How good are the pikes, healthy of course, in Formula 1. There have been several throughout history. Of the most remembered, those of Senna and Prost. Also Vettel and Webber, or how to forget those of hamilton and Rosberg. precisely Lewis It is one of the ‘repeaters’, because the fans cannot forget and will not be able to forget that 2007 in which the English He shared a team with Alonso at McLaren.
In which he, now seven-time champion and in said year a ‘rookies‘, He played in the Woking brand along with a Fernando who had just won two World Cups with Renault. In which the two had, without a doubt, the best car on the grid. In which McLaren decided, directly, to self-destruct and serve the title to Kimi Raikkonen and Ferrari.
Because They neither knew nor could control the tension existing between the two. In fact, they even fed it by choosing and making decisions that were less disturbing in, for example, Hungary. But yes, how good are the pikes. Because the piques, and the rivalries, are an indispensable sauce for F1.
Australia, 16 years later
They are an ingredient that gives flavor to the World Cup. That puts the focus on the pilots. That captures the attention of the fan. And how good everything that surrounded it was for that, it is always clear from respect, to that duel Hamilton and Alonso. One that followed, above all, in 2012. One that since that year we have not been able to see again.
Some brushstrokes perhaps, like Hungary 2021 in a more than unequal battle with a Hamilton unable to overtake an Alpine despite having a super powerful Mercedes. But now this is another story. Now Alonso is at Aston Martin. He is now in a car that is about to make podiums. That he has made them. And that he has already painted Hamilton’s face.
If you add to that Fernando’s words in ‘L’ Equipe‘ the cocktail is gaining flavor. The cocktail also adds even more when after Australia we have Lewis third and Alonso fourth. And he is already overflowing with the English statements.
Hamilton, a ‘dart’ that ends up being a boomerang
Because he has pulled from memory when asked about Alonso: “Fernando comes out next. I hope it’s like 2007, I don’t know if anyone remembers…”
For those who did not, Hamilton started fourth and, at the start, came to be second, leaving Alonso behind. The funny thing is that English doesn’t seem to remember the whole race either.
The beginning yes, he certainly remembers it. But not the end. Because when you reach the finish line, when you cross the checkered flag, he was not ahead of the two-time champion Asturian.
Raikkonen, later World Cup winner, took victorywith Alonso second and Hamilton third. Thus, 2007 seems rather one of better memory for Fernando than for Lewis. Because he also took 11 seconds from him.
Lewis starts third; Ferdinand, fourth
We’ll see what happens in 2023, but without a doubt the duel between two of the greatest pilots that there has been in the history of Formula 1 is already served. Hamilton, third; Alonso, fourth… and let’s see if the same thing is going to happen and whoever starts behind ends up ahead in the first pass through the finish line.
