Juncadella (Verstappen’s partner in GT) against Hamilton: “I got fined, he didn’t. FIA has double standards”

The finger of discord The middle finger shown by Lewis Hamilton towards Franco Colapinto after the contact between the two drivers in the Miami GP turned into a small case. Not so much for the protagonists themselves – given that the Englishman and the Argentinian left the Florida circuit arm in arm, showing that they had immediately made peace – but for those who, from the outside, did not appreciate an apparent difference in assessment between almost identical episodes by the FIA. here knowing that no hubo fine no? The double decision of the FIA… No mistake 🙂 — Dani Juncadella (@dani_juncadella) May 4, 2026 This is the Spanish driver Daniel Juncadella, protagonist in GT races and Max Verstappen’s crewmate on the way to the 24 hours of the Nurburgring, as well as standard bearer of the Verstappen Racing team. Juncadella, under a post published by the SoyMotor website which showed a photo of the middle finger shown by Hamilton to Colapinto, pointed the finger at the commissioners and the federation: “Here I assume that there was no fine, right? The double standards of the FIA… They never disappoint”. A controversial precedent The Spaniard born in ’91 refers to an episode in which he was the protagonist at the end of the 2025 season: during the 8 hours of Bahrain, the last race of the last WEC championship, Juncadella showed the middle finger to rival Augusto Farfus. For this gesture he was fined 5000 euros, of which 4000 were suspended on probation. To those who, under the post in which Juncadella commented, pointed out to the Iberian driver that Hamilton’s gesture was “nothing special”, Juncadella pointed out precisely this disparity in treatment. No yes it seems perfect to me that I have it. But he fined him €2,000 as I paid him — Dani Juncadella (@dani_juncadella) May 4, 2026 “It doesn’t seem like a problem to me that he does it at all – Juncadella replied – but give him a fine of €2,000, like they did to me“.

Automobile Magazine – F1 English News
2026-05-07 16:35:00