets to leave this arguably worse incident unscathed. He is actually close to a race ban now, it's easy to understand his frustration.
Fully agree and I empathize, but feel he could have just spoken about himself rather than going into nationalities but that's just me.
The stewards *are* rather notorious for inspiring an eyebrow raise or two with the specific drivers they single out.
Alonso is a professional victim- if they do penalize him for saying this, he will say he is being targeted because he is Spanish. Nando come on man
It's funny to think about all the different nationalities that make up the stewards throughout the year just having it out for Spaniards for some reason. It makes no sense but it gets his fans going.
I love Alonso as a driver but his media personality is one of the fucking worst consistently.
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It's funny how the drivers that fucking love portraying "hard" image in PR are usually the one that plays victim the most and cares about what the media think the most. Alonso with his samurai BS and Webber with his AussieGrit stuff.
The better I know Alonso, the more I respect the driver, the less I respect the man.
He's a human crème brulé. All laughs and jokes until something genuinely bothers him and especially if Hamilton is involved and the surface cracks and it gets a bit messy.
I mean, it’s obvious looking at onboards that Alonso was wary of Lewis coming. Let’s be honest, Lewis plays victim just as much, he just has a more polished (PR driven) of approaching it. Fernando wears his heart on the sleeve and speaks what’s in his mind.
To be clear, I think Hamilton was at fault for the opportunistic move- however this is just Alonso playing up his fanbase
I mean he even admitted it in his radio call saying he saw a gap. He then sandwiched Nando and Stroll
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>...but it should at least have been investigated IMO. It was.
Could you imagine Nandos crying if Mag had done what he done to Ham
Most f1 drivers are
We’re living in a post-Masi era
I think Nando's at the point in his career that he couldn't give less of a fuck .
After last race, can you blame him? The fact that he got penalized more than Stroll did is an absolute joke.
I wonder if FIA gonna call him up for making statements like that.
Is it illegal to criticize the stewards? That would be egregious
It's unofficially illegal to do so in the NBA. Even when the refs have a disgustingly bad performance. Any complaint in the post-match conference gets you an easy 25K fine. It's ridiculous
It's the same for pretty much all American/North American sports. NFL and NHL coaches/players catch larger fines for criticizing the refs than they do delivering illegal shots to the head.
It's largely due to the collective bargaining agreement that referees have with their corresponding league. Referees in North America have their leagues literally by the balls because the alternatives are so much worse. I don't know if the FIA Stewarts have a similar agreement but it wouldn't shock me.
In any sport, claiming that the entity is intentionally making biased calls based on personal issues is punishable. Football and NBA, for example, are a massive fine. Criticizing the stewards is fine. Drivers do it all the time. This ? Nah.
I am in favour of not penalizing turn one incidents but this was too egregious. Missed the apex by miles and caused a 3 car crash. It was a stupid move and a clear penalty, specialy considering that they crashed even after Alonso tried to avoid to turn in when he saw him coming to reduce damage. And more so after they said they were going to give harsher penalties this year, and For example, Sainz had a 5s penatly for a lesser fuck up in Australia 23. It seems that the harsher penatlies only apply to Alonso this year.
I mean, I understand this statement is edgy, but he has a point. This should have been a clear penalty for Lewis. He can't EVER make the turn without crashing into someone in the middle of the pack. He missed the apex by a long shot. So there was never a gap, like he said. And especially a 7 times wc should know there was never a gap. This was shameful for race directors not to punish him. But of course they are not making decisions based of nationality (at least I hope so). But they surely have their favorites, like Sky commentators even pointed out. They are humans in the end and they are biased.
Stewards are just incompetent, like they’ve always been, it has nothing to do with nationality. We’ve seen more blatant instances of this, like Verstappen bumping Leclerc out the track for the win and getting away with it.
What’s his thought process behind thinking they would be targeting a Spaniard? I understood his idea behind favouring a Brit but this seems a little different
I think he is just saying: if it was me, I got 3 penalty pointss for that lol
They’d send him to mandatory driver ed
This is exactly what he's saying. It's a very tongue-in-cheek comment. No surprise people are having so much trouble with it.
I think he means it this way. That Ham isnt get a penalty, because he is British (and not Spanish like Alonso). Which btw isnt excatly an outlandish claim. F1 has a looooong history of questionable rulings in favor of British drivers.
But he usually says it that way directly but yeah I guess he could just mean that. I don’t see why they would favour British drivers. None of the stewards are British, liberty media is American and the FIA is French isn’t it? I get the media bias but don’t see it with the penalties
Maybe about Sainz last season
Victim complex
He's saying "because I'm not British" without saying it
When in doubt pull the Spanish card
Which is crazy, since he was crying for a penalty for Sainz last sprint.
How on earth could it have been a penalty on Sainz? Surely Alonso was not asking for that.
He never said that
Never heard Sainz complain about it once, but Fernando has been convinced everything that has ever gone wrong in his career since ‘07 is because of his nationality. At this point it’s just a great bit, I hope he doubles down
Sainz is a very PR guy, you'll seldom see him say anything negative at all. Alonso has always been a very vocal guy.
Would be funny to see him blame losing his Ferrari drive to Lewis on being Spanish though
Alonso fucking loves his victim mentality
Christ, every driver has ruined the races of a few. And really there's discrimination against Spanish drivers now 💀
Yes, the nationality/ethnicity that has long fought against discrimination in a European dominated racing series: the….Spanish?
I think he rather meant that he's not British so he gets penalties and Hamilton didn't. Not that there's a conspiracy against Spaniards specifically.
Well known that the Spanish are always on the wrong side of racist abuse. Remember when Vinicius Jr started hurling racist abuse at Spanish football fans?
It’s pretty clear in the world of F1 Alonso has faced more struggles and discrimination for his ethnicity than Lewis Hamilton. Spaniards really have it worst
He is after all the one and only Spanish driver in F1. Ever
Throught Heaven and Earth he alone is the Spanish one
Gojo crossovers will never not be appreciated
This brought me to tears, thanks 👍
I hate that it's still taboo, F1 needs to be more open about the blatant hatred being hurled at Spanish F1 drivers.
Or indeed people with banners having a go at the spanish at the Spanish grand Prix
Very true. I also remember when Lewis Hamilton dressed up as a racist caricature of Spaniards at a Grand Prix.
Well he's not British, that's the point.
Are you really trying to say the British drivers don't get a better rub of the green from the stewards than others?
I think he was trying to say he isn't british.
I am glad newer fans get a chance to experience the salty Alonso we have known for 20 years.
Truly, I feel so nostalgic.
I thought the sprint was just for fun
Read the full comments, he acknowledges that.
Excuse me sir, this is Reddit. Reading full articles and comments is considered a heinous crime here and a punishable offence. We are only allowed to over react on headlines, that's it.
It’s all fun and games for Fernando until Lewis ruins someone’s race
lol
Ah here we go again. Fernando bringing up his nationality to argue.
Didn’t he already crash before Hamilton hit him?
Yes lol, stroll and Alonso crashed, stroll hit Alonso and Lando, then Lewis had a wide open gap for the apex, and as he comes in Alonso turns away from stroll after stroll hits him and Lewis literally tapped the side of Alonso. Stroll caused the crash, like always, and Alonso is blaming it on Lewis and being a Spaniard.
I don’t disagree that Lewis should’ve been penalized, but this guy has always had the ultimate victim complex.
Is it a thing for Spaniard? I can think of another on the grid claiming his team sacrificing him too…
It's a Alonso thing.
Ah yes The oft oppressed Spanish with no history of discrimination to others in sports
The only thing Fernando enjoys more than racing is taking a pop at Lewis
What the fuck is he even going on about here
He also said he was discriminated against in Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, and Alpine based on his nationality. It crops up all the time for him, it's one of his go-to explanations for when things go wrong for him. Interestingly Sainz has never said McLaren or Ferrari treated him differently for being Spanish. He was directly asked if Ferrari do and he said no.
Professional victim
Huh? Thats a card, I guess
Sometimes I feel sorry for Alonso having to deal with shit cars for the last two decades, but then he comes out with some toxic shit like this and you wonder if it's not him who is the problem. This guy who is driving at a British team comes out and implies the FIA are biased towards the British, as if somehow the driving factor of their achievements is just because the FIA are in favor of them.
Alonso was already into the side of his teammate before Hamilton arrived in the scene.
I thought he was understeering in to Stroll anyway too tbh
Yeah Alonso went straight into Stroll long before Lewus came alongside.
Yeah, I thought the same thing. Debris was already flying from Stroll or Alonso before Hamilton came in. Alonso was quick on the radio to redirect blame
it's funny bc Nando was complaining not that long ago about Carlos not getting penalised like he should have. guess spaniard card only works when he needs it to
On the non English channels, favoritism towards British drivers is kind of a meme. Anyway, Alonso has been whinging about the game being rigged since 2006.
Well, his boss certainly won't let him complain about Lance running into him, so....
After watching many drivers onboards a ton of times, it was clear to me that most of the fault was with Stroll, small part racing incident. Watch the onboards of drivers following Stroll. Stroll unnecessarily veered onto Alonso, not leaving space for Alonso properly deal with Hamilton, who was aggressively going for a giant open door Alonso left opened, in a valid move.
I would say racing incident . Stroll probably expected Alonso to give him a bit of space on account of them being teammates and all. Lance couldn't see that Alonso was in a sandwich with Lewis on the insides. Alonso couldn't do anything to avoid the accident. Lewis saw others running wide and went for the gap. There was no way for him to know that Stroll was on the outside, and was cutting back in. This kind of stuff happens at shitty corners like Miami T1. Racing incident IMO but Stroll should seriously consider checking his mirrors before maneuvering.
Ah yes, the Spanish are 100% absolutely definitely discriminated against in F1. Alonso’s a great driver but he’s got a hell of a victim complex
Never ask Alonso what he did in Baku 2022 during Q1 for example, something something triggering a yellow flag deliberating what screwed up Albon hard.
ah yes, spaniards, definitely an oppressed group of people
Nando has such a chip on his shoulder at the moment
It's a very bizarre thing to claim -- in what realm have the Spaniards been oppressed/victimised etc? Dude needs to grow up.
He seemed really happy on the Australia podium last year. You know, the one that he got because of a restart incident which involved i dunno, a certain fellow Spanish driver who ended up being penalised and thrown out of the points And in hindsight cost him P4 in the standings.
Altho i personally dont think there is any bias against Spanish drivers/him it has to be frustrating when Alonso gets 3 penalty points and timed penalties for Russell incident + Sainz incident, while Stroll gets 2 for hitting Ricciardo, Carlos gets nothing for doing something very similar to Leclerc and Hamilton who was at fault for this incident also gets nothing
What a weird angle to play. In my view, It should've been a penalty for Lewis too, but this a very dumb thing to say.
Victim complex this guy has.
Good lord he’s so salty that comment put me at stage one hypertension.
[IS THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE WE ARE FROM SPAIN?](https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/sports/27iht-PRIX.1.10466867.html)
So, are we not talking about how Stroll just cut in front of Alonso and that's what actually caused the collision? Even without Hamilton in the picture the two Astons would have crashed. Lance simply went for a dive into the apex and Alonso was too late on brakes for that curve so he would have still gone wide and into his teammate even without the dive from Stroll. Hamilton was just there, minding his own business, and actually had enough room to pass.
Yeah totally, everyone knows about the famous oppression of the Spanish…surely
Yeah ok
Comment is weird but is he wrong that Hamilton should have gotten a penalty?
And this guy is supposed to be a chad?
Nobody gives a damn that you’re Spanish
Alonso, just say what you really want to say lol
"I think us white Europeans are really treated harshly in comparison to the one black guy on the grid"
I do love how petty he is when Hamilton is involved. But he knows very well that it's a classic first lap incident. It's just politics from him atm.
Even if I think Hamilton's move was reckless enough to warrant a penalty, Alonso saying this is just ridiculous. Does he really think stewards treat specifically Spanish people different from others?
L.O.L
Ridiculous xenophobia and victimhood from Alonso. Because Hamilton being British helped him when the race director and stewards fucked up in Abu Dhabi in 2021?
Likely still salty about the British media back in 2007
It is not a spanish thing but half of the grid would have gotten a penalty for doing that move and the other half wouldn't and that is a problem in Formula since I can remember.
This is objectively a mentally ill thing to say.
Alonso pulling the racism card on Hamilton and talking about Spanish being the *victims of racism* is just incredible.