The Hamilton And Alonso Story Continues
September 28th, 2007A few turbulent weeks for the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team during the FIA hearings resulted in McLaren to loose its constructor points and having to pay a $100 million fine for breaking the sporting rules.
I can imagine that some (or most) people in the McLaren team are not very satisfied with Fernando Alonso who reportedly tried to get Ron Dennis to give him No.1 driver status by threatening to tell the FIA about the spying which McLaren was doing – and this is effectively treason with his own team (not that spying is ok either – but 2 wrongs don’t make a right, or so the saying goes…).
So, Lewis Hamilton is upset about that whole situation, that Alonso is demanding No.1 driver status without real racing on the track and the way he was blocked at Spa. And Lewis has spoken out again against Frenando stating that the team is behind him because his fully supports the team and relationship is getting stronger all the time.
Here’s what Lewis had to say:
When you are in a relationship with a certain amount of people, you do the best job you can and want to show to everyone that you are the one for the team. In this situation, I was a rookie and he was the two-time world champion coming into the team.
He is the one that was looked at to bring it home, but eventually I have earned more respect from them. And since what’s gone on in the last few weeks they’ve realised who the real people are in the team and who they really should back.
I feel my bond with the team is even stronger. I want to win it fair and square, not once have I approached the team members and asked to be favoured. It is just not something I have done at any team, asking for better equipment. I want to win it the right way.
The best feeling ever is when you know you have won and you have beaten someone as talented as he is with the exact same equipment and exactly the same opportunity. You try to understand these people but then the whole idea of what sort of person they are is completely miles out of the ball park, he is not the person I imagined him to be, but that’s the way it is.
