Former Lewis Hamilton Teammate Reveals How ‘Every Tool’ Falls Short Against the F1 Champion

There is no doubt that Lewis Hamilton is a generational talent. His skills behind the wheel have taken him to amazing heights in his career and a few drivers in history can measure up to him. Speaking to that, Former F1 driver and former teammate of the 7-time world champion, Heikki Kovalainen has shed light on how Lewis has been able to overpower his teammates for so long.

The former McLaren driver mentioned he could not keep up with the British driver as his teammates. He also pointed out that even F1 greats, like Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg, found it hard to fight against him.

Kovalainen explains how Lewis Hamilton dominated Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg

Alonso and Rosberg were teammates to Lewis in very different times of his career. Hamilton made his debut in F1 when Alonso was his teammate in McLaren. But when he joined Rosberg in Mercedes, he was already a world champion. But both his world champion teammates found it hard to compete against the Mercedes driver.

“Since Alonso won two championships with Renault, he has always made the wrong choices and sometimes I wonder if it’s because he was surprised by Hamilton’s speed.”

“If that was the central problem, then there were the problems with Ron Dennis and the whole team, and apart from Renault, he had no other place to go. It was a regression for him. He then tried to catch up, but he never really recovered,” said Heikki.

“I think Rosberg used every tool at his disposal to beat Lewis, and it almost killed him. He said it himself, he didn’t want another season like this,” said the former F1 driver.

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Although the Finnish driver could have challenged Hamilton when they were teammates, he was just not consistent enough to pose a threat.

The Finnish driver explains the area where he lacked against the Brit

Heikki revealed the main area where Hamilton dominated him during their stint at McLaren was the breaking zones. He mentioned that the now 7-time world champion could always break later and get a similar line on the exit.

“I think the main area that I struggled to match him was braking areas, so he was able to brake later and harder and he was able to hit the apex and make the exit the same as mine,” revealed the Finnish driver.

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Heikki’s statements just further prove how difficult it is to be teammates with Hamilton. He is truly a special talent in Formula One.