Ooops... that's gonna hurt. Fernando Alonso has questioned the credibility of Lewis Hamilton's fourth World Championship as the Spaniard believes he has faced "no opponents" this year. http://www.planetf1.com/news/alonso-hamiltons-had-it-too-easy-this-year/
He's right! Even with the previous 3 years he only had his team mate to fight....this year, pretty much no one, especially after the summer break. Gotta hand it to Mercedes, they've been brilliant...seriously!
Too bad there's no more IROC. Would love to see Ham, Seb, Alonso, Kimi and Nico go head to head in equal cars.
Alonso hit the nail on the head, elton is just an ordinary driver in an extraordinary car. Bottles is a contracted number two, nothing more. Nico was made to tow the line with him for 2013-1015, and last year, just ignored the bs and drove the best possible with one goal, beat him, and don't care about the fallout in the team. Once he did that, he had elton licked and stuffed him. Could easily have been three championships for Nico had he had equal support from toto and the rat.
Alonso dissing everybody, as usual: Hamilton, Vettel, Ferrari... Yes, Fernando, we all know that you're the best, but that doesn't mean that the rest are idiots.
It's on Autosport - https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/132748/hamilton-had-it-too-easy-in-2017--alonso Fernando Alonso believes newly-crowned Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton had it "too easy" on his way to the title in 2017. Hamilton was embroiled in a close fight at the top of the standings with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel for much of the year - but as Vettel's championship challenge unraveled after the summer break, Hamilton romped to his fourth world title, sealing it at the Mexican Grand Prix with two races to spare. Alonso feels that Hamilton did not have a particularly hard time en route to becoming champion this year, suggesting that the absence of former team-mate Nico Rosberg - who retired after beating Hamilton to the crown in 2016 - left him with a clear run at the championship. "It was very easy this year, no opponents," Alonso said, adding that he hopes McLaren can offer stronger opposition next year when it switches from Honda to Renault engines. "Last year he had Nico until the last race, fighting every single race.
Alonso hits the nail on the head, if elton wants to prove to me he's the best, let's see Alonso in the second Mercedes and no team orders, the wily old dog will have elton blubbering in the corner after a couple races, wondering why the world has caved in on him
It's not Lewis' fault that no other car is as fast as the Mercedes or that Bottas hasn't shown any real talent. You are correct....that, and Ferrari/Vettel let him off the hook too easily.
Mercedes would have done alot for the attention to the sport had they picked FA and not Bottas. The viewership numbers I think would have gone up....
Yep but Elton refused to have Alonso as a teammate...so the fun stopped there. Alonso's supreme defending yesterday shows what could've been. Even in what is pretty much the slowest car on the grid he held his own against the very fastest. Next year with Renault engines should be a little different, however I fear it'll be another Merc title as going from 4 to 3 engines....Mercedes much more reliable than the rest. I think both Red Bull and Mclaren will be very competitive but lose out for reliability.
Clearly its BOTH. Alonso feels if he was in the Merc he could beat Hamilton with one arm behind his head. Unfortunately because of Alonso's poor decision making in his career, we will never find out.
2018 could be a fantastic year if reliability doesn't ruin the show. There 'should' an epic battle. The 4 fastest drivers in 4 different cars all capable of winning races. Wow - when was the last time that happened? The answer is easy - never. Please, oh Gods or Racing, let it be so!
+1 F1 really needs the show to improve and having Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull, McLaren and maybe even Renault compete for wins would go a long way to keeping F1 relevant. Another season of Mercedes dominance will not help and fixing the power unit regulations for the 2020 season must be the number 1 priority to keep F1 from suffering the downward spiral that destroyed IndyCar/CART in the mid 1990s. Hopefully the FIA and Liberty can cooperate and move this forward.
The state of all sports is rather interesting right now. NFL has been declining for years even before the latest protesting debacle, NBA has been a two team show for a while, F1 is a one team show, hockey hasn’t seen much parity, etc. I wonder if it’s us as the fans that have increasing expectations that are impossible to meet or if sports just suck lol.
While I'm not a huge Hamilton fan, I have to say - 9 races he won so far, he deserves the championship. I agree that Mercedes is the car to beat, but Hamilton has really done a very good job. you have to make hay when the sun shines - and that is what he did. Vettel's championship just was a combo of poor Ferrari preparation and some poor race craft and luck. Ferrari at the end of the day was not strong enough to beat Mercedes in the long run.
