Fernando Alonso “completely underestimated” Lewis Hamilton ahead of their single season as McLaren F1 team-mates in 2007. That is the belief of former Red Bull and McLaren driver David ...

Fernando Alonso jokes of ‘bonus’ after McLaren WCC win Additional reporting by Thomas Maher The 2024 Formula 1 season hasn’t been an easy one for Aston Martin.

“Max and Fernando haven’t been team-mates, Lewis and Fernando have been team-mates. It was a two-time World Champion in Alonso who was full of confidence at the top of his game at McLaren in 2007.

Fernando Alonso has lifted the lid on why he decided to investigate Oscar Piastri’s McLaren at the end of the Dutch Grand Prix, claiming his Aston Martin team “have a lot to learn” from F1 ...

Norris admitted afterwards that McLaren “100 per cent” have the fastest car on the grid as it stands, but Alonso acknowledged that his current team are not quite on the same level at the moment.

Fernando Alonso and McLaren: The trilogy? Alonso stands as the most experienced Formula 1 driver of all-time with 406 grand prix starts and counting to the 43-year-old Spaniard’s name.