Although the accident between the two in Belgium and Fernando Alonso’s subsequent comments on the radio about Lewis Hamilton caused everything to blow up, the Asturian driver assures that he regrets these words and that he will personally apologize.
Although biologically only 4 years separate them, a huge difference in Formula 1, especially today, the relationship between Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton was marked in 2007 when the Spaniard arrived at McLaren as the proven and successful driver and the British did so as a rising star.
How that season ended is known by all, although each one has carried out his sporting career individually since then and the respect It has characterized the treatment they have had with each other, leaving possible quarrels that may exist behind.
“If you say something to a Latino pilot, everything is a little more fun”
Without going any further, shortly before the summer break began both shared the complimentswith Alonso calling #44 “a legend of our sport” while Hamilton placed him as the toughest rival which he has faced in pure rhythm.
The accident between the two at Spa on the first lap, when Alonso had come to place 2nd Facing Kemmel’s straight, he tightened the rope making him unleash his rage on the radio, comments that #14 himself regrets a weekend later.
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“First, Lewis is a championis a legend of our time”, commented Alonso after having branded him an “idiot” and assuring that he only knew how to drive and win starting from the first position.
“When you say something – and I’m sorry to repeat it – against a British pilot, there is a huge involvement of the media. They have said a lot of things to ‘Checo’, to Carlos, to me… if you say something to a Latin pilot, everything is a little more fun. When you say something to others, it’s a little more serious,” he explained.
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“But anyway yes i apologize. I wasn’t thinking about what I said. I don’t think there was a lot of blame at the time, to be honest, watching the replays and everything, because it’s a first lap incident, we’re all very close together,” he continued.
Specifically asked if he really believed that Hamilton only knew how to do well starting 1stAlonso confessed: «No, no, no, I do not believe that. That is to say, it is not that he believes or he does not believe, there are facts that are not like that. It is something that is said in the heat of the moment, but as I have said, nothing that I have said is true, or there are facts that are completely contrary. So I have enormous respect », he analyzed.
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«I hope to approach him when we are in the playpen and tell him I’m sorry if you understood it that way. I have no problem with it; As I said, I have great respect for him,” Alonso insisted.
The adrenaline of the moment made him express “those comments that he should not say”, since for him it was also “a career incident” after all, going on to question whether the radios should be public or not. “When you say something on the radio, at that moment, you think you’re talking to your engineeryou are preparing the strategy”, he pointed out.
“Obviously, you must be aware that it is emitted. It’s like if someone makes a hard tackle or something in football, at which point you say something to your teammate, or your defense or wherever… that doesn’t come across. I’m going to be very quiet on the radio. It is a sport that has this, things that should remain a bit private with your team. I will always try to be calm on the radio, and not be part of a program with which I do not agree », he deepened.
“I know what it is it’s part of the show, and as I said, all the things that are broadcast on the radio are usually a bit spicy, because the sport wants that spice in the race. They’ve never released the ‘Position 5 Differential’, because it’s not interesting, and it’s what we talk about every lap. I get it; unfortunately, the measure to be taken to avoid airing things that are not thought of in the heat of the moment is to remain silent all the time », he concluded.
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