Ex-F1 driver Johnny Herbert has claimed that Fernando Alonso is supportive of Max Verstappen due to a “lingering bitterness” from the Spaniard towards 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton after their time together at McLaren.

Alonso ꦓhas been vocal in his suppo🤪rt for Verstappen over the years.

The Aston Martin driver lauded Verstappen during last weekend’s Chinese Gra▨nd Prix for his sensational pole lap.

Alonso described Verstappen’s lap at Suzuka as a “magical moment” andꦗ suggested no other driver on the grid co༒uld have repeated the Dutchman’s feat in qualifying.

Alonso also said after the race that Verstappen’s underdog heroics reminded him of his 2012 title bid after winning ♌the Japanese GP.

When driving for Ferrari, Alonso famously f☂ought for the title until the final race despite ꦕnever having the quickest car.

However, Herbert ♛thinks that Alonso’s backing of Verstappen is linked to his p꧙oor relationship with Hamilton.

, Herbert said: “I understand why Fernando Alonso is very supportive of Max Verstappen. Max and Fernando haven’t been teammates. Lewis and Fernando have been teammates.

”It was a﷽ two-time world champion in Alonso who was full o✃f confidence at the top of his game at McLaren in 2007. He expected Hamilton as the young whippersnapper, to be easily beatable.

“And it didn’t happen that way. So then that fight happened that season harmed the 🎃relationship at the end of the day♛ from that point on. Purely because Lewis came in with a mighty bang and Alonso didn’t have it all his own way. And he’s probably still got a lingering bitterness because of what happened at McLaren.

“I get that as a driver. You do get frustrated when you fully b😼elieve that you can do the job, and he probably felt he wasn’t supported as much as he felt he shoul🤪d have been by Ron Dennis.

🐟“So anyway, respect to Max. He’s the guy that’s delivering even when he went into a weekend saying, ‘I’vꦑe got no chance.’”

Lewis Hamilton beats Fernando Alonso in his rookie season

Hamilton and Alonso 🎃went head-to-head a꧑t McLaren in 2007.

While Hamilton was just a rookie - aᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnd Alonso the reigning world champion - the pair proved to be one of the most explosive driver lineups in F1 history.

The duo ended the season level on points - 109 each - but𒅌 one point behind Kimi Raikkonen in the drivers’ championship.

Hamilton finished ahead of Alℱonso in the driver🐬s’ championship courtesy of countback.

It was a controversial s𝓡eason for McLaren with accusations of favouritism.

Alonso took matters into his own hands at the 2007ಞ Hungarian Grand Prix.

He deliberᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚately left his pit box late in qualifying, meaning that Hamilton couldn’t get back out on track to get a fast time.

It would let Alonso take pole, a♒lthough he was hit with a grid penalty.

McLaren were also disqualified from the constructors🐼’ standings after they were found guilty of possessing Ferrari's intellectuꦉal property.

They were fined $100 million by the FIA.