News Details

Revealed: Fernando Alonso bribed McLaren employees to turn on Lewis Hamilton

It would come as no surprise that the two oldest drivers on the grid, Fernando Alonso and Sir Lewis Hamilton, have a somewhat fiery and argumentative past, with the pair having first met in 2007. After winning his second consecutive title with Renault in 2006, Alonso announced that he'd be moving to McLaren, who had lost Juan Pablo Montoya to NASCAR, and Kimi Raikkonen to Ferrari. The at the time World Champion was arguably the top dog in the Formula 1 paddock, having taken the fight beyond Michael Schumacher's capability in 2005 and 2006; however, 2007 would prove to be one of Alonso's dirtiest and despicable seasons in his incredible F1 career. Alonso was joined at the...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Audi hire over 100 employees for F1 team, close in on...

Audi are reported to have acquired 120 employees to their technical...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Lewis Hamilton makes bold Mercedes claim amid Daniel...

Sir Lewis Hamilton has pledged his allegiance to the Mercedes team amid...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Lewis Hamilton makes roulette analogy after FIA...

Mercedes’ Sir Lewis Hamilton affirmed after the Italian Grand Prix that...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

George Russell to become Mercedes team leader after...

1997 Formula 1 world champion, Jacques Villeneuve, believes that Sir...
1y ago from Formula1News.co.uk

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Lundqvist first driver to crash in Indy 500 practice

Linus Lundqvist earned the unceremonious label on Thursday of being the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Comments

Hottest News

Newey hints at 'terminal fallout' prompting switch to...

Adrian Newey has admitted that a fallout prompted... Read More »
2h ago from GPFans.com

McLaren driver banned hours after signing for team

Martinius Stenshorne was unveiled as a McLaren... Read More »
54m ago from RacingNews365.com

Newey to Williams? This is the state of negotiations

Ever since Adrian Newey announced he was closing... Read More »
54m ago from GPBlog.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.