While Max Verstappen is guaranteed to win his second consecutive world championship title, Fernando Alonso assured that the Dutchman’s coronations have a greater value than the seven won by Lewis Hamilton.
Fernando Alonso still seems to have a hard tooth against Lewis Hamilton. Fifteen years after a 2007 season which saw the Asturian and the Briton evolve together under the colors of McLaren in a very quickly deleterious atmosphere, the double world champion sent a new spade to the one who has seven titles to his name. In an interview with the Dutch daily The TelegraphFernando Alonso answered a question about the difference between the titles won by Max Verstappen and those won by Lewis Hamilton.
« Max Verstappen’s titles are worth more than Lewis Hamilton’ssaid the current Alpine driver, highlighting the lack of opposition to Mercedes between 2014 and 2020. I have a lot of respect for Lewis, but it’s different when you win seven world titles having only had to fight your teammate.. ” Fernando Alonso adds think ” that such a title is worth less than when you have fought against other drivers with an equivalent or even better car ».
And again…
Please, all the titles are amazing, well deserved and inspiring. Incomparable to each other and let’s enjoy champions and legends of our current time. Tired of the continuous search for headlines . Let’s enjoy them ?.— Fernando Alonso (@alo_oficial) October 29, 2022
Alonso defuses the controversy
In the rest of this interview, the Asturian also returned to his rivalry with Michael Schumacher in the 2000s with two world titles won against the German and Ferrari. ” In 2005 and 2006, I had a good start to the year and was able to build a lead. Next, others had a better car. But I was able to handle this gaprecalled the one who will join the Aston Martin team next season. I never had to fight my teammate Giancarlo Fisichella to win the title. Nor has Max fought with Sergio Pérez or Alex Albon to win races. »
The Spaniard teasingly recalled that Michael Schumacher’s main rival was Rubens Barrichello when Lewis Hamilton often had trouble with Nico Rosberg then Valtteri Bottas. Aware that these statements lend themselves to controversy, Fernando Alonso did not fail to react on the social network Twitter to try to defuse the situation. “All titles are amazing, well deserved and inspirationalsaid the Alpine driver. They are incomparable to each other, let’s enjoy the champions and legends of our time. I’m tired of the continuous search for headlines. »
