Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Hamilton says Alonso and Vettel main challengers


Lewis Hamilton says that Fernando Alonso ad Sebastian Vettel is biggest challengers for championship this season.

Canadian Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton told ESPNF1.com in an exclusive interview. Hamilton added that defending world champion’s team Red Bull racing got incredible car over again this season.

As well as he says Ferrari upgrades their speed in massively and the Italian team pushing extremely hard. The 2008 world champion says Pirelli is the key factor and also drivers staying on form.

"I think Fernando and Sebastian," Hamilton said.

"Sebastian being the current world champion and Red Bull are the current constructors' champions. They've got an incredible car again this year and so they will be very tough to beat throughout the year.

"Fernando and Ferrari have picked up their pace massively. You can see through the last three races they've brought new upgrades to Barcelona, to Monaco and then a big upgrade package copying our exhaust system in Montreal, so they are pushing incredibly hard.”

“The whole battle of the year is understanding the tyres and the development of the cars from the teams, and also the drivers staying on form."




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