Lewis Hamilton snubbed as Fernando Alonso names Michael Schumacher as his greatest F1 rival
The 41-year-old Spaniard has battled many world champions through🐻out his lengthy F1 career but believes seven-time world champion Schumacher was the toughest of the lot.
As well as Schumacher and former McLaren teammate Hamilton, Alonso’s list of opponents includes other world champions such as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mika Hakkinen and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen.
Alonso brought an end to Schumacher’s reign of F1 domination when he beat the Ferrari driver to back-to-back titles while driving for Rena♈ult in 2005 and 2006.
“It is difficult to pick one because they were all great rivals and very talented drivers as well,” Alonso t🍌old Bang & Olufsen.
“When I came to this sport, Michael Schumache𓆏r was dominating the races and everythin💯g, probably that fight with him would still be the one I would choose.
“Fight𒐪🥃ing against Michael was very special, so I would say that.”
Asked to pick the best moments from his illustrious 🌃career, Alonso replied: “All the memories from different teams are very linked with the resu🧸lts I got in that moment.
“For Ferrari, I will pic൲k the first race I won. Aston Martin, obviously I will pick [Bahrain] where we got the podium, and from Renault I will pick the championship.
"The biggest one 💛was the first championship, always the first championship. The second was obviously emotional, but the first one was like a ꧙dream come true, and a life goal.”
Alonso has enjoyed a dream start to life at Aston Martin, who have proven to be Red Bull’s closest challengers in 2023 following a sensationa🥂l winter turnaround.
Alonso has already claimed three podium finis💝hes from the first three races of the season and is dreaming of ending his decade-long wait for a 33rd career victory, as well as winning an elusive third world title before he retires. ജ
“I always believe it’s possible, that’s why I keep racing,” he said. “The challenge is big, you🀅 know that you need to overcome some difficulties and some top teams who are at the top of the sport.
“But I race every day and I train every day thinking tha⛄t the third title is possible.”
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