As the United States Grand Prix qualifying session concluded, the fans were not happy with how everything turned out. The qualifying session saw Carlos Sainz pick up the pole position, while Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen picked up P2 and P3, respectively. However, the fans were okay with Verstappen and the FIA due to a particular incident.

The fans believe that Max Verstappen doesn’t deserve to go to Q3 after he crossed track limits in Q1 and feel his lap time should’ve been deleted. The fans also alleged FIA for the unfair treatment of Alfa Romeo driver Zhou Guanyu. FIA deleted Guanyu’s lap time, which pushed the driver down in Q2 and helped Norris gain an advantage in the qualifying.

The fans also pointed out how Red Bull always gets favored by the FIA. They asked questions as to why Zhou and Verstappen were treated differently, even though they committed the same mistake. However, there were no official statements from the side of the governing body regarding this.

Fans are furious over the differing decision between Max Verstappen and Zhou Guanyu

Max Verstappen and Guanyu Zhou will, however, not start in their designated qualifying positions. Verstappen will start from P2 as Charles Leclerc took a grid penalty for the new Internal Combustion Engine.

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Coming back to the angry reactions from fans, given below are some of the reactions taken from Twitter:

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The same grid penalty applies to Zhou as he took ICE and will start 5 places behind his qualified P14 position on Sunday.

This comes right after Red Bull was found guilty of breaching the 2021 Budget Cap limit. Even though no penalty has been finalized, some angry fans believe that they might get away with that as well.

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