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| New McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton admits he will be under heavy pressure as team-mate to Fernando Alonso when he makes his Formula One debut next year. | New McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton admits he will be under heavy pressure as team-mate to Fernando Alonso when he makes his Formula One debut next year. |
| Hamilton said: "I realise there is big pressure on me but I look at having Alonso as my team-mate as a positive. | Hamilton said: "I realise there is big pressure on me but I look at having Alonso as my team-mate as a positive. |
| "I can only learn from him. He will do what he always do - drive really well. And I will do the best job I can." | "I can only learn from him. He will do what he always do - drive really well. And I will do the best job I can." |
| McLaren boss Ron Dennis said he was "less concerned" about taking a risk on Hamilton because Alonso was "the best". | McLaren boss Ron Dennis said he was "less concerned" about taking a risk on Hamilton because Alonso was "the best". |
| Dennis said: "My primary concern is his mental resilience to the challenge of being up against some of the talented drivers he'll be up against - not least being the team-mate of the current world champion. | Dennis said: "My primary concern is his mental resilience to the challenge of being up against some of the talented drivers he'll be up against - not least being the team-mate of the current world champion. |
| "Of course we have reservations; he [Hamilton] is an unproven product as it were. | "Of course we have reservations; he [Hamilton] is an unproven product as it were. |
| It is important to understand how tough the challenge will be Lewis Hamilton "But we have a double champion in the other car so we don't think we're going to get lost as a result of not having experience. | It is important to understand how tough the challenge will be Lewis Hamilton "But we have a double champion in the other car so we don't think we're going to get lost as a result of not having experience. |
| "This allows us to be a little bit less concerned about giving Lewis a chance." | "This allows us to be a little bit less concerned about giving Lewis a chance." |
| Hamilton, who also described Alonso as "the best" said he was under no illusions about the challenge he was facing. | |
| "It is important to understand how tough the challenge will be," he said. | "It is important to understand how tough the challenge will be," he said. |
| "I don't think anyone is expecting me to go out and beat Alonso straight away so in some ways it puts a little pressure off me. | |
| "But there is the potential to be as quick as him or close to him, which will have a good impact on me. | |
| "The key pressure is the pressure that comes from me, just the sheer determination and will to win I've always had which has driven me to success. | |
| "I'll have done everything to prepare for the first race, but I have to make mistakes to make me a better driver. | "I'll have done everything to prepare for the first race, but I have to make mistakes to make me a better driver. |
| "That's the way it is in the sport. But I will prepare myself mentally and physically as much as I can to limit the number of mistakes I make." | "That's the way it is in the sport. But I will prepare myself mentally and physically as much as I can to limit the number of mistakes I make." |