💬 “A legend of our sport so it has been a pleasure to share all this time with him.” Fernando Alonso has congratulated former McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton on reaching 300 races in F1 FrenchGP
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Alonso spent one year as Hamilton’s teammate in 2007, with the pair going head-to-head with Raikkonen for the championship. Alonso and Hamilton’s intense rivalry will go down in F1 history, even resulting in the Spaniard leaving the team at the end of the year.Related ArticlesSpeaking ahead of this weekend’s French Grand Prix, Alonso congratulated Hamilton on the achievement.
“What to say? I don’t think he changed much, to be honest,” Alonso said. “He had the talent already in 2007 and he still has the talent now with the experience, and he has been a tremendous driver. A legend of our sport so it has been a pleasure to share all this time with him. “Back then, probably no one thought that someone will be able to win seven titles as Michael [Schumacher] did. The journey has been amazing and the team that they built at Mercedes over these years was outstanding. Just congratulations on the 300 [races] and hopefully another win soon.”
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