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Alonso: I do not feel attacked by anyone – Twitter insult saga

Fernando Alonso has played down the controversy about an insulting ‘tweet'. After a presenter for the Italian broadcaster attacked the Spaniard with a derogatory comment on Twitter, Alonso reportedly refused to take questions from Sky Italia last weekend in China. Reportedly, the presenter, Paola Saluzzi, was suspended. 'I do not feel attacked by anyone,' Alonso insisted in Bahrain on Thursday. 'She apologised and we move on. It's nothing serious,' the McLaren-Honda driver is quoted by the Spanish daily Marca. However, he did say that any criticism should be 'respectful'. 'Especially when it comes to such things as accidents where your family is involved and it is difficult times for...
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