The story relating to the mirror of Fernando Alonso in Austin is well known to fans, with the Spaniard first penalized by 30 ″ at the end of the race, only to be placed back in the standings due to a procedural defect that effectively invalidated the protest of the Haas team. The two-time world champion was thus able to get back the seventh position that he had earned under the checkered flag after a fantastic comeback from last position, after the accident with partial take-off with Lance Stroll. The FIA correspondence relating to the complaints between Alpine and Haas bore, as usual, the signature of the GP Commissioners, or Silvia BellotEnrique Bernoldi, Garry Connelly and Dennis Dean.
The usual ‘keyboard lions’ have seen fit to lash out in the past few hours against Bellot, long-time steward of the Federation and in recent years Race Director for Formula 2 and Formula 3. In particular, Spanish users have dug up a episode related to the 2013 Barcelona Grand Prix won by Alonso, when the board of commissioners – which Bellot was also part of – had summoned the Asturian at the end of the race to Ferrari “for picking up an item after the race ends“, With reference to the Spanish flag shown by the two-time world champion during the celebrations. It didn’t take much to shout the conspiracy.
Bellot, a Spanish from Barcelona, was like that shamelessly targeted on social media by some compatriots in the past few hours, prompting Alonso and Alpine to intervene harshly on the issue: “I strongly condemn the recent online abuse that FIA Commissioner Silvia Bellot has received. This type of behavior is as unacceptable in sport as it is in society. And even more so if it is aimed at volunteers and officials of our sport. I will continue to support the FIA and F1 in their efforts to follow the right direction. I appeal to everyone to do the same thing“, Highlighted the experienced Spanish driver, imitated by his team who condemned the cyberbullying: “We are disappointed to learn about the unacceptable harassment of the FIA Race Commissioner, Silvia Bellot. There is no room for any form of harassment or abuse in our sport and we condemn this behavior ”.
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