News Details

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...
Full Story »
5y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hamilton/Alonso the strongest ever driver line up?

Pedro de la Rosa has sparked an interesting debate as he suggested Lewis...
5y ago from PlanetF1.com

Pedro De la Rosa on Max Verstappen: 'When he made his...

Max Verstappen is one of Formula 1's superstars. He is the youngest ever...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

2006: The year Hamilton became a ‘massive...

Ex-F1 driver Pedro de la Rosa knew Lewis Hamilton was a 'massive problem'...
5y ago from PlanetF1.com

2006: The year Hamilton became ‘massive problem'

Ex-F1 driver Pedro de la Rosa knew Lewis Hamilton was a 'massive problem'...
5y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Jacob Abel: ‘I would hate if this was my only...

Jacob Abel is one of three rookies in IndyCar this season, and is hopeful...

Christian Lundgaard leaps to the top in opening...

IndyCar headed out on track at Portland International Raceway Friday...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Kyffin Simpson given IndyCar grid penalty for lap 1...

The NTT IndyCar Series has levied a grid penalty on Kyffin Simpson for...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Nolan Siegel predicts new Arrow McLaren shop will...

Arrow McLaren recently announced details for its new IndyCar race shop,...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle Rovanperä hits the jackpot

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen finally won Rally Finland, laying to...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“Looked better in blue” - Chelsea youngster drops...

Chelsea academy star Heze Grimwade has sent a cheeky message to Noni...
36m ago from SportsKeeda.com

“He’s just a natural footballer” - Joe Cole...

Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea have spent almost £1bn...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'I don't know how much money they've got left' - Ray...

Former Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour believes that the Gunners need to...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.