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Who is Formula 1's greatest driver of the 21st century so far - Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel or Fernando Alonso?
One man with better insight than most is Mercedes technical director James Allison, who has worked with all four over the past two decades.
"If they all had to be in a super-team fighting it out every year, my guess is that Lewis would end up on top," Allison said.
The 50-year-old added that he thought Hamilton was the fastest of those four.
Listen to the full BBC Radio 5 live F1 Hamilton special.
Allison was talking as part of a BBC Radio 5 live review of Hamilton's fifth world title, secured in Mexico on 28 October.
He made it clear that he regarded speculation about where individual drivers ranked against each other as "a sort of idle game, because in a way, who knows? Everyone has an opinion and it's as valuable as that - i.e. not very".
He added that he did not think Hamilton would necessarily win each year in this fictional battle.
"But if they kept coming back every year to do battle in some sort of Valhalla-type confrontation, more often than not it would be Lewis wearing the crown at the end of the year," Allison said.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/46131677
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Who is Formula 1's greatest driver of the 21st century so far - Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel or Fernando Alonso?
One man with better insight than most is Mercedes technical director James Allison, who has worked with all four over the past two decades.
"If they all had to be in a super-team fighting it out every year, my guess is that Lewis would end up on top," Allison said.
The 50-year-old added that he thought Hamilton was the fastest of those four.
Listen to the full BBC Radio 5 live F1 Hamilton special.
Allison was talking as part of a BBC Radio 5 live review of Hamilton's fifth world title, secured in Mexico on 28 October.
He made it clear that he regarded speculation about where individual drivers ranked against each other as "a sort of idle game, because in a way, who knows? Everyone has an opinion and it's as valuable as that - i.e. not very".
He added that he did not think Hamilton would necessarily win each year in this fictional battle.
"But if they kept coming back every year to do battle in some sort of Valhalla-type confrontation, more often than not it would be Lewis wearing the crown at the end of the year," Allison said.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/46131677
