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F1 race director hits back at Alonso accusations

Oct.12 Michael Masi has hit back at F1 veteran Fernando Alonso's claim that FIA officials often make biased decisions when penalising drivers. In Turkey, the two-time champion bit back when reporters asked him about his driving tactics from the previous race weekend at Sochi. 'I've been the idiot many times this year when I was overtaken by drivers who were off the track,' Spaniard Alonso, who turned 40 in July, said. 'There was never any action from the stewards and there were no questions about it at the next race.' He said the media questioning 'confirms many things' – including his theory that 'some rules only apply to certain people'. Alonso claims, for example, that Japanese...
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