Lewis Hamilton teases F1 rival Fernando Alonso over slower start at Canadian GP: "It's an age thing"

Lewis Hamilton has teasingly suggested that Fernando Alonso's slower start at the F1 Canadian Grand Prix was down to “an age thing”. 
Fernando Alonso (ESP) Aston Martin F1 Team celebrates his second position with third placed Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes
Fernando Alonso (ESP) Aston Martin F1 Team celebrates his second position with third placed…

Hamilton was able to jump Alonso off the line as he moved his Mercedes into second place before the first corner after making a lightning-fast start to Sunday’s race in Montrea💮l.

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However, Alonso would go on to have the last laugh𒐪 as he later re-claimed second place from his former title nemesis, who had to settle with third place. 

During a hilarious exchange in the post-race TV pen,𝄹 ♔Hamilton joked: “His reactions are a little slow… It’s an age thing”

Alonso laughed, before ret🃏orting: “Austria, two weeks time…”

Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19 leads at the start of the race. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 9, Canadian
Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing RB19 leads at the start of the race. Formula 1 World…

Speak൲ing later in the FIA press conference, Alonsꦡo admitted he had no answer for his slower getaway. 

“I sti🐽ll don’t know what happened at the start,” he sai▨d.

Asked how his launch felt from inside the cꦐockpi💙t, Alonso replied: “Slow. Slow.”

“My reaction is still 𝓀very good,” h𓄧e continued. “I need to check [what happened]. 

“I don’t know if the guys on the oth🐭er side of the grid started good. Maybe it was just the wrong side of the grid.”

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