I Have Nothing To Prove Against Fernando Alonso- Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton says he would have nothing to prove if he was paired as a team-mate to Fernando Alonso again. Alonso has revealed that a deal was proposed by his management team two years ago that would have seen the Spaniard and Hamilton swap their seats at Ferrari and Mercedes.

Hamilton has laughed at talk in the paddock that Mercedes might consider pairing him with Alonso in a rekindling of the partnership which imploded spectacularly in 2007 when they were team-mates at McLaren. He said “I don't care who I race against, I'm happy with what we have here. We've already raced together in the same car and got a result so it's not like anything else needs proving”. Hamilton and Alonso finished 2007 with the same amount of points but the Englishman was classified ahead. 

Mercedes warned both Hamilton and Rosberg at the end of 2015 that they would consider changing their driver line-up unless their two feuding drivers learnt to co-exist, while team boss Toto Wolff has confirmed the team are in no rush to open talks with Rosberg about a new deal.