Former F1 driver Johnny Herbert has revealed he received “a torrent of death threats” as a result of the penalty handed out to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso at the Australian Grand Prix.

Three-time grand prix winner Herbert was part of the stewarding panel who issued Alonso with a 20-second time penalty for “potentially dangerous” driving prior to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell’s crash aꦅs they battled for posiꦫtion in the closing stages in Melbourne.

Herbert says he was “thrown under the bus” by Alonꦡso fans for a spat that occurred live on air when he was part of Sky Sports F1🎃’s punditry line-up.

“I was a steward at the Me♒lbourne GP and the repercussions were awful,” Herbert t🧸old .

“I got a torrent of death threats via social media. I am lucky I have got broad shoulders. 💧I find it pathetic that I was the one thrown under the bus.”

Herbert added: “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. I was working for Sky and said if Alonso didn’t like it he should leave the team.𒀰 I didn’t say retire.

“Then he came up to me live on air in Bahrain and had a dig at meꦡ saying he was a world champion and would not retire and become a commentator because you were not a world champion.

“The fans then use🐲d♐ that as a weapon against me after Australia.”

Herbert insists the incidents have not put h🔯im off stewarding in the future.

“There were messages with dagger emojis at the bottom of the screenꦦ; people saying we know where you live, we will come for you,” he said.

“Most of them🧔 were Spanish.  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 becau♏se I had never been a world champion I was not qualified to hav༒e a say in it.

"It has not put me off stewarding.  It’s all part and parcel of it unfortunately. I was the driver♔s’ steward in Melbourne so when it is a driving steward he is the one who gets the hard time. I accept it. It is not an issue.”

Herbert has called on social media p🌞latforms to do more to combat online abuse.

“The threats lasted for two weeks and still are coming. It is part of the social media world wꦺhere everyone has an opinion but don’t have the fac🅰ts to back it up,” he said.

“It happens too much now. Athletes, officials in many sports ge💙t bombard🧔ed with death threats. And many do suffer a lot because of it. The filth and abuse happens in all walks of life even to ordinary people.

“Those platforms should be on top of it. But they are not. They allow it to happen. I don’t understand why. They should take action. But they say th♔ey cannot find a way of stopping 🐎it. I don’t believe that.

“I can laugh about it. We are lucky that it doesn’t affect us. But it does hurt many people. When it does hꦉappen,🌳 action should be taken. Something has to be done about it. But I never hear anything being done.

“The commen🅺ts about knowing where I lived. The daggers and the threats that they were going to hurt me. I don’t getꦅ the mentality of people who do that. They are not true F1 fans and I am sure Fernando would be embarrassed if he knew that his fans were doing that.”