THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS... TOP FIVE FEUDS IN FORMULA ONE
AYRTON SENNA v ALAIN PROST
THE standard by which all rivalries are judged. The pair, at the height of their remarkable talents, clashed in the final and penultimate races of 1989, when team-mates at McLaren, and 1990, Prost taking the title the first time, before Senna gained revenge a year later.
LEWIS HAMILTON v FERNANDO ALONSO
THE new boy Hamilton against the reigning double world champion at McLaren in 2007 was a fiery affair. Alonso felt slighted by the team’s supposed favouritism towards the Brit. Alonso left at the end of the season, their relationship taking years to heal.
JAMES HUNT v JOCHEN MASS
A TEMPESTUOUS year at McLaren which saw Hunt collide with Mass in Canada. Hunt was out of the race. A marshal attempted to calm him down, but Hunt punched him. The Englishman yelled and waved at Mass every time the German went by.
MICHAEL SCHUMACHER v JACQUES VILLENEUVE
LOCKED in a to-and-fro battle in 1997, Schumacher turned his Ferrari sharply in on Villeneuve during the final race in Jerez. Schumacher was in the gravel and Villeneuve nursed his Williams home to the title. Schumacher was disqualified from the championship.
ALAN JONES v CARLOS REUTEMANN
THE Williams drivers despised each other. Reutemann refused to give way to Jones in Brazil in 1981. A few months later Reutemann sought to bury the hatchet, prompting Jones to reply: ‘I’d be happy to bury it — in your back.’