“FIA Gone Mental”: Fernando Alonso’s Robbery in Broad Daylight Leaves F1 Fans Enraged

El Plan ‘almost’ worked and the parc ferme was rejoicing with an almost chant of “Hombre Alonso” coming from the men in Green. The team that finished seventh in the world championship got a second chance in two weeks to stand below the podium to cheer for their Matador, Fernando Alonso. The Spaniard scored an iconic HUNDREDTH podium, and the world seemed to be in a happy place. But 10 seconds halted their happiness. In a disastrous turn of events, we saw a repeat of Esteban Ocon‘s penalty nightmare with his ex-teammate now at Aston Martin.

Fernando Alonso was spotted to have been parked incorrectly when began the race. Being parked to the left of his grid box, he picked up a 5-second penalty. While the world rejoiced in the fact that the man was leading a Grand Prix for the first time since Germany in 2012, the tensions began building up, but in a not-so-Alonso manner, the man stayed calm to put his head down and push.

Meanwhile, the Red Bull Golden boy had cruised past the field and overtook Alonso, but the self-proclaimed anti-hero held onto his third place. When he did grab it, he gave a heartwarming interview and took the trophy, but just couldn’t take it home.

Fans lose their calm seeing Fernando Alonso handed another penalty

So we witnessed an Ocon repeat where the man from Spain got a 10-second penalty minutes after the podium ceremony. Stacked-up penalties for the same offense of incorrect parking at the grid position are becoming a thing now. The penalty which came Alonso’s way has left the fans infuriated. Take a look at some of the comments from F1 Twitter:

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