Former
Formula 1 team owner Eddie Jordan has warned
Lewis Hamilton not to let his ongoing dispute with team-mate
Fernando Alonso become political, with the possibility that such a move could ostracise him from the
McLaren team.
Hamilton extended his lead in the drivers' championship with a third win of the season in the Hungarian Grand Prix, but his relationship with double world champion Alonso hit an all time low when the Spaniard was relegated five places on the grid after stewards decided he had prevented Hamilton from having a final run at pole position during qualifying.
With the relationship having already been somewhat strained, with Alonso having accused the team earlier in the season of favouring the rookie as a 'British driver in a British team', the latest incident has now led to a situation where Hamilton says Alonso isn't speaking to him and the Spaniard himself is refusing to commit himself to the McLaren squad beyond the end of the season.
All this, added to the on-going 'spy row', has somewhat overshadowed what has become one of the most hotly contested title races in recent seasons, and while Jordan admitted that the on track performances from Hamilton are 'magic', he warned the young Briton not to let things go too far in the inter-team battle that is currently raging.
"It's magic what's happening, but he has to be very careful he doesn't get too political," the Irishman told the
BBC. "He has to be careful he doesn't say too much that ostracises him or puts him in a position where team boss Ron Dennis has to make a choice."
While the relationship between the two drivers continues to be strained, Jordan added that Hamilton needed to remember that some of his success is down to the impact Alonso has had since switching from
Renault at the start of the season – with the duo having helped Ron Dennis and his team bounce back from a winless 2006 campaign.
