F1: Lewis Hamilton Names The Racer Who Gave Him 'Hell' At Hungary Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton revealed Thursday that Fernando Alonso gave him "hell' at the Hungary Grand Prix last weekend, adding, he had raised a complaint against Alonso's driving to the team radio.

While Alonso's Alpine teammate Esteban Ocon won the race in Hungary, Hamilton pulled off an incredible P2 after falling behind the pack at the beginning of the race. With the tires clearly being wrong for the damp conditions, the Mercedes driver was forced to pit at the end of the first lap and dropped to the back. He slowly charged through the field to grab third place behind Ocon and Sebastian Vettel.

However, after Vettel was disqualified from the Hungarian GP for having insufficient fuel left after the race, Hamilton was promoted to second place and as a result, he reclaimed the lead in the ongoing season's drivers' championship, pushing Red Bull rival Max Verstappen to second place.

Hamilton's road through the grid was not an easy one as he had to battle Alonso for nearly 10 laps. The former two-time champion's defense was firm as the two went wheel-to-wheel, including a brief touch before Hamilton overtook his former McLaren teammate at Turn 1 to P4.

"Fernando gave me hell out there. It was awesome racing, pretty on edge at least once but great racing. Looking back on it, it was amazing, it really, really was fantastic. I wish the cars could follow closer and I’m excited for what the cars are like next year. Hopefully, that eradicates a lot of that bad drafting that we have here," Hamilton was quoted by Planet F1, as saying in an interview.

While Hamilton eventually claimed a podium finish, Alonso also had his job done, which was helping his Alpine teammate Ocon win his maiden F1 race.

"But yeah, it’s a really difficult circuit to overtake in general, and to follow particularly in that last sector but great, great wheel-to-wheel battles. It literally was wheel-to-wheel at least once and I don’t really have much more to say about it. When you’re racing against a two-time World Champion, he probably is one of the hardest drivers – but fair. I’d say today was a little bit over on the limit," Hamilton further added.

Ahead of the upcoming Belgian Grand Prix, reigning world champion Hamilton has a good eight-point lead over Verstappen, who finished ninth in Hungary and earned just two points.