Hamilton has had six teammates throughout his 17-year F1 career split b🅺etween spells at McLaren and Mercedes, with some pairings proving more volatile than others. 

So we’ve had a go at ranking them in order, ꦇstarting with the most harmonious combination, all the way to the most explosive…

6. Heikki Kovalainen

We start with Hamilton’s second F1 teammate, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Heikki Kovalainen.𒉰 Thღe Finn entered F1 at the same time as Hamilton in 2007, with both being tipped as hot prospects. 

But Kovalainen soon had to accept that he ൲would be playing second-fiddle to Hamilton, who quickly established himsel✃f as the team leader and held the upper-hand. 

This realisation hit Kovalainen at Silverstone when he was asked to give up the lead (after claiming a brilliant pole) to Hamilton, who found himself in a title battle against Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Felipe Massa. 

Other than the rare ♛times he finished ahead of Hamilton (taking his first and on☂ly win in Hungary, and second place at Monza being the most notable examples), it had become apparent that Kovalainen was no match for the Briton over their two years together. 

Kovalainen accepted this and slotted into the de facto numb𒀰er two without any complaint. He never scaled the heights of his teammate, but never tried to undermine Hamilton either. 

5. Valtteri Bottas 

Mercedes’ most successful driver pairing. The 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Valtteri Bottas-Hamilton partnership yielded five consecutive constructors’ championships and four🦩 drivers’ titles during their five-year stint together. 

Bottas only really finds himself ahead of Kovalainen based on the fact he posed a bigger threat to Hamilton. Bottas was an excellent qualifier and had an impressive record against Hamilton on Saturdays. This saw him start in front of Hamilton on many occasions but Bottas regularly faltered on Sundays when Hamilton, in ꧙contrast, was at his devastating best. 

Although there were no major flashpoints, Bottas’ qualifying form did lead to a couple of awkward moments for Mercedes. The most notable was Mercedes’ controversial use of team orders at Sochi in 2018 when Bottas was asked to give up his win to boost Hamilton’s title bid against 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sebastian Vettel. Bottas was visibly angered by th🎀e call, which proved to be the watershed moment that effectively determined his position as Hamilton’s wingma﷽n. 

It was a role the Finn largely accepted, partly thanks to the fa𒐪ir way in which Hamilton dealt with a last-lap car swap and stuck by his🌱 promise at the 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix - a moment which ultimately set the tone for their relationship which was maintained throughout.  

4. George Russell 

Russell has gone from Hamilton fan boy to his latest F1 teammate and they have so far largely been harmonious. Despite Mercedes’ competit♐iv🐼e struggles in 2022, their working relationship did not come under strain. 

However, cracks have started to emerge this year. There were brief moments of tension during qualify꧒ing mishaps in Spain - where contact was made - and Spa, but these incidents were quickly put down to miscommunication from Mercedes’ side. 

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Tempers notably flared between𓃲 Hamilton and Russell at Suzuka. They raced wheel-to-wheel hard on multiple occasions, prompting irate complaints from Russell. A tense disagreem😼ent about strategy also played out over team radio, but this was handled smartly by both drivers after the race. 

Despite their best attempts to downplay🔯 what happened in J♔apan, it served as a hint at the inevitable fireworks that will surely come between Hamilton and Russell once Mercedes have a car capable of fighting for wins and world championships. 

3. Jenson Button

After wi൲nning his fairytale first world title with Brawn, made the switch to McLaren, 💃where he partnered Hamilton for three seasons. 

Button would prove to be Hamilton’s most competitive teammate since168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Fernando Alonso in 2007 and despite maintaining a largely respectful relationship, the pair didn’🌳t aಞlways see eye-to-eye. 

There was tension during a hard-fought battle for the lead in Turkey 2010 when Hamilton believed Button had received the saꦦme instruction from McLaren to save fuel. 

Hamilton directly questioned whet🍌her Button would pass him if he backed off, to which he was told “no L👍ewis, no.” 

But Button did mount an attack🤪 and snatched the lead from Hamilton, who immediately reclaimed the position with a forceful move to seal the win. The duo collided again a year later when Button (en route to an epic vic💦tory) pushed Hamilton into the pit wall, causing race-ending damage for Hamilton. 

Arguably, the most controversial moment took place at Spa in 2012 when Hamilton revealed conditional information by posting a picture of data from his and Button’s qualifying laps on Twitter, leaving But𒀰ton “disappointed”. 

Both Hamilton and Button have moved on fro𒐪m any differences they once had and now get along well. 

2. Fernando Alonso 

Hamilton and Alonso may have only been teamm𓆉ates at McLaren for 17 races, but their fierce rivalry in 2007 led to a blockbuster fallout that still has repercussions to this day. 

Having joined McLaren as a two-time worl🦩d champion following his title-winning 2005 and 2006 campaigns, Alonso expected to be McLaren's lead driver, particularly given h🍸e was partnered by a rookie. 

McLaren engaged in a season-long battle against Ferrari’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Kimi Räikkönen and Hamilton and Alonso’s drama was not ꦛonly detrimental for themselves, but also for the team. 

Things reached boiling point at the 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, when Alonso was penalised𝔍 for blocking Hamilton in the pit lane during qualifying. The Spaniard was stripped of his pole position and fell out with his McLaren team bosses. 

The controversy was perceived to be retaliation from Alonso, who had been left angered🐭 by a post-race argument in Monaco that broke his relationship with McLaren boss Ron Dennis. The unrepairable war within McLaren got so bad it forced Alonso to quit the team after just one year to return to Renault.

Hamilton and Alonso have had a f🌼ractious relationship ever since and have sparred (both on and off track) on several occasions over the following years. 

1. Nico Rosberg 

Hamilton and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Rosberg went from childhood friends to enemies as they engaged in a three-year 🐬inter-team tussle for F1 glory that drew comparisons to the legendary rivalry between Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. 

Regarded as one of the most fascinating and fiercest battles between F1 teammates, Hamilton and Rosberg went head-to-head for consecutive world titles between 🔯2014 and 2016. 

After back-to-back defeats to Hamilto♒n, Rosber🏅g recouped to win the 2016 crown before retiring from the sport days later, citing the mental toll their three-year fight had had on him. 

The cracks🎃 of their fallout first appeared in 2014. 

A feisty, borderline duel for victory in Bahrain irked Rosberg, who secured a crucial pole in Monaco 💙in controversial circumstances. The German went off at Mirabeau after taking provisional pole, with his actions causing yellow flags that denied Hamilton the chance to improve. 

Hamilton and Rosberg clashed on the first lap in Spa later that year - a collision that greatly angered Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. And the conflict would only continue. There was the infamous ‘cap-g൩ate’ incident after Hamilton clinched his third world title in Austin following a tension-filled 2015 season, before things came to a head in 2016. 

Hamilton and Rosberg inexplicably took each other out in an unforgettab𒐪le first-lap crash at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix, paving the way for Max Verstappen’s🅷 first win on his Red Bull debut. 

Further aggression followed in Austria when Hamilton and Rosberg aga🧜in came to blows as they fought for the win on the final lap, with neither driver prepared to yield. This time, they both made the chequered flag. 

Games that summed up their rivalry were played🐻 in that year’s Abu Dhabi title-decider as Hamilton unsuccessfully attempted to back Rosberg into the chasing pack in what would turn out to be their final race as teammates.

While Rosberg has at times been very complimentary of Hamilton during punditry ap꧃pearances for Sky in the F1 paddock, their relationship remains frosty to say the least.