F1 Today | Leclerc disappointed, Alpine speaks out, and Doohan requests for the abuse to stop

23:00, 19 May
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The second week of the triple header is already proving to be busy. Today alone, three separate messages have been shared regarding an ongoing issue within Formula 1.

Leclerc disappointed about Imola's results

Charles Leclerc placed sixth at the Imola Grand Prix. He could have placed fifth if it wasn't for needing to give the position back to Alex Albon after a track limit skirmish. About this, he said, "I thought I was just in. Obviously, from the outside, it doesn't look so nice because there's gravel. But I'll look back at it. I'm always very honest with myself, and if I think that I've made a mistake, I'll say it to Alex, but for now, I don't think I did."
He then spoke about how there will never be a way for every driver to be happy with the rules. He believes, like Max Verstappen does, that sometimes the rules can stop natural raxing.
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Doohan calls for a stop to the hate

Jack Doohan has posted a public message asking for fans to stop sending hate to his family. Over the weekend, his family had been the recipeint of online abuse after a parody account make a tweet about Mick Doohan joking about Franco Colapinto's crash.
The tweet was not real, however, some news outlets, had misunderstood and thought it was real.
This caused an increase in the hate towards the Doohan family.
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Alpine against online abuse 

As both Franco Colapinto and Jack Doohan are apart of the Alpine family, they decided to release a statement regarding the increing online hate towards the drivers. Their statement comes right after Doohan and FIA President, Mohammed Ben Sulayem made their social media posts surrounding the topic.
Read Alpine's full statement here: