Fernando Alonso has hit back at Lewis Hamilton’s claim that the 2023 Red Bull is the fastest-ever Formula 1 car. Alonso and Hamilton, 38, were infamously paired together at McLaren in 2007 – but the latter went on to win a full seven world championships, six of them in a dominant Mercedes. So when faced with Hamilton’s claims about the dominance of the new Red Bull, Alonso insisted: “I don’t agree at all. But Alonso said: “With a normal car, you can see that he has weaknesses. More seriously, he said leaving Alpine for Aston Martin was one of the best decisions in his career.

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