Alonso warns Hamilton ahead of duel with Leclerc: "Suffered with Russell last year"
Lewis Hamilton's debut with Ferrari is a little under a month's time away, and Fernando Alonso has weighed in on the Briton's adventure at the Italian marque, issuing a sound warning, whilst at the same time believing that Hamilton's talent, provided the Scuderia give him the car, is enough to make him a title contender in 2025.
Speaking to select media ahead of the F1 75 Live event, Alonso shared his thoughts on Hamilton's scarlet red spell with the Maranello-based outfit. "It's more about adapting to the car than anything else," said the Aston Martin driver.
Will Hamilton "suffer" Leclerc 'as he did with Russell last year'?
"Hamilton has to see how the car is driven, Leclerc has more experience," added Alonso, warning Hamilton of one of his teammate's advantages ahead of their internal duel at Ferrari in 2025, bringing to the fore a dangerous precedent from the 2024 season which saw the seven-time world champion be soundly beaten by former teammate at Mercedes, George Russell.
"Lewis also suffered a bit with Russell last year so he also has to gain confidence," added the Spaniard, remembering however, what his British colleague is capable of. "But we know the quality he has and if he has a good car he will be a sure candidate," concluded Alonso.
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Lewis in Ferrari will make this season even more exciting.
You are up there at the top of the tree with the way how actual proper fans should act on a blog by the way, I've always appreciated your comments. Well played sir/madame ?
Aaah yes, the kind, warming and caring Alonso. Always been a big fan of Hamilton's since he beat him as a rookie. I think Lewis knows why the results were as they were last year. But when Mercedes knew he was staying with them, he soundly beat Russell in 2023, coming 3rd in the championship compared to Russell's 8th place.
Damn L. Do not spoil Moana 2 for me. No spoilers please ???.
I had to Google that :) I thought you typo'd Monza Haha.
More quotes from the very respectful and always sincere 44-8xLegend (yes he really changed his name and profilepicture): "Death threats for Latifi were ridiculous also. Red Bull I assume got some too but, again, they deserved a fair bit of that." "Fester in your grief little troll, you earned it." "the next troll to come along with the same hair-brained idea that trying to provoke me" "but you cry into your dress about me giving it back." "Go wave your d*ck to someone else. Without me on this blog, you're nothing." "Now you'll have to take your frustrations out on your family." "This is a topic that is way above your pay-grade. I don't expect closed-minded Max fans to grasp or accept the facts" "I want to see all the crying that ensues" Please think of your own mental well-being, don't get yourself involved with such a nasty and toxic bully. People like him thrives on insulting and upsetting others, better to let him be. Safe yourself the abuse.
I agree with Alonso "But we know the quality he has and if he has a good car he will be a sure candidate," If yuall wanna see Lewis driving the SF 25 . It does look like he is comfortable with the car https://youtu.be/uUdsPV7wqtQ?si=v2wY_vDs2ZlfHFU1
Please think of my mental well-being, don't get yourself involved with such a nasty and toxic bully like me. People like me thrive on insulting and upsetting others, better to let me be. Safe yourself the abuse.)
The headline and Alonso's comments don't match, as usual. His statements, correct as they are, could be attributed to any top driver. If they have the machinery they will contend. What irks me about the narrative in so many of these articles is misinformation. Hamilton was "soundly beaten" by his teammate? 245 to 233 on points seems quite close to me.
Please think of my mental well-being, don't get yourself involved with such a nasty and toxic bully like me. People like me thrive on insulting and upsetting others, better to let me be. Safe yourself the abuse........
He is against a probably even stronger team mate this year, who has been in the sport for longer than Russell and has been with the team for 6 years, so Hamilton will have his work cut out if he wants to beat LeClerc this year. .... oh, and getting one year older doesn't help either.
What interests me this year is, with this move, we will learn more about Hamilton's competitiveness at this point in his career, we will learn more about Charles and we will learn more about Russell. Personally, I think it will be quite close between the two.
Think first few races lewis may not do well against charles and when lewis gets use to the car it be good team fight
I sincerely hope Lewis will fly at Ferrari, but if it’s going to take 4-6 races to catch up, it might be to late. Charles is no pancake
We'll see Mavric but I know you want Lewis to lose so you can rub it in. It's all good I'm just going to enjoy watching history in the making regardless of the outcome and I will also be here to throw dirt back over the proverbial fence when it inevitably happens.
Yes lewis may be strong in second part the season but then charles may have more points than lewis can catch up to
He is also no 7xWC and Lewis is known for being stronger in the latter part of the season but at the end of the day Charles will be a stronger better driver for having Lewis as his teammate that much is a certainty.
It was not that long ago that Hamilton comprehensively outclassed Russell, just over a year ago. 2023 season if you recall. The dynamic changed in 2024 in part as he was Ferrari bound. It talks to motivation, team dynamics and maybe even the exclusion from technical briefings. So drawing conclusions on the 2024 season requires some perspective if you will. That is not to say Russell is not fast, especially on a Saturday. Which is what is renown for. Leclerc will be an interesting challenge for sure. But it remains to be seen if he will be consistent, especially under pressure which is bound to be more than from Sainz - with the added media focus and all. Either way, the duel promises to be exciting which is something that you should be happy about.
Good post. "Either way, the duel promises to be exciting which is something that you should be happy about." They will be happy about it... as long as Lewis loses out. If not, they'll claim sabotage, he got lucky, or some such thing. Mark my words.
It was a good post because he was discussing the subject of this thread, whereas you (as usual) immediately switched the conversation to being about the people who post on the forum rather than the original subject of the thread.
Whereas when people do that with me, you're nowhere to be found. Where is your post on the subject, hypocrite? You made your two replies about me. When was your last on-topic discussion? Back to the teat, little one.
Very well put fella but you would be better talking to the brick wall Infront of you if you think for 1 minute that Mech Engineer would say anything in the slightest way positive towards Lewis. He once stated "why don't Mercedes go back to their roots as they don't need to be colour coordinated to their driver anymore" which says all you need to know.
Jeez, he said that? What a dick. Well I guess we know the root cause of Lewis hate for Mech, then.
It is a place in New Zealand. And a word I can actually pronounce. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taumatawhakatangi%C2%ADhangakoauauotamatea%C2%ADturipukakapikimaunga%C2%ADhoronukupokaiwhen%C2%ADuakitanatahu Poor erik :)
Blimey, where on earth did you come up with that name ? Did you take the goldfish out of the bowl and let it flop about on the keyboard, it'll confuse erik no end ??
He said that, wow. He clearly has issues with Hamilton. I think Hitman describes Mech Eng perfectly below.
Lewis volunteered himself to go to Ferrari against LeClerc. Something Verstappen would be too scared to do. Lewis doesn't mind putting himself alongside good drivers as team-mates, even world champions. Max gets rookies and B-grade drivers as team-mates. He can say what it wants in public, but Max and indeed RB, do not want anyone in that 2nd seat who will challenge him. If Hamiltons loses out to LeClerc, it's no big deal. Charles is 27 and has experience with Ferrari. Lewis is 40 and will retire in a few years. If he beats LeClerc, then... well... what will you say then?
if...and that's a very big "IF" he beats LeClerc... his Ferrari must be at least 1 sec faster than Leclerc's. Lewis couldn't even beat Russell in the same car over 3 years... Russell has more wins & 5 times the poles in the same car. You & the rest of the LHDF (Lewis Hamilton Defence Force) must know something about this year than the rest of us dont.
More quotes from the very respectful and always sincere DangerHighVoltage aka 44-8xLegend (yes he really changed his name and profilepicture): "Death threats for Latifi were ridiculous also. Red Bull I assume got some too but, again, they deserved a fair bit of that." "Fester in your grief little troll, you earned it." "the next troll to come along with the same hair-brained idea that trying to provoke me" "but you cry into your dress about me giving it back." "Go wave your d*ck to someone else. Without me on this blog, you're nothing." "Now you'll have to take your frustrations out on your family." "This is a topic that is way above your pay-grade. I don't expect closed-minded Max fans to grasp or accept the facts" "I want to see all the crying that ensues" Please think of your own mental well-being, don't get yourself involved with such a nasty and toxic bully. People like him thrives on insulting and upsetting others, better to let him be. Safe yourself the abuse.
Wow erik really? you have the bare faced cheek to repeatedly tell people for nearly two frigging weeks to "think of your own mental well-being" and "better to let him be" while YOUR OWN mental state is clearly off the charts and you yourself are not 'letting him be' is a little bit strange don't you think? It's just bizarre. Nurse Ratched is looking for you. Carry on spamming the blog fella and when you're at it check the definition of insan!ty it might be of some help to you !
Well, I am ignoring him. Let him have his but-thurt breakdown. Discussing it with others is fine though imo. I'm also noting how Max fans find it acceptable to them, to see the trolling, and so that will pay dividends to me, down the line. They just don't know it yet. It was in their interests to say something and they didn't. Another missed opportunity. That will come back to haunt them.
Yep. Just as I said... they protest at me, but they don't mind trolling really. It's conditional, based on who's doing the trolling and who is getting trolled. There is no outright rejection of it in its entirety by Max fans.
Personally I don't even think Nurse Ratched could help him now ? Yeah I'm amazed at that as well as they all supposedly have you on ignore but are quite happy to have their own feeds full of Erik's "message" on repeat ?
Just by commenting, you're giving it meaning and encouragement to continue. Just ignore it, as if it doesn't exist. The best solution.
I deleted 7 other of this posts. He actually got triggered by me to make a new account with a new name! Yes, clearly not following his own message. Poor guy :) Nurse Ratched. LOL! What's amazing is how his posts are all invisible to the Max fans who hate trolling. :)
