With Esteban Ocon saying only Lewis Hamilton has done better than him as Fernando Alonso's team-mate, we delved into the stats. And the numbers back up his claim. F1
When Fisichella won the Australian Grand Prix in what was the first race of the 2005 season, you could have been forgiven for thinking Alonso may have his work cut out if he was to end up on top. But that hope for the Italian soon faded away.
The second season continued in similar fashion. While Fisichella improved, Alonso also did at the same rate, finishing 62 points ahead of his team-mate on his way to his second world title.As it had been with Hamilton earlier in Alonso’s career, it was to be just the one season for Raikkonen as the Spaniard’s team-mate.
In their second season together, Alonso found a way to get the maximum performance out of the car and was eventually able to finish the campaign in P10. Button, meanwhile, in his twilight years of the sport and becoming increasingly disillusioned, finished P15.Following the Italian Grand Prix, Ocon is level on points with Alonso over the course of their two-season partnership – but there are caveats to that.
As it stands, Ocon has a very real chance of being the first team-mate in history to finish with more points than Alonso and given the Spaniard’s upcoming move to Aston Martin where he will partner Lance Stroll, the Frenchman could be the only one to ever complete that feat.
Reminiscent to Hamilton’s future rivalry with Nico Rosberg, this partnership needed to end quickly before things really boiled over. The two concluded their only season as team-mates level on 109 points before Alonso moved back to Renault.If you asked 100 Formula 1 fans to rank Alonso’s team-mates, not many would put Ocon near the top – but the numbers back up his claim.
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