Johnny Herbert received 'death threats' as Fernando Alonso fans 'weaponised' GP2 saga after Melbourne

Former F1 driver turned pundit and steward Johnny Herbert revealed he received “a torrent of death threats” for his part in Fernando Alonso ’s time penalty at the Australian Grand Prix .

Stopping short of calling it brake testing, the Mercedes driver was unhappy with the Spaniard’s antics which were noted by the stewards.Social media users, “most of them Spanish”, sent Herbert death threats while bringing up his 2015 commentary about Alonso “slagging off” Honda at their home race for creating a “GP2 engine”.

“It goes back to Bahrain two years ago I think. Some years before when he was with McLaren, Alonso had been on the radio slagging off the engine almost every race saying it was like a GP2 engine. He was really vocal. “They should have understood because it was so clear how and the decision was arrived at in the statement that was put out. People were also saying because I had never been a World Champion I was not qualified to have a say in it.”The former F1 driver believes Alonso would be “embarrassed” if he knew how his fans were behaving.

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