Lewis Hamilton’s admiration for Fernando Alonso is total. The British pilot has made it clear on many occasions, assuring that He has been the toughest opponent he has ever faced in his career, and in 2023 he is enjoying fighting with him on the track again.
Those who were teammates at McLaren in 2007 have staged three spectacular battles at the start of the season, at the Bahrain, Azerbaijan and Canadian Grands Prix.
In all three cases, Alonso managed to win the game over the Mercedes driver, revealing the great moment he is going through. For this reason, Hamilton assures that he has missed him in recent seasons in the fight for the title, and that he would like to fight both with him and with Max Verstappen for a World Cup.
“I’m happy, first of all, to be back in the fightand I just hope that at some point we can get things a little more even so that we can get back to some of the good racing that we had in 2021. And having the three of us in a super even battle would be great“Hamilton said, referring to Verstappen and Alonso in statements collected by ‘Motorsport.com’.
Hamilton doesn’t think that battle will happen this year, although he is hopeful that they can take on Red Bull in the final part of the season. “Red Bull likely to win every race this year, unless the Aston Martins and we put much more performance in cars, or your car won’t finish a race”.
The seven-time champion acknowledges that Red Bull’s superiority in the first races of the year has undermined his morale. “It goes further. It’s not a frustration anymore, if it ever was. It’s just… You know what’s up, and you know what you’re up against, and there is nothing I can do about its incredible performance“, explained Hamilton to finish.
