Lewis Hamilton speaks to AS about F1 and Fernando Alonso
The world champion and current leader in this year's standings gave us his views on some of the rumours surrounding Spain's Alonso in the first part of his interview
Lewis Hamilton's face lights up when our conversation moves on to Fernando Alonso. The English driver regards the Spaniard as a great rival and will always remember the unforgettable 2007 campaign. Times have changed but Hamilton still is anxious to compete with the Asturian despite talk of retirement. The Mercedes driver talks affectionately about Alonso as can been seen in this advance of our exclusive interview with the three times Formula 1 World champion.
-I have a question about Fernando Alonso.
-Of course.
-There's something I've always wanted to know, a lot of people talk about Fernando Alonso as being the best, or one of the best, but in 2007 Lewis Hamilton arrives in Formula 1 and everything changed for the Spaniard.
-Are you blaming it all on me?
-No, it's not a question of blame, and it wasn't just you, it was everything around Alonso back then, but it's true that everything changed for Fernando then.
-And yet people are talking about him possibly retiring.
-Do yo think there's a real possibility of him retiring?