Accused of Destroying Lives in the Past, Fernando Alonso’s Narcissistic Antics Put Lewis Hamilton on Pedestal

Fernando Alonso is seldom known as the “bad guy” in the paddock during his first stint in F1. The Spanish driver, who is currently sailing in the season’s dark horse, Aston Martin, was a charismatic Maverick when he drove for McLaren alongside Lewis Hamilton back in 2007. And recently, after being accused of destroying lives, one of Alonso’s egotistical antics has resurfaced on the internet, putting the seven times champion on a pedestal.

Fernando Alonso has more than 20 years of experience in the sport. And ever since he switched to Renault and upset Michael Schumacher to win back-to-back championships there, the 42-year-old has developed a weird trait for destroying lives. You could be thinking, “How dare we call him Mr. Narcissist? ” The premise behind this has been proven numerous times. When the two-time champion was accused of leaving the “group of people rather destroyed.”

The Spaniard started this when he developed a habit of shifting teams. He attempted to leave each team with a soured relationship in an effort to disrupt the nest. For instance, during his tenure with Alpine, Alonso frequently ranted on the team radio while also harshly criticizing Esteban Ocon.

Damon Hill subsequently drew attention to his narcissistic personality, saying that Fernando has a tendency to leave groups of individuals in a very shattered state after moving from team to team and destroying his nest. Now, a few months later, a former McLaren trainer’s post on Twitter has gone viral, putting a rubberstamp on this notion. According to the post, Fernando Alonso exhibited a lack of collaboration. This happened as a result of the Spanish driver forgoing the Finland team-building session in 2007. Subtly making himself appear to be more important than the sport.

According to Gery Convy, the incident set the tone for the remainder of the year, which resulted in the most intense intra-team rivalries in 2007. The former trainer had just lately posted the tweet, which reads, ” A few days ago a former McLaren trainer Gery Convy posted this photo from team’s pre-season training camp with a caption “HOW NOT TO BE A TEAM PLAYER”, referring to Fernando Alonso’s absence from it. He believes it set the tone for the forthcoming and now legendary ’07 season.” 

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Lewis Hamilton, who was in his first season, is seen in the picture. Additionally, his direct involvement with the camp has boosted the reputation of the Mercedes Maestro. Although 16 years have passed since that time, and we have watched both drivers evolve however their rivalry still persists, yet again leaving us to wonder who is the greatest F1 driver ever.

Who would triumph in the same machinery between Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton?

Many experts and analysts believe that Alonso could have won four or five championships, however, his decisions and attitude have cost him. Yet, in the current season, the two long-time rivals are separated by just one point, with Alonso in the lead in his quick Aston Martin, though the AMR23 has started steadily losing ground to the Silver Arrows.

Following then, the question of who will prevail in the identical machinery between them arises yet again. Although the fact that Hamilton once defeated Alonso during his time at McLaren Danica Patrick, a former driver in the IndyCar and NASCAR, has offered her opinion in order to address this issue openly.

As per SkySportsF1, she said, “I mean, it’s pretty tough for me to not keep thinking about Fernando Alonso. And just his ability to…I mean, he’s 41, he’s re-emerged as so competitive and just doing that over and over again, like his second coming, I think it’s just so impressive.”

Finally, concluding by picking Lewis Hamilton as the man to lead, she said, “I’d be really curious to see where Lewis fell in that too, because obviously he’s had so much success with all of his championships. And especially when you take into a race consideration, the length of it, he’s just so consistent, he doesn’t make a lot of mistakes. And so he’d be snatching the lead when those two are going at it.”

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Regardless of the statistics, both sports legends have cemented their status as F1 legends. Despite not being the best of the pals, we frequently observe them showing each other respect. The question that follows is: do you believe any of them can outrun the dominant Red Bull?