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Hamilton on a par with Senna, says Berger

Gerhard Berger, who was teammate, and close friend, to Ayrton Senna, says that Lewis Hamilton is now on a par with the legendary Brazilian. The Austrian, who contested 210 Grands Prix, with ATS, Arrows, Ferrari, McLaren and Benetton, winning 10 Grands Prix and finishing third in the driver standings twice, subsequently bought a 50% stake in Toro Rosso before selling out to countryman Dietrich Mateschitz. Speaking to reporters ahead of the 25th anniversary of Senna's death at Imola in 1994, Berger explained why he ranks Hamilton alongside the Brazilian. 'Everybody asks me; 'how do you see this driver against Ayrton?', and I always, in all the years, say 'I don't see anybody near to...
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