Fernando Alonso rates 2017's newly-crowned world champion Lewis Hamilton as one of Formula One's all-time greats.
Hamilton captured a fourth world championship at the Mexican Grand Prix, his third since joining Mercedes in 2013. Like Alonso, the man he partnered at McLaren in his rookie campaign in 2007, Hamilton is considered one of the best drivers of F1's modern era.
While Alonso has struggled since returning to McLaren in 2015 with its doomed Honda partnership, Hamilton's decision to end a life-long affiliation with the Woking team to join the Silver Arrow has led to three world titles in five seasons and a glut of pole positions and victories.