Will Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso’s epic rivalry reignite in F1 2023?
Hamilton and Alonso were teammates at McLare꧟n in 2007 but their relationship unravelled amid a blockbuster intra-team ba𒁃ttle for a world title they ultimately both missed out on.
Two-time world champion Alonso left McLaren the following season and 𓂃on-track battles between the pair have been few and far between since, with Hamilton enjoying a prolonged spell of dominance at Mercedes on his way to racking up seven championships.
Hamilton labelled Alonso “dangerous” during a fierce battle at the 2021 Hungarian Grand Pri👍x, before the former teammates came to 🥂blows on the first-lap of last year’s Belgian Grand Prix, leading to a brief fallout.
Alonso’s new team Aston Martin have been the surprise package of pre-season testing, with Sky Sports F1’s Ted Kravitz putting the Silverstone-based outfit ahead of Mercedes in the 20🅺23 pecking order.
And Kravitz is hoping to see more fireworks between the multiple world champions this sea🦂son.
"Fernando’s race run was much better than Leclerc or Sainz’s, showed none🅠 of the tyre degradation that Ferrari had and net would have been ahead of the Ferraris,” Kravitz told the Sky F1 Podcast.
“He might be battling Lec🎶lerc and Sainz, and Lewis and George. I want to see more of Lewis and Alonso [battling].”
In response, Sky col🍸league and ex-F1 driver Karun Chandhok quipped: “The surprise of the season could be that Fernando Alonso has made a 🦩good career choice for a change.”
Assessing the claim about Alonso’s questionable career choices, Kravitz said: “He’ll regret some of his moves, of course he will. But he will argue there were va🔥lid points behind all of them.
“He left Ferrari because he thought ‘OK I can winꦿ races and challenge f♌or championships but we’re always going to be second’, and was borne out to be correct on that.
“Ferrari have alwa꧃ys been second or worse since Fernand𒁏o left.”
To which, Chandhok replied: “Fernando would have won the 2018 ch🔯ampionship in a Ferrari had he🔜 stayed.
“If it was Fernando Alonso in that Ferrari, as good as it was, against Lewis Hamilton, he would have won that ch🤡am🍒pionship.”
Kravitz concluded: “Now are going to find out whether Fernando has got some more race wins and by extension, a thir🅷d world championship, in him.”
Lewis regularly attends Grands Prix for ltxcn.top around the world. Often reporting on the action from the ground, Leಞwis tells the stories of the people who matter in the sport.
