Lewis Hamilton

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Lewis Hamilton
Nationality British
Formula One World Championship career
2008 team Vodafone McLaren–Mercedes
2008 car # 22
2009 team Vodafone McLaren–Mercedes
2009 car # 1
Races 35
Championships 1 (2008)
Wins 9
Podiums 22
Career points 207
Pole positions 13
Fastest laps 3
First race 2007 Australian Grand Prix
First win 2007 Canadian Grand Prix
Last win 2008 Chinese Grand Prix
Last race 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix
2008 position 1st (98 points)
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton[1] MBE (born in Stevenage;[2] 7 January 1985) is a British
Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren Mercedes team
and is the youngest ever Formula One World Champion. He was named after the American
sprinter Carl Lewis.[3]
At the age of ten Lewis approached the McLaren team principal, Ron Dennis, at the 1995
Autosport Awards ceremony and told him "I want to race for you one day." Less than three
years later, he was signed by McLaren and Mercedes-Benz to their Young Driver Support
Programme.[3] After winning the British Formula Renault, European Formula Three and
GP2 championship in 2006,[3] he became a McLaren F1 driver for 2007, making his
Formula One debut 12 years after his initial encounter with Dennis. Coming from a
mixed-race background, with a black father and white mother,[3] [4] Hamilton is often
labelled "the first black driver in Formula One".[3] [4] [5] [2] [6]
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In his first season in Formula One Hamilton set numerous records and finished second in
the 2007 Formula One Championship one point behind Kimi Räikkönen. His first world
championship was won the following season, ahead of Felipe Massa by the same margin of
a single point. He has stated that he wants to stay with the McLaren team for the rest of his
[7]
F1 career.
Personal life
Hamilton's mother, Carmen Larbalestier (now Carmen Lockhart) is white British, while his
paternal grandparents emigrated from Grenada to the United Kingdom in the 1950s,[3] his
grandfather (Oliver Hamilton) working on the London Underground.[4] Hamilton's parents
separated when he was two and he lived with his mother and half-sisters Nicola and
Samantha[8] until the age of twelve, when he started living with his father, stepmother
Linda and half-brother Nicholas who has cerebral palsy.[9]
Hamilton's first taste of racing competition came at the controls of radio-controlled cars.
His father, Anthony, bought him one in 1991 and Hamilton finished second in the national
BRCA championship the following year. Hamilton said of the time: "I was racing these
remote-controlled cars and winning club championships against adults".[10] That led to
Hamilton sampling kart racing for the first time when, aged six, his father bought him his
first go-kart as a Christmas present[11] telling him that he would support his racing career
as long as he worked hard at school. When supporting his son became problematic his
father took redundancy from his position as an IT Manager and became a contractor,
sometimes doing up to three jobs at a time to support his son's career and still managing to
find enough time to attend all Hamilton's races. He would later set up his own computer
company as well as working as a manager for Hamilton on a full time basis.[12]
Hamilton was educated at The John Henry Newman
School, a voluntary aided Catholic secondary school in
Stevenage, Hertfordshire.[13] He extended his skills to
football, playing in his school team alongside current
Aston Villa and England international midfielder Ashley
Young.[12] Hamilton said that if Formula 1 had not
worked for him he would have been a footballer or a
cricketer, having played both for his school teams as a
youngster.[14] Lewis Hamilton with Pedro de la Rosa
(left), Paul di Resta and Bruno
On 29 October 2007, Hamilton announced his intention Spengler at Stars and Cars 2007
to live in Switzerland stating that he wished to get away

from the media scrutiny he has experienced living in the United Kingdom. Hamilton
mentioned on the television show Parkinson (broadcast on 10 November 2007) that taxation
was partly responsible for his decision in addition to wanting more privacy.[15] Lewis
Hamilton received public criticism from UK MPs including Liberal Democrat MP Bob
Russell for avoiding UK taxes. [16] Other Formula One drivers, including world champions
Michael Schumacher, Kimi Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso, also live in Switzerland.[17]
On 18 December 2007, Hamilton was suspended from driving in France for a month after
being caught speeding at 122 mph (196 km/h) on a French motorway. His Mercedes-Benz
was also impounded.[18] [19] Hamilton is currently dating Nicole Scherzinger, the lead
singer of the American girl band Pussycat Dolls.[20]
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Hamilton was awarded an MBE in the 2009 New Year Honours.[21]
Early career
Karting
Hamilton began karting in 1993 at the age of eight,[22] at the Rye House Kart Circuit[23] and
quickly began winning races and Cadet class championships. At the age of ten he
approached McLaren F1 team boss Ron Dennis for an autograph, and told him, "Hi. I'm
Lewis Hamilton. I won the British Championship and one day I want to be racing your cars."
Dennis wrote in his autograph book, "Phone me in nine years, we'll sort something out
then." From the Cadet ranks, he progressed through to Junior Yamaha (1997) and Ron
Dennis actually called him in 1998 after Hamilton won an additional Super One series and
his second British championship.[10] Dennis delivered on his promise and signed Hamilton
to the McLaren driver development program. This contract included an option of a future
F1 seat,which would eventually make Hamilton the youngest ever driver to secure a
contract which later resulted in an F1 drive.[22]
"He's a quality driver, very strong and only 16. If he keeps this up I'm sure he will reach F1.
It's something special to see a kid of his age out on the circuit. He's clearly got the right
racing mentality."
—Michael Schumacher, speaking about Hamilton in 2001.[24]
Lewis Hamilton continued his progress in the Intercontinental A (1999), Formula A (2000)
and Formula Super A (2001) ranks, and became European Champion in 2000 with
maximum points. In Formula A and Formula Super A, racing for TeamMBM.com, his team
mate was Nico Rosberg who would later drive for the Williams team in Formula One.
Following his karting successes the British Racing Drivers' Club made him a ‘Rising Star’
Member in 2000.[25]
In 2001 Michael Schumacher made a one-off return to karts and competed against
Hamilton along with other future F1 drivers Vitantonio Liuzzi and Nico Rosberg. Hamilton
ended the final in seventh, four places behind Schumacher. Although the two saw little of
each other on the track Schumacher praised the young Briton (see quote box).[26]
Formula Renault and Formula Three

Hamilton began his car racing career in the 2001 British Formula Renault Winter Series.
Despite crashing on his third lap in the car in testing, he finished fifth overall in the winter
series.[10] This led to a full 2002 Formula Renault UK campaign with Manor Motorsport.
Hamilton finished third overall with three wins and three pole positions. He remained with
Manor for another year and won the championship with ten wins and 419 points to the two
wins and 377 points of his nearest rival, Alex Lloyd. Having clinched the championship,
Hamilton missed the last two races of the season to make his debut in the season finale of
the British Formula Three Championship. Here he was less successful: in the first race he
was forced out with a puncture,[27] and in the second he crashed out and was taken to
hospital after a collision with his team-mate Tor Graves.[28] He did show his speed at both
the Macau and Korean Grand Prix, in the latter he qualified on pole position in his first visit
to the track and in only his fourth F3 race.
At the beginning of 2004 Hamilton and McLaren had an argument which resulted in
McLaren temporarily dropping him. Later, on the 2nd of March 2007 Williams would
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announce that they had come close to signing the young individual but were refused the
opportunity due to BMW, their engine supplier at the time, refusing to fund Hamilton's
career.[29] Hamilton eventually re-signed with McLaren, and made his debut with Manor in
the 2004 Formula Three Euroseries. They won one race and Hamilton ended the year fifth
in the championship. He also won the Bahrain F3 Superprix and raced one of the Macau F3
Grand Prix. Hamilton first tested for McLaren in late 2004 at Silverstone.[30]
Hamilton moved to the reigning Euroseries champions ASM for the 2005 season and
dominated the championship, winning 15 of the 20 rounds. This would have been 16 but for
being disqualified from one win at Spa-Francorchamps on a technical infringement that
caught out several other drivers.[10] He also won the Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 at
Zandvoort.[31] After the season British magazine Autosport featured him in their “Top 50
Drivers of 2005” issue, ranking Hamilton 24th.
GP2
Due to his success in Formula Three, he moved to ASM's sister GP2 team ART Grand Prix
for 2006. Just like their sister team in F3, ART were the leaders of the field and reigning
champions having taken the 2005 GP2 crown with Nico Rosberg. Hamilton won the GP2
championship at his first attempt, beating Nelson Piquet, Jr.
His notable performances included a dominant win at the Nürburgring, despite serving a
penalty for speeding in the pit lane. At his home race at Silverstone, supporting the British
Grand Prix, Hamilton impressively overtook two rivals at Becketts, a series of high-speed
(up to 150 mph in a GP2 car) bends where overtaking is rare. He demonstrated his
overtaking prowess again in Istanbul, when he recovered from a spin that left him in
eighteenth place to take second position in the final corners. He won the title in unusual
circumstances, inheriting the final point he needed after Giorgio Pantano was stripped of
fastest lap in the Monza feature race. In the sprint race, though he finished second with
Piquet sixth, he finished twelve points clear of his rival.[32]
His 2006 GP2 championship coincided with a vacancy at McLaren following the departure
of Juan Pablo Montoya to NASCAR and Kimi Räikkönen to Ferrari.[33] [34] After months of
speculation on whether Hamilton, Pedro de la Rosa or Gary Paffett would be paired with
defending champion Fernando Alonso for the 2007, Hamilton was confirmed as the team's
second driver.[35] He was told of McLaren’s decision on September 30, but the news was
not made public until November 24, for fear that it would be overshadowed by Michael
Schumacher’s retirement announcement.[36]
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Formula One career
2007 season
It was announced prior to the start of the season that
Hamilton would be partnering defending double World
Champion Fernando Alonso who had joined McLaren
after leaving Renault.
On his début at the Australian Grand Prix, he qualified
fourth and finished third in the race, becoming the
thirteenth driver to finish on the podium in his first F1
career race (excluding those in the first ever World
Championship round).[37] In Bahrain, Hamilton got his
Hamilton's first F1 victory came at the
first front-row start, qualifying and finishing second 2007 Canadian Grand Prix.
behind Felipe Massa. Hamilton again finished second
behind Massa in the Spanish Grand Prix, to take the
lead in the drivers championship.[38] This meant that
Hamilton took the record from Bruce McLaren as the
youngest driver to ever lead the world
[39]
championship.
Hamilton finished second behind Alonso at Monaco and

afterwards suggested he was prevented from racing his
team mate. But the FIA cleared McLaren following an
investigation (see below). Hamilton after taking pole at the 2007
US Grand Prix.
Hamilton had both his first pole position and first
victory of his F1 career in the Canadian Grand Prix at
Montreal. He led for most of the race even after the safety car was deployed four times
increasing the chances of his being overtaken.[40] A week later Hamilton won the United
States Grand Prix, also from pole position, becoming the first Briton since John Watson in
1983 to win an F1 race in the US,[41] and only the second person, after Jacques Villeneuve,
to win more than one race in his rookie F1 season since the first year of the Championship.
By finishing third at Magny-Cours behind Ferrari

drivers Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa, Hamilton
extended his lead in the Driver's Championship to 14
points. This was the first time in his F1 career he
finished a race in a lower position than he started, and
the first time he had been passed on the race track in
Formula One. He took pole at his home Grand Prix at
Silverstone and led for the first 16 laps, but slipped to
third, 40 seconds behind Räikkönen and Alonso.
Hamilton at the start of the 2007
During qualifying for the European Grand Prix, French Grand Prix behind Ferrari's
Hamilton crashed at the Schumacher chicane after a Felipe Massa.
problem with the wheel nut caused by the air gun used
on his car. He was taken to the circuit's medical centre on a stretcher with an oxygen mask
and drip, but was conscious throughout.[42] He was unable to complete qualifying and his
Q2 time was surpassed by all other competitors during Q3, thus he qualified in tenth
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position.[43] After a final medical check on Sunday morning, Hamilton was cleared to
race.[44] During a heavy rainstorm which caused the race to be red-flagged Hamilton slid
off into a gravel trap, however as he kept his engine running he was lifted back on to the
circuit and able to rejoin the race after the restart. His ninth place finish in this race was
his first non-podium and non-points finish, enabling title contenders Alonso and Massa to
reduce Hamilton's championship lead.
Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix from pole position following a controversial
qualifying session. Alonso had set the fastest time, but was relegated five places down the
grid to sixth for preventing Hamilton to leave the pit lane in time to complete his final
qualifying lap – preventing Hamilton from potentially claiming pole position. Kimi
Räikkönen stayed within five seconds of Hamilton for the entire race (excluding pit stop
periods). McLaren were docked any constructor's points earned during the race due to the
incident in qualifying.
After declaring he had restored his relationship with Alonso,[45] Hamilton qualified second
in Turkey. After dropping to third at the first corner, Hamilton looked set for a podium
finish with 15 laps remaining, but a right-front tyre puncture forced him to crawl back to
the pits, leaving him to finish fifth meaning his championship lead was cut once more.[46]
Alonso beat Hamilton in the Italian and Belgian Grands
Prix, leaving the Briton with a two-point lead in the title
race. However he extended his lead to 12 points after
winning the Japanese Grand Prix in heavy rain after
Alonso crashed. Following the race Hamilton was
investigated by the race stewards over his involvement
in an incident behind the safety car, which saw both
Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber crash out of the
race while following the McLaren. The trio were
cleared on the Friday of the Chinese Grand Prix Hamilton took fourth place in the 2007
Belgian Grand Prix.
weekend.[47]
After securing pole position in China, which saw changeable weather conditions, Hamilton
retired from the race. He experienced considerable tyre wear, notably his right rear, and he
ran wide into the gravel trap in the pitlane where his car beached. This was Hamilton's first
retirement of his Formula One career. It was later revealed that Bridgestone became
unnerved at the glaringly worn tyres and advised McLaren to order him to make a pit stop
which McLaren refused to do, believing it would be counterproductive. Hamilton himself
couldn't tell the full extent of the tyre problem as raindrops were in his wing mirrors.
Hamilton thus went into the final race of the season four and seven points ahead of Alonso
and Räikkönen respectively.
In the Brazilian Grand Prix he failed to finish in a championship-winning position, finishing

the race in seventh overall after being in eighteenth place at his worst point of the race.
The drop to eighteenth occurred due to two incidents. In the first he was passed by
Räikkönen away from the line before being boxed in by Massa and Räikkönen into the first
corner, and 'wrong-footed' by Räikkönen mid-corner,[48] Hamilton was passed by Alonso in
Turn 3. Hamilton attempted to re-pass Alonso in turn four, but ran wide, dropping four
places to eighth. The second problem started on lap 9 when Hamilton encountered a
gearbox problem, which meant that he was stuck in neutral and could not select any
gears.[49] The gearbox became operational again after Hamilton switched settings on his
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steering wheel, but he lost 40 seconds while his car was coasting. For most of the race,
Massa was leading with Räikkönen in second. If this had been the case come the chequered
flag with Hamilton in seventh place, Hamilton would have become world champion. After
the second round of pit stops, Räikkönen stayed out a couple of laps longer than Massa and
[50]
took the lead. Once in front Räikkönen made no mistakes in the remaining laps and won
the race to become the Formula One world champion.
On 21 October 2007 it was announced that the FIA were investigating BMW Sauber and
Williams for fuel irregularities, the BMW drivers had finished in fifth and sixth place, and if
they were to be excluded Hamilton would be promoted to fifth and would win the 2007
Drivers World Championship by one point over Räikkönen. Ultimately no penalty
whatsoever was given to any team as there was "sufficient doubt as to render it
inappropriate to impose a penalty", though McLaren have officially appealed this
decision.[51] Hamilton subsequently told the BBC he does not want to win an F1 title
through the disqualifications of other drivers.[52] A precedent had been set in 1995 when
Michael Schumacher, then of Benetton-Renault, and David Coulthard, then of
Williams-Renault, were both found guilty of possessing illegal fuel in their cars and in that
situation both drivers were initially docked drivers points, but for unspecified reasons it
would transpire over a week later that constructor points would be docked instead.
Ahead of the world championship finale, Hamilton answered a question about what it would
mean to him to become the first black champion, saying: "It will show that not only white
people can do it, but also black people, Indians, Japanese and Chinese. It will be good to
mean something."[53] Having made few public remarks about his ethnicity since becoming
an F1 driver, Hamilton added: "Outside of Formula One my heroes are foremost my father,
then Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King. Being black is not a negative. It’s a positive,
if anything, because I’m different. In the future it can open doors to different cultures and
that is what motor sport is trying to do anyway".[53]
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Team tensions
Hamilton's relationship with McLaren team boss Ron

Dennis dates back to 1995[54] , with the first indication
that Hamilton was unhappy with his team appearing
after he finished second at Monaco in 2007. After
post-race comments made by Hamilton which
suggested he had been forced into a supporting role,
the FIA initiated an inquiry to determine whether
McLaren had broken rules by enforcing team orders.[55]
McLaren denied favouring double world champion
Fernando Alonso, and the FIA subsequently vindicated
the team, stating that: "McLaren were able to pursue
an optimum team strategy because they had a
substantial advantage over all other cars. They did
nothing which could be described as interfering with
the race result".[55]
Hamilton on the top step of the podium
The tensions within the team surfaced again at the
after winning the 2007 United States
2007 Hungarian Grand Prix. During the final qualifying Grand Prix. He is flanked by
session for the race Hamilton was delayed in the pits by team-mate Fernando Alonso (left) and
Alonso and thus unable to set a final lap time before the Felipe Massa (right).
end of the session. McLaren pointed out that Hamilton

had disobeyed an earlier instruction to let Alonso pass in qualifying.[56] Alonso was
relegated to sixth place on the starting grid, thus elevating Hamilton (who had originally
qualified second) to first, while McLaren were docked constructors championship points.
Hamilton said he thought Alonso's penalty was "quite light if anything" and only regretted
the loss of constructors' points.[57] Hamilton was reported to have sworn at Dennis on the
team radio following the incident.[58] [59] British motorsport journal Autosport claimed that
this "[led] Dennis to throw his headphones on the pit wall in disgust (a gesture that was
misinterpreted by many to be in reaction to Alonso's pole)".[60] However McLaren later
issued a statement on behalf of Hamilton which denied the use of any profanity.[61] As a
result of these events, the relationship between Hamilton and Alonso temporarily collapsed,
with the pair not on speaking terms for a short period.[62] [45] In the aftermath it was
reported that Hamilton had been targeted by Luca Cordero di Montezemolo regarding a
Ferrari drive for 2008.[63]
Following the stewards' investigation into the incident at the 2007 Japanese Grand Prix,
Alonso insinuated that the verdict had settled the championship in Hamilton's favour,
saying: "I’m not thinking of this championship anymore, it’s been decided off the track. The
drivers’ briefing has no purpose. You go there to hear what Charlie Whiting and the other
officials say. Twenty one drivers have an opinion, Charlie and the officials another, and so
it’s like talking to a wall".[64]
The rivalry between Hamilton and teammate Alonso led to speculation that one of the pair
would leave McLaren at the end of the 2007 season[65] [66] [67] and Alonso and McLaren
subsequently terminated their contract by mutual consent on November 2, 2007.[68]
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2008 season
On December 14, 2007, it was confirmed that Heikki
Kovalainen who drove for Renault in 2007 would drive
the second car for McLaren-Mercedes for the 2008
Formula One season alongside Hamilton. In January
2008, Hamilton signed a new five-year multi-million
pound contract to stay with McLaren-Mercedes until
the end of the 2012 season.
Hamilton won the first race of 2008 in

Melbourne.
Hamilton won the first race of the 2008 season, the

Australian Grand Prix, having qualified on pole. In
the second race of the season, the Malaysian Grand
Prix, he finished fifth after long duels with both
Mark Webber and Jarno Trulli. He had been
demoted to ninth on the grid, from fourth, for
impeding Heidfeld's flying lap. At the third race of
the year, the Bahrain Grand Prix, things did not
start well for Hamilton when he had a crash in
Hamilton on the podium of the first race of
practice which destroyed his car. He continued with
2008 in Melbourne.
a spare chassis and took third place in qualifying. In
the race, after a bad start, he crashed into the back
of Alonso's Renault finishing 13th. This led to him being overtaken in the drivers
Championship by Kimi Räikkönen and Nick Heidfeld.
He was back on the podium at the Spanish Grand Prix finishing third from fifth on the grid.
[69]
Hamilton finished second in the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday May 11 2008. He said
that this was his best race he had ever competed in. Two weeks later, he won the Monaco
Grand Prix putting him in the lead of the championship.
He achieved his eighth career pole position at the Canadian Grand Prix. During the race, he
crashed into the back of Räikkönen after failing to see that the Finn was waiting at a red
light at the end of the pit lane. Both cars were forced to retire and Hamilton was given a 10
position grid penalty for the next race, the French Grand Prix, as a result of this incident. At
that race, Hamilton overtook Sebastian Vettel at the chicane on lap 1 but missed the apex
and was given a drive through penalty which he served on lap 13, finishing the race in 13th.
Despite an error in qualifying that saw him start fourth on the grid, Hamilton went on to
win the British Grand Prix in difficult, wet conditions. His performance was stated as being
one of his best drives to date.[70] Hamilton himself said in the post race press conference
that it was his most difficult and most meaningful win.
In the next race at Hockenheim, Hamilton started from pole position, building up an 11
second lead over second-placed Felipe Massa early in the race. After stopping and
re-emerging in the lead, McLaren then decided to keep Hamilton out on-track when the
safety car was deployed mid-way through the race. When Hamilton finally pitted, he came
out in fifth place, jumping to third after his team-mate let him by and Nick Heidfeld pitted.
He then overtook Massa and Nelson Piquet Jr. for the lead, eventually winning by 9
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seconds.
Hamilton won the Belgian Grand Prix on the road,
however he was later judged to have gained an unfair
advantage by cutting a chicane when he used a tarmac
run off area to avoid hitting Kimi Räikkönen.[71]
McLaren said that their telemetry showed Hamilton
backed off to let Räikkönen past[72] but Hamilton was
given a 25 second penalty, thereby dropping him to
third. As a result his main title rival Massa inherited the
win. Hamilton's lead in the drivers' championship was Hamilton was penalised at the 2008
Belgian Grand Prix for passing Kimi
cut to two points, and a subsequent appeal by McLaren
Räikkönen after cutting the previous
to the FIA World Council was rejected on the grounds corner. The stewards judged that he
that the case was inadmissible.[73] The Italian Grand gained an illegal advantage, and the
Prix was won by Sebastian Vettel in the Toro Rosso. penalty dropped him from first to third
position.
Both Massa and Hamilton failed to capitalise on the
weather and each other's poor grid positions finishing
6th and 7th respectively. This result cut Hamilton's lead in the Championship to 1 point.
Hamilton finished third at the next race the Singapore Grand Prix. Massa failed to score
any points, allowing Hamilton to increase his championship lead to 7 points.
At the Japanese Grand Prix Hamilton took pole in qualifying. His closest rival for the
Championship title, Felipe Massa, could only manage to qualify fifth.[74] As the race began
Kimi Räikkönen made a good start from second position, getting ahead of pole-sitter
Hamilton. Hamilton moved down the inside before the first corner, out-braking himself and
running wide. This forced some of the drivers behind him to go off the track, including the
cars of Räikkönen and Heikki Kovalainen, for which Hamilton was given a drive-through
penalty. A second incident followed soon afterwards, on the second lap, when Hamilton
attempted to pass Massa into the chicane at turn 10. Hamilton pulled alongside the Ferrari
and as Massa ran wide to avoid a car ahead, Hamilton made a move to pass him. Massa was
pushed off the track by Hamilton's manoeuvre and crossed the grass, returning to the track
at the second bend of the chicane, pushing the McLaren into a spin. Massa was later given
a drive-through penalty for this move. Hamilton, who had been in sixth place behind Massa,
dropped down to last place but managed to regain some places and managed to finish the
race in 12th position. However his title rival Felipe Massa finished seventh after being
given an extra point after a penalty was given to Sébastien Bourdais of Scuderia Toro
Rosso. This meant that with just two races to go Hamilton led the World Championship by
five points from Massa.
At the penultimate race of the season, the 2008 Chinese Grand Prix, Hamilton was much
faster than all the other cars in the practice sessions, and in qualifying he did well again,
qualifying on pole position.[75] He went on to win the race from Felipe Massa and Kimi
Räikkönen, taking a 7 point lead in the World Championship into the last race of the season.
Hamilton needed to finish at least fifth in the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix to secure the World
Championship. After a hard fought race Lewis was in fifth but, after rain, and in the closing
laps of the race, Sebastian Vettel of Scuderia Toro Rosso took the fifth position away from
Hamilton. Had the race ended then, this would have given the driver's title to Massa.
On the final lap of the race first Vettel and then Hamilton managed to pass Timo Glock of
Toyota, after Glock (unlike Hamilton) had risked staying on the track with dry-weather
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tyres, despite the rain.[76] This moved Hamilton back up to fifth, ensuring that he finished
one point ahead of Massa overall and winning the 2008 title. Hamilton's overtaking move
happened after Massa had crossed the line, and TV cameras showed Massa's entourage
apparently celebrating winning the title and suddenly noticing that Hamilton had snatched
it.
This meant that Hamilton had clinched the 2008 Formula One World Championship,
becoming the youngest driver to win the title, as well as the first black driver.[77]
Racial abuse
On February 4, 2008, Lewis Hamilton was verbally heckled and otherwise abused during
pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Catalonia by several Spanish spectators
who wore black face paint and black wigs, as well as shirts bearing the words "Hamilton's
family". Hamilton became widely unpopular in Spain because of his rivalry with Spanish
former team-mate Fernando Alonso. The FIA have warned Spanish authorities about the
repetition of such behaviour.[78] In reaction to this behaviour, the FIA announced on 13
February 2008 that it will launch a "Race Against Racism" campaign.[79]
Shortly before the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, a Spanish website named
"pinchalaruedadeHamilton" (burst Hamilton's tyre) was featured in the British media. The
website contained an animated image of Interlagos that allowed users to leave nails and
porcupines on the track for Hamilton's car to run over. Among thousands of anti-Hamilton
comments left since 2007, some included racial insults.[80]
Records
Hamilton has matched or set the following records in Formula One:
• Most consecutive podiums from debut race: 9 – Australian GP 2007 – British GP 2007
(previous record was 2 by Peter Arundell – Monaco GP 1964 – Dutch GP 1964)[81]
• Most consecutive podiums for a British driver: 9 – Australian GP 2007 – British GP 2007
(tied with Jim Clark – Belgian GP 1963 – South African GP 1963)[82]
• Youngest driver to lead the World Championship: 22 years, 4 months, 8 days – at the
Bahrain GP 2007 (Previous record was 23 years, 7 months, 22 days by Fernando Alonso
at the Malaysian GP 2005)[83]
• Most wins in a debut season: 4, Canadian, USA, Hungarian and Japanese GPs 2007
(equalling Jacques Villeneuve, European, British, Hungarian and Portuguese GPs 1996)
• Most pole positions in a debut season: 6, Canadian, USA, British, Hungarian, Japanese
and Chinese GPs 2007 (Previous record was 3 held jointly by Jacques Villeneuve (1996)
and Juan Pablo Montoya (2001))
• Youngest F1 World Champion (2008 season) 23 years, 8 months, 26 days, previously
held by Fernando Alonso with 24 years and 58 days.
Hamilton is the first driver of black heritage to compete in Formula One (although Willy T.
Ribbs tested an F1 car in 1986[84] ) and the first driver of black heritage to win a major race
at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in any discipline. In addition, he is the third youngest
driver to achieve an F1 pole position, and the fourteenth F1 driver to achieve a podium
finish on his debut.[37]
Hamilton is also the first champion of the European Formula Two, International Formula
3000 or GP2 series to win Formula One World Championship.
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During the 2007 European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, Hamilton became the first driver
to have his car recovered by a crane and put back on the track during an F1 race, although
several drivers have been pushed back onto the circuit by the marshals without mechanical
aids when judged to be in a dangerous position, such as Michael Schumacher during the
[85]
2003 European Grand Prix. Since then, the FIA have now banned the use of mechanical
assistance to help move a car back onto the track.
Lewis Hamilton's contract for the McLaren driver development program made him the
youngest ever driver to secure a contract which later resulted in an F1 drive.[22]
Helmet
Due to the fact that Hamilton has said in the past that Ayrton Senna was his hero, some
people assumed that his helmet is yellow in honour of him.[86] In actuality it was made
yellow so that his father could tell which kart his son was driving back in his karting days.
Hamilton chose the colours blue, green and red and they were originally in a ribbon design
however Hamilton later felt that the design was "a bit old hat" so it was changed. In later
years a white ring was added and the ribbons moved forward to make room for adverts and
logos.[87]
Racing results
Career summary
Season Series Team Name No. Races Poles Wins Pts Final
Placing
2000 World Formula A TeamMBM.com 1 0 n/a DNF

Championship (CRG/Parilla)
European Formula A TeamMBM.com 9 5 75 1st

Championship (CRG/Parilla)
Formula A World Cup TeamMBM.com 1 1 n/a 1st

(CRG/Parilla)
2001 Formula Super A TeamMBM.com 15 10 0 0 28 15th

World Championship (Parolin/Parilla)
2002 Formula Renault UK Manor Motorsport 25 13 3 3 274 3rd
2003 Formula Renault UK Manor Motorsport 3 15 11 10 419 1st
2004 Formula 3 Euroseries Manor Motorsport 35 20 1 1 69 5th
2005 Formula 3 Euroseries ASM Formule 3 1 20 11 15 172 1st
2006 GP2 Series ART Grand Prix 2 21 1 5 114 1st
2007 Formula One Vodafone McLaren 2 17 6 4 109 2nd

Mercedes
2008 Formula One Vodafone McLaren 22 18 7 5 98 1st

Mercedes
Lewis Hamilton 13
Complete Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Lewis Hamilton 14
Bibliography
Written by Hamilton
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HarperSport. pp. 320 pages. ISBN 978-0007270057. (also in paperback . HarperSport.
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Written by others
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External links
• Official Web Site [88]
• Career details [89]
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Formula One World Champion Succeeded by

Kimi Räikkönen 2008 Incumbent
Preceded by British Formula Renault Succeeded by

Danny Watts UK series champion Mike Conway
2003
Preceded by Formula Three Euroseries Succeeded by

Jamie Green Drivers' Champion Paul di Resta
2005
Preceded by Monaco Formula Three Support Succeeded by

Nick Heidfeld Race Winner nonerace not held in
(1997) 2005 2006–2008
Lewis Hamilton 15
Preceded by Formula Three Masters Succeeded by

Alexandre Prémat Winner Paul di Resta
2005
Preceded by GP2 Series Succeeded by

Nico Rosberg Drivers' Champion Timo Glock
2006
Records
Preceded by Most Wins in a debut Formula One Succeeded by

Juan Manuel Fangio (1950) season Incumbent
andGiuseppe Farina (1950) 4 wins
3 wins 2007, tied with:
Jacques Villeneuve (1996)
Preceded by Youngest Formula One Succeeded by

Fernando Alonso24 years, 58 days World Drivers' Champion Incumbent
(2005 season) 23 years, 300 days
(2008 season)
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Autosport Succeeded by

Danny Watts British Club Driver of the Year James Pickford
2003

Tiago Monteiro Rookie Of The Year Sebastian Vettel
2006–2007
Preceded by Hawthorn Memorial Trophy Succeeded by

Jenson Button 2007–2008 Incumbent

Jenson Button British Competition Driver of the Allan McNish
Year
2007

Fernando Alonso International Racing Driver Award Incumbent
2007–2008
Preceded by Laureus World Breakthrough of the Succeeded by

Amélie Mauresmo Year Incumbent
2008
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Formula One World Championship career

2008 team Vodafone McLaren–Mercedes

2009 team Vodafone McLaren–Mercedes

Career points 207

First race 2007 Australian Grand Prix

First win 2007 Canadian Grand Prix

Last win 2008 Chinese Grand Prix

Last race 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix

2008 position 1st (98 points)

to live in Switzerland stating that he wished to get away

Hamilton was awarded an MBE in the 2009 New Year Honours.[21]

Formula Renault and Formula Three

Formula One career

Hamilton finished second behind Alonso at Monaco and

By finishing third at Magny-Cours behind Ferrari

In the Brazilian Grand Prix he failed to finish in a championship-winning position, finishing

Hamilton's relationship with McLaren team boss Ron

end of the session. McLaren pointed out that Hamilton

Hamilton won the first race of 2008 in

Hamilton won the first race of the 2008 season, the

2000 World Formula A TeamMBM.com 1 0 n/a DNF

European Formula A TeamMBM.com 9 5 75 1st

Formula A World Cup TeamMBM.com 1 1 n/a 1st

2001 Formula Super A TeamMBM.com 15 10 0 0 28 15th

2002 Formula Renault UK Manor Motorsport 25 13 3 3 274 3rd

2003 Formula Renault UK Manor Motorsport 3 15 11 10 419 1st

2004 Formula 3 Euroseries Manor Motorsport 35 20 1 1 69 5th

2005 Formula 3 Euroseries ASM Formule 3 1 20 11 15 172 1st

2006 GP2 Series ART Grand Prix 2 21 1 5 114 1st

2007 Formula One Vodafone McLaren 2 17 6 4 109 2nd

2008 Formula One Vodafone McLaren 22 18 7 5 98 1st

Complete Formula One results

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