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Hamilton Accuses Alonso Of Unfair Driving

thefastlane | 17 September, 2007 08:49

Lewis Hamilton accused teammate Fernando Alonso of unfair driving during the Belgian GP. The 22-year-old Briton was upset the two-time world champion forced him off the track as they fought for third place at the beginning of the event.

"He has gone and swiped me and pushed me as wide as he could," said the Briton. "I was just really lucky there was a run-off area so I could take that." Asked if he thought the move was hard but fair, Hamilton has this to say: "I wouldn't say fair, but it was hard."

Hamilton effectively accused the Spaniard driver of double standards, saying the Spaniard is "always complaining about people doing unfair maneuvers.” He added: "We all had equal starts, perhaps a little bit better for me than for Fernando. I braked quite late and was on the outside quite close to the Ferraris. I started to accelerate and all of a sudden Fernando came sweeping across me, and he knew I was there."

Hamilton, who finished fourth at Spa, was able to continue his fight with his teammate on the run down to the 180mph Eau Rouge corner. "At Eau Rouge it's impossible to take two Formula One cars through there without taking each other out, so I just lifted," said Hamilton. "Eau Rouge is always going to be a tricky one. He had the momentum on me and was a bit quicker. It would probably have been stupid of me just to keep it flat, although I was very tempted. It worked in Formula Three in the wet but I don't think it would work in an F1 car."

The 26-year-old Spaniard said that he had been blocked by Felipe Massa's Ferrari. "I was blocked on the inside and I had no space," said Alonso. "The first corner is a bit more tricky as it is 180 degrees, so there are many possibilities for the racing line out of it. Lewis ran a little wide, so he took a little bit of an advantage, and we arrived wheel to wheel into turns three and four. I was lucky to be on the inside to keep the position there."

McLaren team boss Ron Dennis said that he was "pretty relaxed" about the incident. "They were just pushing hard on each other," he said. "I don't have a position on fairness. They were just pushing hard and they are fighting for the world championship. They didn't touch. They didn't fall off at the end of the day."

Hamilton also questioned Alonso's loyalty to the Woking team. As reported by BBC Sport, the Spaniard did not attend the 'spygate' hearing in Paris, where McLaren was fined a £50M fine and stripped of its constructor points for this season.

"It's been a tough week, for sure a lot tougher week for me than for Fernando because... I won't say any more," he said. "I feel more attached to the team, I guess, and I care a bit more."

 

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