Fernando Alonso has been in the headlines recently, primarily because of a U.S. Grand Prix penalty debacle that was eventually reversed. But during the Mexico City Grand Prix weekend, an article was published in which the Spaniard compared the titles of Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher to Max Verstappen’s.
Alonso said to the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf that Verstappen’s titles held more value than those belonging to Hamilton and Schumacher, who often faced their stiffest competition from teammates. The Spaniard, though, did make it clear he has “a lot of respect for Lewis.”
Hamilton and Schumacher have won seven titles each. Schumacher won five straight with Ferrari from 2000-04, and Hamilton won four straight from 2017-20 before losing the ’21 title to Verstappen.
