Fernando Alonso wants to be Lewis Hamilton’s teammate again as F1 legend shares retirement plan
The Metro says Fernando Alonso has shockingly claimed that he wants to be teammates with Sir Lewis Hamilton again, but the F1 legend appears to have different plans.
Alonso raced alongside a then-rookie Hamilton at McLaren in 2007, and the Spaniard was expected to dominate the young Brit having won just back-to-back titles with Renault.
But Hamilton was able to match him and soon the atmosphere at McLaren turned toxic as the pair clashed numerous times as they battled for the championship – with both eventually losing to Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen by just a single point.
Alonso returned to Renault the following year, and though the relationship between both world champions is far, far better than it was 16 years ago, few could imagine the pair ever being teammates again.