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Alonso/Hamilton pairing 'strongest there's ever been' - De la Rosa

Former McLaren test driver Pedro de la Rosa believes the team's 2007 pairing of Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso was the strongest line-up in the history of Formula 1. Thirteen years ago, McLaren boss Ron Dennis took a chance on Hamilton by promoting the team's protégé to a race seat alongside new recruit Alonso. It was a heated and ultimately destructive year-long partnership that ended with both drivers scoring an equal amount of points - 109. Alas, that was one point less than Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen who pipped McLaren's boys to the world title in 2007. The fierce rivalry reached its boiling point in qualifying in Hungary when Alonso held up Hamilton in the pitlane, a deliberate...
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