Lewis Hamilton's success came from having the best car - and this season shows it, says Alonso

Fernando Alonso hasn't had the greatest luck in his Formula One career, but the Spaniard can still boast two impressive world championships during his 20 years in the sport.

The 40-year-old currently drives for Alpine, and he has often found himself this season in the midfield battling former McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton, who has endured a frustrating start to the 2022 season at Mercedes.

After enduring similar frustrations over the last decade of his career, Alonso was able to compare Hamilton's struggles to his own.

"This is the nature of the sport," Alonso said. "Sometimes you have a better car, sometimes you have not such a good car and you still need to fight and make some progress.

"This year we see that the driver is very important in F1 but not crucial.

"Lewis is driving as good as he has been the last eight years. He was dominating the sport and breaking all the records and 100-and-something pole positions. And now he is doing a mega lap - as he said in Australia or somewhere like that - and he is one second behind. So, yeah - welcome."

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