Is it just me, or does this make Lewis sound like a bit of a spoilsport. He's complaining that McLaren are favouring Alonso and thats why he didnt win the race.
McLaren denies favouring Alonso
MCLAREN denied favouring double world champion Fernando Alonso in the Monaco Grand Prix on Sunday after rookie teammate Lewis Hamilton suggested he had been forced into a supporting role.
Team boss Ron Dennis said the 22-year-old joint championship leader and runner-up to Spaniard Alonso in a dominant McLaren one-two, would have won had the safety car been deployed.
For the first time this season, the Briton appeared less than ecstatic with second place - his fifth podium in five Formula One starts.
"I have the number two on my car, and I am the number two driver,'' he told a news conference.
Hamilton had qualified on the front row with a far heavier car than Alonso on pole position.
Alonso led from the start but when Hamilton had the chance to build up a gap, after the Spaniard's first pitstop, he was unable to do so because the team called him in to refuel earlier than expected.
"I was actually quite surprised because I was fuelled to go five, nearly six, laps longer than Fernando and they stopped me with three laps,'' said Hamilton. "That's unfortunate but it's the way it goes.''
Alonso explained that he had in fact gone two laps longer than scheduled because he had used less fuel than expected in the opening laps and Dennis was adamant there was no hidden agenda.
He said his job was to make difficult decisions and Monaco was a unique circuit where the introduction of the safety car, deployed in four of the last five years, could wreck the best-laid plans.
The two drivers therefore had to be on radically different strategies.
"Everybody feels I'm sure, and a lot of people will feel it in England, that there is some favouritism or some penalisation that is given to either Lewis or Fernando,'' he added.
"But we are scrupulously fair at all times in how we run this grand prix team. We will never favour one driver, no matter who it is. We never have, we never will.''
The Spaniard's second victory of the season, and 17th of his career, took him back to the top of the Formula One championship on race wins but level on 38 points with Hamilton.
The Briton, runner-up for four races in a row, crossed the line four seconds behind Alonso with Ferrari's Felipe Massa 69.1 seconds and almost a lap behind. The Brazilian remained third overall with 33 points.
Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, with retired predecessor and seven-time champion Michael Schumacher among the spectators, finished eighth after a costly error in qualifying forced him to start 16th at a circuit where overtaking is rare.
The Finn remained fourth overall but a hefty 15 points adrift of the McLaren drivers.
Only four of the 22 drivers failed to finish, with Toro Rosso's Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi stopping on the second lap with a broken rear diffuser and Australian Mark Webber retiring with a gearbox problem in his Red Bull.
Neither Spyker driver made the distance.
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Look, Lewis is a top driver. He's racing well and deserves to be up there in the championship standings. What he needs to learn though is that he is a rookie, and it's highly unlikely, although not impossible, for a rookie to win the championship on debut. Alonso is the benchmark of the field and therefore is most likely McLarens strongest chance at a championship.
I saw his Dad on TV last night and he looked disappointed. It's like they said to themselves that they will win it and then Alonso outclassed him and spoilt the party. I still feel that Lewis needs a DNF as a reality check, otherwise he will be the next Jenson Button, and he doesnt deserve to be in that position!!