The pair collided at the opening corner of the Miami circuit.
Lewis Hamilton escaped a penalty in Saturday’s sprint race in Miami “because he is not Spanish”, Fernando Alonso has claimed.
“Lewis was on the inside, a little bit out of control, but I guess they won’t decide anything, because he is not Spanish,” said Alonso, 43. But the action unfolded behind Red Bull’s Verstappen – who extended his championship lead over third-placed Sergio Perez from 25 points to 27 – with Hamilton taking centre stage.The seven-time world champion enjoyed a strong getaway from 12th before he slung his Mercedes down the inside of an unsuspecting Alonso, four places ahead of him on the grid.
Hamilton, who escaped damage, was on the intercom too. “There was a gap on the inside so I went for it,” he said, protesting his innocence.Given that he can’t serve it as the Sprint is over, that becomes a 20-second post-race time penalty and drops him to P16It marked the second collision in less than two years between the former McLaren team-mates. Alonso called Hamilton an idiot and said he could only race from the front following a collision in Belgium in 2022.
The stewards took a dim view of Magnussen’s aggressive defence and hit him with a combined 20-second penalty, but the fight continued.
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