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Alonso ‘couldn't imagine' rookie Hamilton matching him

Norbert Haug says Fernando Alonso 'couldn't imagine' being matched by Lewis Hamilton when the two were team-mates in 2007. The duo both joined McLaren for the 2007 campaign, with Alonso as a two-time World Champion and Hamilton a rookie. To the surprise of many, the Briton proved to be more than a match for the Spaniard, ending the season level on points with him as both were beaten to the title by Kimi Raikkonen, the Ferrari driver taking it by a single point. Haug, former head of Mercedes motorsport, says how Hamilton did that year is the best example of just how good he is, and says Alonso was not expecting that sort of challenge at all. “Fernando Alonso provided the best example,'...
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