Fernando Alonso Faces Major Backlash From Team LH44 For Resorting to Bribery to Overthrow Lewis Hamilton

Fernando Alonso is called a wily old fox for a reason. His competitive nature is common knowledge to all Formula 1 fans. However, recently a very interesting story surfaced about how he went around getting the McLaren garage to support him.

When Lewis Hamilton became teammates with Alonso, it was thought that the Spaniard would school him. However, Alonso had no clue what was in store for him. Amid all this, in a desperate bid to get the entire team on his side, he chose to bribe them!

We all knew Fernando Alonso had a few tricks up his sleeve. However, no one was ready for him to bribe mechanics to start favoring him over Hamilton.

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Fans have now reacted to this absurd story narrated by Lewis Hamilton’s ex-mechanic Marc Priestley.

Fans react to the absurd story about Fernando Alonso bribing mechanics to choose him over Lewis Hamilton

Ex-Formula 1 mechanic Marc Priestley has now revealed in a viral clip that Alonso bribed mechanics with about 1,500 pounds (or $1707) each to choose his allegiance over Lewis Hamilton’s.

Twitter went crazy with this admission. Here are a few reactions to this incredible revelation.

Priestly said, “On one hand you can say it was a clever tactic but in the end the team obviously found out about it and made us donate the whole lot to charity which was fine, but it was a little insight into the two different mindsets.”

Formula 1 fans on Twitter have shown their discontent with this ridiculous story.

Priestly also offered his two cents on why this was an incident that will create such an uproar. “Lewis did different things, Lewis played little games with the media, they all did things wrong and things right, none of us are perfect, but how they went about their strategy for being the best Formula 1 driver was different, both achieved great results in their own different ways but they were very different approaches.”

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One thing is for sure, F1 fans have not appreciated such trickery from the 2-time World Champion. What do you think about this? Did Fernando Alonso take his mind games a bit too far?