Johnny Herbert: Death threats due to Alonso’s penalty / Formula 1

Because Fernando Alonso made an unexpected braking maneuver in the fast section of the Albert Park circuit at the Australian GP and confused his follower George Russell so much that he flew, the Spaniard received a 20-second penalty. This led to other discussions not only within the field of System 1.

The punishment of the two-time world champion was also hotly debated among the fans. Some of them vented their anger on social media – and a few went too far. They even issued death threats against Johnny Herbert, who was one of the race managers in Melbourne. According to “Crash.net,” the GP veteran told “Online Casino”: “I received a lot of death threats on social media.”

The former GP star explained that she was lucky to have a thick skin, explaining: “There were messages with dagger emojis; People who said: ‘We know where you live, we’ll come and get you’. Most of them were Hispanic. They should have understood because the justification clearly explained how the decision was arrived at.

Others questioned Herbert’s ability to judge as he had never won a Formula 1 world title. “But that doesn’t stop me from working as a manager again. Because unfortunately that’s part of the job,” said Herbert. The flood of threats lasted for two weeks. , Brit revealed “And more are still coming. Unfortunately, that’s the part of social media where everyone has an opinion but no facts to back it up.

“Unfortunately, things like this happen frequently, athletes and officials from many sports are hit with death threats. And many suffer a lot as a result,” insisted Herbert at the time, and claimed: “Forums should control this, but they don’t do anything about it and allow it to happen, which I can’t understand. It is said that there will be no way to fix the problem, but I don’t believe so.” He could laugh at himself. “But something like this happens to a lot of people and something has to be done about it.”

China-GP, Shanghai International Circuit

01. Max Verstappen (NL), Red Bull Racing, 1:40:52,554 h
02. Lando Norris (GB), McLaren, +13,773 sec
03. Sergio Pérez (MEX), Red Bull Racing, +19,160
04. Charles Leclerc (MC), Ferrari, +23,623
05. Carlos Sainz (E), Ferrari, +33,983
06. George Russell (GB), Mercedes, +38,724
07. Fernando Alonso (E), Aston Martin, +43,414
08. Oscar Piastri (AUS), McLaren, +56.198
09. Lewis Hamilton (GB), Mercedes, +57,986
10. Nico Hülkenberg (D), Haas, +1:00,476 min
11. Esteban Ocon (F), Alpine, +1:02,812
12. Alex Albon (T), Williams, +1:05,506
13. Pierre Gasly (F), Alpine, +1:09,223
14. Guanyu Zhou (RCH), Sauber, +1:11,689
15. Lance Stroll (CDN), Aston Martin, +1:22,768
16. Kevin Magnussen (DK), Haas, +1:27.553
17. Logan Sargeant (USA), Williams, +1:35,110
outside
Daniel Ricciardo (AUS), Racing Bull, collision
Yuki Tsunoda (J), Racing Bulls, Collision
Valtteri Bottas (FIN), clean, engine

World Championship Position (after 5 out of 24 Grands Prix and 1 out of 6 Sprints)

the driver
01. Verstappen 110 points
02. Perez 85
03. Leclerc 76
04. Sainz 69
05. Norris 58
06. Plate 38
07. Russell 33
08. Alonso 31
09. Hamilton 19
10. Walk 9
11. Tsunoda 7
12. Oliver Bearman (GB) 6
13. Hulkenberg 4
14. Magnussen 1
15. Alboni 0
16. Okon 0
17. Zhou 0
18. Ricciardo 0
19. 0 gas
20. Bota 0
21. Sergeant 0

Builders Cup
01. Red Bull Racing 195 Punkte
02. Ferrari 151
03. McLaren 96
04. Mercedes 52
05. Aston Martin 40
06. Running Bull 7
07. Exactly 5
08. Williams 0
09. Alpine 0
10. Sauber 0