After recently saying Vettel's currently dominant team Red Bull is "just a drinks company", Lewis Hamilton now rates Fernando Alonso higher than Sebastian Vettel.
"I see him (Alonso) as my Prost ... if you were to say 'choose a driver' I would clearly choose Ayrton (Senna). And maybe I would put him as Prost," Lewis Hamilton told British newspapers.
But what about Sebastian Vettel, who has taken Hamilton's record as the youngest ever world champion and last weekend easily won the 2011 opener from pole?
"I don't think so. If he continues to have a car like he does now then, maybe, but I think when we get equal pace then we will see some serious racing. Maybe he (Vettel) is the new Mansell? Not that I would rate him like I do Mansell," said Hamilton in the Guardian.
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