Daniel Ricciardo states ‘what is cool’ about Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso

Daniel Ricciardo states ‘why are’ Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso cool

AlphaTauri driver Daniel Ricciardo has now pinpointed ‘why are’ Equation 1 opponents Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes and veteran Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso cool.

Over the past 13 years, the Australian has alternated between Hamilton and Alonso on the F1 grid. Ricciardo made his HRT debut midway through the 2011 season, when Alonso had already been in the sport for nine and a half years. The Spaniard appeared for Minardi in 2001.

Hamilton, as well, had previously hustled all over the planet with McLaren since the 2007 season. He broke into the apex of motorsport as Alonso’s colleague subsequent to taking the 2006 GP2 title. The Briton has since turned into the best Recipe 1 driver ever north of 17 years.

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No driver has won more Excellent Prix (103), taken post position (104) more regularly or made the platform (197) as frequently as Hamilton. The 38-year-old likewise paired Michael Schumacher with a record seven F1 big showdowns. Alonso is a double cross title-victor in 2005 and 2006.

Alonso positions fourth for platform (106), seventh for wins (32) and fifteenth for shaft positions (22) in Recipe 1. However, the 42-year-old has not come out on top in a race since his home Spanish GP in 2013 and took his last shaft at the 2012 German GP. Additionally, he has competed in 380 F1 Grand Prix.

However, Ricciardo has now let RacingNews365 that ‘know cool’ about Alonso and Hamilton is their capacity to in any case contend at the front while the network continues to get more youthful. He additionally thinks the more youthful drivers show up with loads of ability, as Ricciardo saw from Lando Norris at McLaren.

Ricciardo has stated, “Lando started getting better and better, and it looked like I was getting worse and worse.” Be that as it may, obviously, Lando demonstrated he is a generally excellent driver.

“It’s intriguing when you take a gander at tenderfoots since, in the same way as other games now, it seems like the ability is getting more youthful and more youthful. Simultaneously, you have more seasoned folks like Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton demonstrating the way that you can in any case make it happen assuming you truly need to.”

The eight platform Alonso got during his ‘fantasy’ debut season for Aston Martin in 2023 were more than the Spaniard had guaranteed in his past seven F1 crusades consolidated. He additionally made a bigger number of platforms than Hamilton (6) however scored less focuses than the Mercedes star.

Hamilton completed the 2023 season third in the drivers’ title as the most elevated positioned non-Red Bull driver with 234 places. Alonso completed the year in fourth with 206 places, equivalent to Charles Leclerc of Ferrari. Yet, the Monegasque (3) completed third (5) in less races.