Fernando Alonso (Alpine F1 Team) said Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) was struggling in 2022 because he was “not in the fastest car” and “that’s F1.” I concluded.
Seven-time F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton has scored only 28 points after four races and is sunk to seventh place in the drivers’ ranking.
Lewis Hamilton lost Q1 in Round 2 F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Since the 2017 Brazilian Grand Prix that crashed. It was the first time that he was knocked out with pure performance since the 2009 British Grand Prix.
Finished in 13th place in Round 4 Emilia Romagna GP. He has been out of the top 10 in qualifying and finals since the 2009 German Grand Prix. After the race, Mercedes F1 team representative Toto Wolf apologized for the team’s provision of a “non-driving car.”
But teammate George Russell on the same Mercedes W13 has been hailed for his excellent performance and hasn’t finished in the top five or below in the first four races.
Fernando Alonso, who competed for the title as a teammate at McLaren in 2007, said that Lewis Hamilton’s successes and failures were all due to cars, and Hamilton’s run this season is not bad at all.
Asked to explain Lewis Hamilton’s predicament, Fernando Alonso told RacingNews365.com, “It’s F1. It’s always been like this.”
“When Ayrton Senna won the championship and the race, he had the fastest car. When I won the championship, I had the fastest car. Michael Schumacher was also the fastest car. Because Lewis had the fastest car in the championship, breaking various records. “
“As of today, Lewis is doing very well, but he’s in 13th place. That’s F1.”
This year, F1 introduced new regulations with the goal of creating close races in the spectacle and many different winners, but Ferrari and Red Bull are far ahead of the rest in terms of pace.
After four races, only Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc have won, and the gap between top-ranked Ferrari and fourth-placed McLaren is already up to 78 points.
When asked if he enjoyed fighting drivers and teams at the top of the season, Fernando Alonso commented, “It’s not a race at this time.”
“It’s like fighting Lewis and Verstappen last year. They started from the back and are still on the podium. They don’t fight much.”
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