{"id":293291,"date":"2023-10-05T22:28:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T22:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=293291"},"modified":"2023-10-05T22:28:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T22:28:26","slug":"alonso-hails-verstappen-as-the-best-f1-driver-since-schumacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/racing\/f1\/alonso-hails-verstappen-as-the-best-f1-driver-since-schumacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonso hails Verstappen as the best F1 driver since Schumacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Fernando Alonso hails Max Verstappen as the best Formula One driver since Michael Schumacher&#8230; as Spaniard opts to omit Lewis Hamilton in rankings<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fernando Alonso made the bold claim ahead of the sprint race in Qatar\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>If Verstappen scores a point, he will claim a third consecutive world title\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fernando Alonso has hailed Max Verstappen as the best Formula One driver since Michael Schumacher.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Verstappen only needs to score three points in tomorrow&#8217;s sprint race in Qatar to be assured of a third consecutive world title with six grands prix remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the Dutchman&#8217;s achievements, double world champion Alonso omitted to include Lewis Hamilton in the highest step of his rankings, saying: &#8216;(Max is) with Michael maybe, yes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have to wait and see. The next few years will be even better for Max. He&#8217;ll keep adding championships, so we will compare him to Michael even closer in the future.&#8217; Hamilton, like Schumacher a seven-time world champion but the all-time record race winner on 103, said of Verstappen: &#8216;I wouldn&#8217;t rank him. Ranking people is an opinion-based thing. He has earned his position and he has done an amazing job with the package he has had.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He and the team have been faultless this year. They have raised the bar and as we have to look at that and the areas where we can be better.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I do hope we can compete with them, but they should enjoy the moment because they have worked for it.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/22\/76225483-12599915-image-a-31_1696540325712.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fernando Alonso heaped praise on Max Verstappen prior to the Qatar Grand Prix<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12599915\/Fernando-Alonso-hails-Max-Verstappen-best-Formula-One-driver-Michael-Schumacher-Dutchman-opts-omit-Lewis-Hamilton-rankings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fernando Alonso hails Max Verstappen as the best Formula One driver since Michael Schumacher&#8230; as Spaniard opts to omit Lewis Hamilton in rankings Fernando Alonso made the bold claim ahead of the sprint race in Qatar\u00a0 If Verstappen scores a point, he&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alonso hails Verstappen as the best F1 driver since Schumacher - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/racing\/f1\/alonso-hails-verstappen-as-the-best-f1-driver-since-schumacher\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alonso hails Verstappen as the best F1 driver since Schumacher - Sports-Life-News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fernando Alonso hails Max Verstappen as the best Formula One driver since Michael Schumacher&#8230; 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