As the Mexican Grand Prix inches closer, the Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso row took another turn. While the duo contested each other on the track, the controversy surrounding them goes beyond the track. As the Hamilton and Alonso kerfuffle reached a new height, fans react on social media.

It all started when Alonso voiced his opinion regarding Hamilton’s titles and their worth to De Telegraaf. Talking about this, the Spaniard conveyed, “I also have a lot of respect for Lewis. However, it is different when you win seven world titles when you have only had to fight with your teammate.”

Now Hamilton decided to speak up in a blistering way. The Mercedes man didn’t take the words lightly, as he posted a picture of him and Alonso during their McLaren days. Hamilton posted the podium image of him and his then-teammate Alonso after winning the 2007 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis.

Fans react as Lewis Hamilton took Fernando Alonso’s comments personally

As Hamilton shared the image of the 2007 race when he won the US Grand Prix against P2 Fernando Alonso, he might have wanted to hint towards the ‘beating teammate’ narrative. Interestingly, both Hamilton and Alonso finished the 2007 F1 season on identical points, where Kimi Raikkonen trumped the McLaren duo to pick up the driver’s title.

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As the fans understood the context, they quickly took to Twitter to share their reactions. Given below are some of the reactions taken from the social media site.

The 2007 F1 season was the inaugural season for the seven-time world champion. To come as a rookie in the sport and compete against a two-time world champion in the team is no big deal, for sure.

However, as things started to go out of control, Alonso finally decided to take control of the narrative.

In a recent tweet, he conveyed, “Please, all the titles are amazing, well deserved, and inspiring. Incomparable to each other and let’s enjoy champions and legends of our current time. Tired of the continuous search for headlines. Let’s enjoy them.”

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But who do you think is a better driver, Lewis Hamilton or Fernando Alonso?