well...team orders? alonso got the pole on saturday, the fastest lap during the race..i think 8 of the 10 fastest laps during the race were achieved by Alonso and he won the race...does not this prove that he was clearly the quickest guy last weekend in Monaco?? Lewis reaction is a mix of childishness, adrenaline
and personal disapointment for not winning a race that he expected to win.The best thing Alonso could do is moving to Ferrari and then we would see how many championships gets lewis hamilton for mclaren

Ivan, Madrid, Spain

An advice for Hamilton: drive better and stop the yammer. It wasn't Alonso who kissed the walls.

Alfredo Nieto, Madrid, Spain

This whole 'team orders' issue is a farce in F1 at present. Hamilton was never ahead of Alonso when on an equal footing (i.e. other than when out of synch at pit stops), and as Monaco is a virtual 'no passing' track, McLaren's orders were just common sense. Bring the cars home without risk and go quick enough for first and second without over-stretching the mechanicals. Whilst there is a constructors championship and drivers are part of teams, such instructions will always exist.

This was not a contrivance in the way that the Ferrari incident was.

Overall, a storm in a tea cup

Ian Blanchard, St Albans, UK

Hamilton doesn't need 'any championships in his house' ...Alonso ( as mentioned in the article above ) is obviously not happy that Hamilton is stealing his limelight. I don't think he went to McLaren to be challenged by a rookie driver. I can see him throwing his rattle out of the pram.........and Ron Dennis, as usual, 'snaking' his way around the issue......

Giovanni, Toronto, Canada,

We all need to remind ourselves of the days when Senna and Prost would fight wheel to wheel from start to finish of every race. Those were wonderful days. Yes, sometimes we would see the both of them take each other off. But that only left us dribbling with excitement as we waited for the next race to take place.

The answer is to put an end to the practice of radio communication between the driver and the team.

Make the radio one way only, driver to pit.

In the very early days, there was no such communication. Further, it must be argued that we need to see the driver having to make all the decisions once the race has started. Thus he then has to decide when to arrive for his pit stop and to work out for himself, what tyres he needs.

Only in this way will we see for certain that the driver is in complete control of the race once it starts. He wins or loses dependant upon his decisions alone, and cannot claim afterwards that he was thwarted by a team order during the race.

Chris Coles, Medstead, Alton, United Kingdom

hmm guys, hang on a minute. Its FIA who are investigating whether there was an infringement of the rules, not the British media....

robin, london,

In my opinion, Lewis should learn of Alonso to improve and arrive to be a world champion and don't cry as a child.
There weren't team orders, only common sense for not damage the engines to the next race. English, accept in this moment you aren't the best in nothing, it's simply.

Dani, Barcelona, Spain

Hamilton tried to push Alsonso all the way to the finish line only to hit the barriers again and again in a show of his lack of ability to catch Alonso. Not only McLAren's decision to tie down the first 2 place sin the race was right, but also Hamilton risked not finishing the race due to his childish pride. Slow down? come on, they were over 1 minute faster than the third qualifier. No one slowed down no matter what Hamilton says, he couldn't possibly go any faster. He still has much to learn and he'll do when he runs out of the track trying to put pressure on his senior.

Seve, Madrid,

MonteCarlo is won during the classifying laps when riders run against themselves. Alonso did the pole. Hamilton could only be second. That's it.

EDuard, Berkeley,

pole, fastest lap and a win !!!

Can anybody have doubts of this?

Please, a little bit of common sense ...

Julio, Spain,

Alonso could win, and he won. That's all. Pole position, fastest lap and won the race. Could Hamilton have passed Alonso? I don't know. And you?

Jose Castillo , Madrid, Spain

Maybe they ought to change the race length - to just the first bend?

Oh - they already did!

Bry Barnes, Somerset, UK

we cannot deny it, I number 1 is alonzo although it weighs to us.

peter, city, london

McLaren had one and two and they were going to get the maximum points by staying that way. Under the circumstances, It would be irrational of Ron (or any other team owners) to encourage his drivers to race each other, especially on the narrow Monaco circuit.
Had they raced, however, it would have been an ultimate fan service. Then again, it was clearly too much to ask for.

Joon Sang Yu, Kwangju, Korea

well, what i see are those stupid patriotic feelings, forget them please. Waht we have now, are 2 pilots, a 2 world champion with a new car, and a very good racer with a knew car.
It's stupid to say that just hamilton was told to slow down, because both were told, the truth is taht hamilton is one of the fews rookies who ever had the chance to have his debut with a first line car, maybe he had mor fuel on the thanks, who cares, if he team don't want him wining, they can give him less fuel so he'll have to stop sooner.
Yesterday i saw something that i was wondering about, hamilton can't handle the pressure, while chasing alonso, hamilton hit the wals several times and literally, he ate the chicane. Hamilton is fast, but F1 is not just speed, give hamilton an aguri or even a renault, and then we will see.

Pablo, Barreda/Cantabria, España

I would like to see Hamilton driving the Alonso´s Renault (a very inferior car) versus Shumacher and Kimi the past two years.....fortunate rookie, learn the champion´s mastery

ECP, Madrid,

I think this matter has became big issue because of the british media. Ron Denis race strategy was supperb and Mclaren 1-2 is historic!!
Lewis is quick so Alonso. No doubth one of them will be champion this year but I think Lewis made a mistake with certain things he said to the media. Alonso has kept quiet because he is a profesional and I think Ron really appreciate this. Ron knows that Lewis is wrong and he has put him on the media spot, something Ron Denis will not like.
Alonso was as quick or quicker than Lewis, it was a complicated race due to slow cars around the road and differences were up and down. But the times per lap are there.
I think fans from UK and us (spain) we should be very happy this year, do not destroy it just because Lewis said silly things in a day he did not control his nerves before the media. some media does not help him (tabloides).

JM, London, uk

can u help me? I can remember who had the pole position in Monaco

Azrael, Monaco,

Well done to both drivers for an entertaining race without harmful event. The skill required to manoevre the narrow Monaco streets at such speeds is awesome.

Let's not spoli it, leave it to the FIA and then make judgement in light of all the evidence! I didn't hear what was being said via the team headsets. Did you?

Phil Evans, London, England

All these comments will only lead one place: Alonso getting as upset as he has done in the past with his own team and moving to Ferrari where the F1 championship will end for the next ten years with the no-competition team Ferrari-Alonso.

Andrea, Torino, Italy

Hamilton is undoubtedly a contender for the championship. Where does it say that a rookie has to wait in line to become a champion? If he's good enough he should be allowed to go for it. That said, there is no "I" in the word "team" asking one team member not to risk causing an accident which could result in total loss of points for the team is a sensible strategy. Unlike the Ferrari incident when they totally and blatantly altered the result of a race to suit their own ends.
People will understand Hamilton's disappointment, but he shouldn't let the mass hysteria over his meteoric rise to fame since joining the F1 scene cloud his vision. His win will come and come soon I've no doubt.
Let's hope that the same sensible strategy is applied should the roles be reversed at some time.

Richard Walton, Milton Keynes, England

Hamilton not yet arrives at the knees from alonso. If Alonso were not in Mclaren, Hamilton does not run with n2 and n2 will be during long time.
Alonso, please go to Ferrari. Alonso go to Ferrari and leaves to the English with its flag, its car, its pilot and without NUMBER 1 OF CHAMPION Of the WORLD!

Juanfe, Vigo, Spain

Lets look at it objectviely. Practice 1? Alonso faster. Practice 2 ? Alonso faster. Qualifying ? Alonso faster. People say Hamliton lost time in traffic in Qualifying, and they may well be right. But Alonso didn't. So do people expect McLaren to favour Hamilton based on something he MIGHT have been able to do ?

During the race Alonso was consistantly quicker than Hamilton. Hamilton was not 'robbed' of the win - he was never ever in front. After the race, Alonso reckoned he himself was able to claw back 3 laps of fuel over his original strategy - we will never know if that is true or not, but if so, it would mean that Alonso was able to go long - not that Lewis was called in early.

I think Lewis has done a terrific job this season but at this race, Fernando had him covered.

Richard Cox, Edenbridge,

This is the most exciting driver's championship in years but there is a great danger that if this 'fixing' continues, F1 would be shooting themselves in the foot.

That said, I did not expect Hamilton to push Alonso too hard' Risking a crash. To change Hamilton's pit strategy mid race, reducing his competitiveness was sneaky

Jite, London,

Lewis Hamilton is no longer a rookie,but a professional
formula one driver.

Wim Moen, Eerbeek, The Netherlands

Good it is necessary to be realistic, Hamilton had not happened to Alonso never in Monaco, is far beyond our compatriot, it was always by its site without failures, and Hamilton went of side to side touching itself with the protections, him lack a little experience even, we to leave of trivialities, Alonso saving two returns at the beginning of the race for that reason never she had taken it.

Joshep, london,

All these comments will lead only one place: Alonso getting as upset as he usually have done in the past with his own team and moving to Ferrari where the F1 championship will end for the next ten years with the no competence team Ferrari-Alonso.

Andrea, Torino, Italy

Rod?????
If the team engineered Alonso's win then your comments are laughable. Alonso and Hamilton are both good drivers and the rules say they should be allowed to race each other. Alonso has no right to win it because of his past performance and it is not beyond the ability of the team to fix the fastest qualifying laps by varying fuel loads etc.

imj, Abu Dhabi,

As usual the British look for other reasons than the reality to justify the 2nd place of Hamilton, closing their eyes over the excellent race of Alonso in Monte Carlo. The facts are that Alonso had the fastest classification lap, the pole position and without mistake race.

Hamilton is a great driver but it is also true that Alonso is the actual and indisputable world champion….his ability at the wheel is unquestionable.

Other argument is a clear incapacity to recognize that Hamilton is racing against the two consecutive times F1 world champion. Arriba Alonso campeon

Rod, Madrid,

It's disgraceful. Did you read that guy in the Mirror the other day saying the sport had lost its pride and honour. That's what I believe. Why do I bother to watch this sport ? I thought we had done with all this when Schumacher left.

Ian, Gloucester, UK

In my opinion the best thing that could happen is that the FIA takes out the points achieved by Alonso and Hamilton in Monte Carlo. After that, the fight between Alonso and Hamilton will be as if they were in different teams, and won’t matter if trying to pass each other they suffer a crash, or they make suffer the engine to much for the next race…etc. Unfortunately, now Hamilton has the principal support of Mclaren (the same will happen for Alonso if the Team was Spanish) and if Alonso wins with Hamilton behind is always questioned if there have been team orders, etc. because Alonso is supposed to be the Nº 1.

Pedro, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

English media at its best ¡¡¡¡ If you can not beat them in the sport field , let´s try with the newspapers. Who was the fastest on Saturday ? Who did the fastest laps on Sunday ? ....Alonso. On the other hand Hamilton was closed to heating the borders and not finishing the race several times. Hamilton will be a world champion , no doubt , but for this , he does not need his daddy or the english media. For the time being he will have to wait for Fernado to fail, and this may not be as easy as you are all hopping to be. ¡¡¡ VIVA FERNADO ALONSO , SPANISH AND FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPION ¡¡¡

Angel, Marbella , Malaga, Spain

Schumacher if i remember properly start at a low lever car.
Then he went up on others model.
Then he was the best!!!.
Hamilton do the same to prove that he is a good driver.
Come on, any one could drive that car set up..
Examples: think...Ferrari was a tomato can wen Schumacher
start drive for them..
And now what......

DAB, Montreal, CA

hamilton is very fast and very consistent. but so is alonso. i don't see a way for hamilton to overtake alonso without provoking a catastrophic accident- and 0 points for mac laren. some years ago mansell, in a williams at least two seconds a lap faster than senna, could no overtake the brazilian. as alonso was first all the race, i don't see any manipulating of results. when ferrari ordered barrichello to let schumacher pass it was entirely different.
hamilton is british and alonso isn't. should he be punished for that.

manuel saborit, castellon de la plana, spain

As usual the British look for other reasons than the reality to justify the 2nd place of Hamilton, closing their eyes over the excellent race of Alonso in Monte Carlo. The facts are that Alonso had the fastest classification lap, the pole position and without mistake race.

Hamilton is a great driver but it is also true that Alonso is the actual and indisputable world champion….his ability at the wheel is unquestionable.

Other argument is a clear incapacity to recognize that Hamilton is racing against the two consecutive times F1 world champion. Arriba Alonso campeon

Rod, Madrid,

How many Championships are in Hamilton´s house?

Brian, London,

GP racing shoots itself in the foot again.........we were not watching an authemtic race but a staged one. After years of Ferrari boredom we are back to cheating the public very quickly. For the sake of honesty Teams should be forced to declare in public the moment they tell their drivers not to race. At least then we can switch off or go home and not waste our time watching lies

Malcolm, Stoke, UK

Got to say I don't envy Big Ron's predicament... he has got himself the two best number 1 drivers driving the best car. Both rightfully want to win and there's no way either will settle for second - particularly if it's not decided on the track. He's going to have a job sustaining that scenario. If I were him i'd really think about biting the big one and focusing on Lewis - he's got to be the best long term bet. But surely it will be better for the sport if the two best drivers (Alonso and Hamilton) are number one respectively in the two best teams. Either that or Ron must be praying for a Hamilton pole then win at some point very soon.

Richie, Cambridge, UK

When Hamilton's first pit stop took 1.5 seconds longer than Alonso's and we were told that he had five extra laps in the tank (and only ran three) you knew something was going on.
The fact is, Hamilton could have chased right behind Alonso all the way and may have caused an error. It was a fix; Hamilton proved when held up in qualifying (by half a second!!!) he had the speed and talent.
Alonso has looked unhappy all season - the knowledge that a kid is quicker than the World champion must hurt real bad.

Paul Case, Bromley,

hamilton in a challenger , just a challenger . in a future will be a world champion, when alonso be old. jajaja

pepe, pontevedra, spain

Team orders? Alonso did the pole, the fastest lap (in the second sting) and won the race, don't make me laugh. The real problem it's the nationality of Lewis Hamilton, same that the people who govern the F1 (Mosley, Ecclestone and co) and same of you guys who don't accept a spaniard it's going to be world champion again. VAMOS ALONSO!!!
PD: And get ready for Nadal in Wimbledon, jajaja.

Victor, Valencia, Spain

Mr. Gorman,
Enough of this bashing of Alonso. Don't you think that the Spaniard was the better of the two on this particular Sunday and deserved the win. Hamilton is good but he has to learn not to show his emotions in public. He is a rookie after all.

Konstantin, Sofia, Bulgaria

Whilst McLaren is entitled to a presumption of innocence, there's more at stake here than wagering and the FIA knows it. Just how many people have become totally disillusioned with Formula One and its 'corporatisation' over the past few years? Lewis Hamilton's exploits are a major factor in many fans in established racing nations retaining any interest in F1. If team orders and behind the pit wall orchestration are seen to be diminshing Hamilton's competitiveness in favour of constructors' points or anything else, the potential damage to the sport's long term credibility is immense. For this to occur at Monaco - the showpiece of GP racing - and on the same weekend as the Indianapolis 500 enthrauled and entertained (even in a washout) just compounds things.

Linda Kenton, Melbourne, Australia

Ron, send L. Hamilton back to GP2.

Maurice, Bogotá, Colombia