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|birthplace = Stevenage, England, UK
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'''Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton''' (born [[January 7|7 January]], 1985 in Stevenage, England) is a British [[Formula One]] Driver who has driven for [[McLaren Racing|McLaren]] since [[2007 Formula One Season|2007]]. He won the [[2008 Formula One Season|2008 Formula One World Championship]].
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He is often labelled as the first 'black' Formula One racing driver.
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==Pre-Formula 1==
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===RC and Karting===
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Hamilton's first got involved in motorsport when his father [[Anthony Hamilton|Anthony]] bought him a RC car in 1991. Soon after he came runner-up in a national RC racing championship. In 1993, Hamilton took up Karting at the Rye House Kart Circuit in Hertfordshire. Two years later and he'd won the British Karting Championship (cadet class) and STP Karting Championship. He met [[McLaren Racing|McLaren]] team boss [[Ron Dennis]] in [[1995 Formula One Season|1995]] and asked for an autograph. He then told Dennis "Hi. I’m Lewis Hamilton. I won the British Championship and one day I want to be racing your cars." Dennis responded in Hamilton's autograph book, writing "Phone me in nine years, we’ll sort something out then."
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The 1996 season saw more success winning the Champions of the Future series, Sky TV KartMasters Championship and Five Nations Championship. 1997 saw Lewis win the Champions of the Future series again along with the Super One series and again won the British Championship.
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1998 saw Hamilton signed to the McLaren Driver Development Support programme. He was 13 at the time, making him the youngest driver to be contracted to an F1 team.
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His Karting success continued winning the Trophy de Pomposa and Italian “Industrials” Championship in 1999, the Formula A European Champion, World Cup Championship and Elf Masters in 2000.
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===Formula Renault===
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Hamilton was given the opportunity to drive a Formula Renault car in 2001, but it didn't go to plan. Manor Motorsport boss [[John Booth]] said "[[McLaren Racing|McLaren]] asked us to give Lewis a test in our Formula Renault and tell them what we thought. We took him to a general test day at Mallory Park. He'd never driven a car before, not even a road car - and he crashed our Renault after three laps! But the boys put it back together again, and he went back out and went very quickly. It hadn’t fazed him in the slightest."
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He took part in the Formula Renault Winter Series, finishing fifth. In 2002 he took part in Formula Renault UK finishing third overall with three wins to his name. The following season he dominated the championship winning 10 races out of 15.
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===Formula Three===
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He made an appearance in the British Formula Three Championship in the final round but crashed in the first race and collided with his team mate in the second. Nevertheless he took part in the 2004 Formula Three Euro series for Manor winning one race at the Norising in Germany. He finished fourth overall just behind [[Nico Rosberg]] but ahead of [[Robert Kubica]]. He got his first taste of Formula 1, being rewarded with a test of a [[McLaren Racing|McLaren]] F1 car.
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He switched to Formula 3 for the 2005 series and went on to dominate the series along with his team mate [[Adrian Sutil]]. Hamilton won 15 of the 20 races that season and finished 78 points ahead of Sutil.
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===GP2===
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He moved onto the Formula 1 feeder series [[GP2]] in 2006, driving for ASM's sister team ART Grand Prix who had just helped [[Nico Rosberg]] earn a place driving for [[Williams F1|Williams]]. His main competition came from [[Nelson Piquet, Jr]]. Lewis won five rounds, including both at his home circuit, [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]], both at the [[Nürburgring]] and the sole race in [[Circuit de Monaco|Monte Carlo]]. He finished eight points ahead of Piquet failing to pick up points in just four of the 21 rounds.
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==Formula One==
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===2007-Present: McLaren===
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==Records==
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===Currently holds===
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*Most consecutive podiums from debut race: 9 ([[2007 Australian Grand Prix]] to [[2007 British Grand Prix]])
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*Most consecutive podiums for a British driver: 9 ([[2007 Australian Grand Prix]] to [[2007 British Grand Prix]], tied with [[Jim Clark]])
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*Youngest driver to lead the World Championship: {{Age in years and days|1985|1|7|2007|5|13}} (after [[2007 Spanish Grand Prix]])
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*Most wins in a debut season: 4 ([[2007 Canadian Grand Prix|Canada]], [[2007 United States Grand Prix|United States]], [[2007 Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungary]], [[2007 Japanese Grand Prix|Japan]], tied with [[Jacques Villeneuve]])
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*Most pole positions in a debut season: 6 ([[2007 Canadian Grand Prix|Canada]], [[2007 United States Grand Prix|United States]], [[2007 British Grand Prix|Great Britain]], [[2007 Hungarian Grand Prix|Hungary]], [[2007 Japanese Grand Prix|Japan]], [[2007 Chinese Grand Prix|China]])
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===Previously held===
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*Youngest F1 World Champion: {{Age in years and days|1985|1|7|2008|11|2}} at the [[2008 Brazilian Grand Prix]]. (Record held for {{Age in years and days|2008|11|2|2010|11|14}} until broken by [[Sebastian Vettel]] at the [[2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix]], when he won at age {{Age in years and days|1987|7|3|2010|11|14}})
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==Personal life==
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Lewis was born to father [[Anthony Hamilton|Anthony]] and mother Carmen. Lewis's parents split was he was two and he lived with his mother and his two half-sisters Nicola and Samantha. At age 12 he began to live with his father and stepmother Linda along with his half-brother Nicholas who has cerebral palsy. Many of his family members, especially father Anthony, attend grand prix to support Lewis.
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After [[2007 Lewis Hamilton Season|his successful rookie]] [[2007 Formula One Season|season]], Lewis announced that he would be moving to Switzerland to escape the growing media circus surrounding him. However, he later admitted on the TV show Parkinson that the lighter tax rules also played a part in his decision.
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A lot is often made of Lewis' ethnicity. His father is black while his mother is white meaning he comes from a mixed-race background. He is often labelled "the first black driver in Formula One". He is currently dating Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls.
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==F1 Career History==
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{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 90%"
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! Year
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! Team
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! WDC Pos.
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! Report
 
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| [[2007 Formula One Season|2007]]
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! Seasons
  
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| {{McLaren-Mercedes}}
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| align=center| {{F1|2007}} | '''{{F1|2008}}''' | {{F1|2009}} | {{F1|2010}} | {{F1|2011}} | {{F1|2012}}
  
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| 109
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| {{2nd}}
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| [[2007 Lewis Hamilton Season|Report]]
 
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| '''[[2008 Formula One Season|2008]]'''
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! Season Reports
  
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| '''{{McLaren-Mercedes}}'''
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| align=center| [[2007 Lewis Hamilton Season|2007]] | [[2008 Lewis Hamilton Season|2008]] | [[2009 Lewis Hamilton Season|2009]] | [[2010 Lewis Hamilton Season|2010]] | [[2011 Lewis Hamilton Season|2011]] | [[2012 Lewis Hamilton Season|2012]]
 
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| '''98'''
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| {{1st}}
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| '''[[2008 Lewis Hamilton Season|Report]]'''
 
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| [[2009 Formula One Season|2009]]
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! Teams
  
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| align=center| {{McLaren-CON}} (2007–2012)
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| {{McLaren-Mercedes}}
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| 49
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| 5th
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| [[2009 Lewis Hamilton Season|Report]]
 
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| [[2010 Formula One Season|2010]]
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! Teammates
  
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| align=center| [[Fernando Alonso|Fernando Alonso]] | [[Heikki Kovalainen|Heikki Kovalainen]] | [[Jenson Button|Jenson Button]]
  
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| 240
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| 4th
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| [[2010 Lewis Hamilton Season|Report]]
 
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| [[2011 Formula One Season|2011]]
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! Rivalies
  
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| {{McLaren-Mercedes}}
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| align=center| [[Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton rivaly|Fernando Alonso]]
  
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| 227
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| 5th
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| [[2011 Lewis Hamilton Season|Report]]
 
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| [[2012 Formula One Season|2012]]
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| align=center| [[Lewis Hamilton teammate comparison|Teammate comparison]]
  
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| ''88''*
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| ''1st''*
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| [[2012 Lewis Hamilton Season|Report]]
 
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Season in progress, as of [[2012 Canadian Grand Prix]]
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==Statistics==
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''as of [[2012 Canadian Grand Prix]]''
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{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 90%"
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| Entries
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| 97
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|-
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| Starts
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| 97
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|-
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| '''[[Pole position]]s'''
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| '''21'''
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|-
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| Front Row Starts
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| 41
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|-
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| '''[[Victory|Victories]]'''
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| '''18'''
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|-
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| [[Podium|Podia]]
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| 46
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|-
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| '''[[Fastest lap]]s'''
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| '''11'''
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|-
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| [[Points]]
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| 811
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|-
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| Laps raced
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| 5461
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| kms raced
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| 27220.323
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| Races led
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| 41
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|-
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| Laps led
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| 1098
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|-
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| kms lead
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| 5355.670
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|-
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| [[Double]]s
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| 9
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|-
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| [[Hat-trick]]s
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| 2
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|}
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==Wins==
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''As of [[2012 Canadian Grand Prix]]''
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{| class=wikitable style="font-size: 90%"
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! No.
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! Race
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| 1
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| [[2007 Canadian Grand Prix]]
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| 2
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| [[2007 United States Grand Prix]]
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| 3
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| [[2007 Hungarian Grand Prix]]
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| 4
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| [[2007 Japanese Grand Prix]]
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| 5
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| [[2008 Australian Grand Prix]]
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|-
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| 6
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| [[2008 Monaco Grand Prix]]
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| 7
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| [[2008 British Grand Prix]]
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|-
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| 8
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| [[2008 German Grand Prix]]
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|-
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| 9
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| [[2008 Chinese Grand Prix]]
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|-
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| 10
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| [[2009 Hungarian Grand Prix]]
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|-
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| 11
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| [[2009 Singapore Grand Prix]]
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|-
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| 12
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| [[2010 Turkish Grand Prix]]
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|-
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| 13
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| [[2010 Canadian Grand Prix]]
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|-
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| 14
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| [[2010 Belgian Grand Prix]]
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|-
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| 15
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| [[2011 Chinese Grand Prix]]
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|-
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| 16
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| [[2011 German Grand Prix]]
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|-
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| 17
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| [[2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix]]
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|-
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| 18
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| [[2012 Canadian Grand Prix]]
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|}
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==Career Results==
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{{Career Results}}
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{{2007 Results|{{3rd}}|{{2nd}}|{{2nd}}|{{2nd}}|{{2nd}}|{{1st}}|{{1st}}|{{3rd}}|{{3rd}}|9th|{{1st}}|5th|{{2nd}}|4th|{{1st}}|Ret|7th|109|2nd}}
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{{2008 Results|{{1st}}|5th|13th|{{3rd}}|{{2nd}}|{{1st}}|Ret|10th|{{1st}}|{{1st}}|5th|{{2nd}}|{{3rd}}|7th|{{3rd}}|12th|{{1st}}|5th|98|1st}}
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{{2009 Results|{{DSQ}}<br>(4th)|7th|6th|4th|9th|12th|13th|16th|18th|{{1st}}|{{2nd}}|Ret|12th|{{1st}}|{{3rd}}|{{3rd}}|Ret|49|5th}}
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{{2010 Results|{{3rd}}|6th|6th|{{2nd}}|14th|5th|{{1st}}|{{1st}}|{{2nd}}|{{2nd}}|4th|Ret|{{1st}}|Ret|Ret|5th|{{2nd}}|4th|{{2nd}}|240|4th}}
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{{2011 Results|{{2nd}}|8th|{{1st}}|4th|{{2nd}}|6th|Ret|4th|4th|{{1st}}|4th|Ret|4th|5th|5th|{{2nd}}|7th|{{1st}}|Ret|227|5th}}
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{{2012 Results|{{3rd}}|{{3rd}}|{{3rd}}|8th|8th|5th|{{1st}}||||||||||||||88|1st}}
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{{Career Results end}}
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==Notes==
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<References />
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==Other Pages==
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* [http://www.lewishamilton.com/ Official Website]
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* [http://www.manipef1.com/drivers/lhamilton/ Lewis Hamilton on Manipe F1]
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton Lewis Hamilton on Wikipedia]
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* [http://theformula1.wikia.com/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton Lewis Hamilton on The Formula 1 Wiki]
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|align="center" colspan=3 style="background-color:white"|'''Sporting Positions'''
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|-
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|align="center" colspan=3|'''Formula One World Drivers' Champion'''
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|align="center"|'''''Preceded by''<br />[[Kimi Räikkönen]]'''
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|align="center"|'''Lewis Hamilton'''<br />{{F1|2008}}
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|align="center"|'''''Succeded by''<br />[[Jenson Button]]'''
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|-
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|align="center" colspan=3|'''Youngest Formula One World Champion'''
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|align="center"|'''''Preceded by''<br />[[Fernando Alonso]]'''''<br />24 years, 58 days''
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|align="center"|'''Lewis Hamilton'''''<br />23 years, 300 days''
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|align="center"|'''''Succeded by''<br />[[Sebastian Vettel]]'''''<br />23 years, 134 days
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Lewis}}
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{{Lewis Hamilton}}
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{{World Drivers' Champions}}
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{{World Drivers' Championship runners-up}}
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Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January, 1985 in Stevenage, England) is a British Formula One Driver who has driven for McLaren since 2007. He won the 2008 Formula One World Championship. He is often labelled as the first 'black' Formula One racing driver.

Pre-Formula 1

RC and Karting

Hamilton's first got involved in motorsport when his father Anthony bought him a RC car in 1991. Soon after he came runner-up in a national RC racing championship. In 1993, Hamilton took up Karting at the Rye House Kart Circuit in Hertfordshire. Two years later and he'd won the British Karting Championship (cadet class) and STP Karting Championship. He met McLaren team boss Ron Dennis in 1995 and asked for an autograph. He then told Dennis "Hi. I’m Lewis Hamilton. I won the British Championship and one day I want to be racing your cars." Dennis responded in Hamilton's autograph book, writing "Phone me in nine years, we’ll sort something out then."

The 1996 season saw more success winning the Champions of the Future series, Sky TV KartMasters Championship and Five Nations Championship. 1997 saw Lewis win the Champions of the Future series again along with the Super One series and again won the British Championship.

1998 saw Hamilton signed to the McLaren Driver Development Support programme. He was 13 at the time, making him the youngest driver to be contracted to an F1 team.

His Karting success continued winning the Trophy de Pomposa and Italian “Industrials” Championship in 1999, the Formula A European Champion, World Cup Championship and Elf Masters in 2000.

Formula Renault

Hamilton was given the opportunity to drive a Formula Renault car in 2001, but it didn't go to plan. Manor Motorsport boss John Booth said "McLaren asked us to give Lewis a test in our Formula Renault and tell them what we thought. We took him to a general test day at Mallory Park. He'd never driven a car before, not even a road car - and he crashed our Renault after three laps! But the boys put it back together again, and he went back out and went very quickly. It hadn’t fazed him in the slightest."

He took part in the Formula Renault Winter Series, finishing fifth. In 2002 he took part in Formula Renault UK finishing third overall with three wins to his name. The following season he dominated the championship winning 10 races out of 15.

Formula Three

He made an appearance in the British Formula Three Championship in the final round but crashed in the first race and collided with his team mate in the second. Nevertheless he took part in the 2004 Formula Three Euro series for Manor winning one race at the Norising in Germany. He finished fourth overall just behind Nico Rosberg but ahead of Robert Kubica. He got his first taste of Formula 1, being rewarded with a test of a McLaren F1 car.

He switched to Formula 3 for the 2005 series and went on to dominate the series along with his team mate Adrian Sutil. Hamilton won 15 of the 20 races that season and finished 78 points ahead of Sutil.

GP2

He moved onto the Formula 1 feeder series GP2 in 2006, driving for ASM's sister team ART Grand Prix who had just helped Nico Rosberg earn a place driving for Williams. His main competition came from Nelson Piquet, Jr. Lewis won five rounds, including both at his home circuit, Silverstone, both at the Nürburgring and the sole race in Monte Carlo. He finished eight points ahead of Piquet failing to pick up points in just four of the 21 rounds.

Formula One

2007-Present: McLaren

Records

Currently holds

Previously held

Personal life

Lewis was born to father Anthony and mother Carmen. Lewis's parents split was he was two and he lived with his mother and his two half-sisters Nicola and Samantha. At age 12 he began to live with his father and stepmother Linda along with his half-brother Nicholas who has cerebral palsy. Many of his family members, especially father Anthony, attend grand prix to support Lewis.

After his successful rookie season, Lewis announced that he would be moving to Switzerland to escape the growing media circus surrounding him. However, he later admitted on the TV show Parkinson that the lighter tax rules also played a part in his decision.

A lot is often made of Lewis' ethnicity. His father is black while his mother is white meaning he comes from a mixed-race background. He is often labelled "the first black driver in Formula One". He is currently dating Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls.

F1 Career History

Year Team Pts WDC Pos. Report
2007 McLaren-Mercedes 109 2nd Report
2008 McLaren-Mercedes 98 1st Report
2009 McLaren-Mercedes 49 5th Report
2010 McLaren-Mercedes 240 4th Report
2011 McLaren-Mercedes 227 5th Report
2012 McLaren-Mercedes 88* 1st* Report

* Season in progress, as of 2012 Canadian Grand Prix

Statistics

as of 2012 Canadian Grand Prix

Entries 97
Starts 97
Pole positions 21
Front Row Starts 41
Victories 18
Podia 46
Fastest laps 11
Points 811
Laps raced 5461
kms raced 27220.323
Races led 41
Laps led 1098
kms lead 5355.670
Doubles 9
Hat-tricks 2

Wins

As of 2012 Canadian Grand Prix

No. Race
1 2007 Canadian Grand Prix
2 2007 United States Grand Prix
3 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix
4 2007 Japanese Grand Prix
5 2008 Australian Grand Prix
6 2008 Monaco Grand Prix
7 2008 British Grand Prix
8 2008 German Grand Prix
9 2008 Chinese Grand Prix
10 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix
11 2009 Singapore Grand Prix
12 2010 Turkish Grand Prix
13 2010 Canadian Grand Prix
14 2010 Belgian Grand Prix
15 2011 Chinese Grand Prix
16 2011 German Grand Prix
17 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
18 2012 Canadian Grand Prix

Career Results

Complete Formula One Results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pts Pos
2007 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Bahrain Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of the United States Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Europe Flag of Hungary Flag of Turkey Flag of Italy Flag of Belgium Flag of Japan Flag of China Flag of Brazil 109 2nd
3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 9th 1st 5th 2nd 4th 1st Ret 7th
2008 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of Bahrain Flag of Spain Flag of Turkey Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of France Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Europe Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Singapore Flag of Japan Flag of China Flag of Brazil 98 1st
1st 5th 13th 3rd 2nd 1st Ret 10th 1st 1st 5th 2nd 3rd 7th 3rd 12th 1st 5th
2009 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of China Flag of Bahrain Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Turkey Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Europe Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Singapore Flag of Japan Flag of Brazil Flag of the United Arab Emirates 49 5th
DSQ
(4th) 		7th
[1] 		6th 4th 9th 12th 13th 16th 18th 1st 2nd Ret 12th 1st 3rd 3rd Ret
2010 Flag of Bahrain Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of China Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Turkey Flag of Canada Flag of Europe Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Singapore Flag of Japan Flag of South Korea Flag of Brazil Flag of the United Arab Emirates 240 4th
3rd 6th 6th 2nd 14th 5th 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 4th Ret 1st Ret Ret 5th 2nd 4th 2nd
2011 Flag of Bahrain Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of China Flag of Turkey Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Europe Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Singapore Flag of Japan Flag of South Korea Flag of India Flag of the United Arab Emirates Flag of Brazil 227 5th
C 2nd 8th 1st 4th 2nd 6th Ret 4th 4th 1st 4th Ret 4th 5th 5th 2nd 7th 1st Ret
2012 Flag of Australia Flag of Malaysia Flag of China Flag of Bahrain Flag of Spain Flag of Monaco Flag of Canada Flag of Europe Flag of Great Britain Flag of Germany Flag of Hungary Flag of Belgium Flag of Italy Flag of Singapore Flag of Japan Flag of South Korea Flag of India Flag of the United Arab Emirates Flag of the United States Flag of Brazil 88 1st
3rd 3rd 3rd 8th 8th 5th 1st
Key
Symbol Meaning Symbol Meaning
1st Winner Ret Retired
2nd Podium finish DSQ Disqualified
3rd DNQ Did not qualify
5th Points finish DNPQ Did not pre-qualify
14th Non-points finish TD Test driver
Italics Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap DNS Did not start
18th† Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance) NC Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP Qualified for pole position [+] More Symbols

Notes

  1. ↑ Race stopped after 31/56 Laps. Half points awarded

Other Pages

Sporting Positions
Formula One World Drivers' Champion
Preceded by
Kimi Räikkönen 		Lewis Hamilton
2008 		Succeded by
Jenson Button
Youngest Formula One World Champion
Preceded by
Fernando Alonso
24 years, 58 days 		Lewis Hamilton
23 years, 300 days 		Succeded by
Sebastian Vettel
23 years, 134 days


V T E United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Seasons
2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022
Season Reports
2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022
Teams
McLaren (2007-2012) • Mercedes (2013–present)
Teammates
Fernando Alonso (2007) • Heikki Kovalainen (2008–2009) • Jenson Button (2010–2012) • Nico Rosberg (2013–2016) • Valtteri Bottas (2017-2021) • George Russell (2022-present)
Rivalries
Fernando Alonso • Felipe Massa • Nico Rosberg
Other pages
Statistics • Teammate comparison • Category
V T E List of World Drivers' Champions
1950: Giuseppe Farina
1951: Juan Manuel Fangio
1952: Alberto Ascari
1953: Alberto Ascari
1954: Juan Manuel Fangio
1955: Juan Manuel Fangio
1956: Juan Manuel Fangio
1957: Juan Manuel Fangio
1958: Mike Hawthorn
1959: Jack Brabham
1960: Jack Brabham
1961: Phil Hill
1962: Graham Hill
1963: Jim Clark
1964: John Surtees
1965: Jim Clark
1966: Jack Brabham
1967: Denny Hulme
1968: Graham Hill
1969: Jackie Stewart 		1970: Jochen Rindt
1971: Jackie Stewart
1972: Emerson Fittipaldi
1973: Jackie Stewart
1974: Emerson Fittipaldi
1975: Niki Lauda
1976: James Hunt
1977: Niki Lauda
1978: Mario Andretti
1979: Jody Scheckter
1980: Alan Jones
1981: Nelson Piquet
1982: Keke Rosberg
1983: Nelson Piquet
1984: Niki Lauda
1985: Alain Prost
1986: Alain Prost
1987: Nelson Piquet
1988: Ayrton Senna
1989: Alain Prost 		1990: Ayrton Senna
1991: Ayrton Senna
1992: Nigel Mansell
1993: Alain Prost
1994: Michael Schumacher
1995: Michael Schumacher
1996: Damon Hill
1997: Jacques Villeneuve
1998: Mika Häkkinen
1999: Mika Häkkinen
2000: Michael Schumacher
2001: Michael Schumacher
2002: Michael Schumacher
2003: Michael Schumacher
2004: Michael Schumacher
2005: Fernando Alonso
2006: Fernando Alonso
2007: Kimi Räikkönen
2008: Lewis Hamilton
2009: Jenson Button 		2010: Sebastian Vettel
2011: Sebastian Vettel
2012: Sebastian Vettel
2013: Sebastian Vettel
2014: Lewis Hamilton
2015: Lewis Hamilton
2016: Nico Rosberg
2017: Lewis Hamilton
2018: Lewis Hamilton
2019: Lewis Hamilton
2020: Lewis Hamilton
2021: Max Verstappen
2022: Max Verstappen
2023: Max Verstappen
V T E List of World Drivers' Championship runners-up
1950: Juan Manuel Fangio
1951: Alberto Ascari
1952: Giuseppe Farina
1953: Juan Manuel Fangio
1954: José Froilán González
1955: Stirling Moss
1956: Stirling Moss
1957: Stirling Moss
1958: Stirling Moss
1959: Tony Brooks
1960: Bruce McLaren
1961: Wolfgang von Trips
1962: Jim Clark
1963: Graham Hill
1964: Graham Hill
1965: Graham Hill
1966: John Surtees
1967: Jack Brabham
1968: Jackie Stewart
1969: Jacky Ickx 		1970: Jacky Ickx
1971: Ronnie Peterson
1972: Jackie Stewart
1973: Emerson Fittipaldi
1974: Clay Regazzoni
1975: Emerson Fittipaldi
1976: Niki Lauda
1977: Jody Scheckter
1978: Ronnie Peterson
1979: Gilles Villeneuve
1980: Nelson Piquet
1981: Carlos Reutemann
1982: Didier Pironi
1983: Alain Prost
1984: Alain Prost
1985: Michele Alboreto
1986: Nigel Mansell
1987: Nigel Mansell
1988: Alain Prost
1989: Ayrton Senna 		1990: Alain Prost
1991: Nigel Mansell
1992: Riccardo Patrese
1993: Ayrton Senna
1994: Damon Hill
1995: Damon Hill
1996: Jacques Villeneuve
1997: Heinz-Harald Frentzen*
1998: Michael Schumacher
1999: Eddie Irvine
2000: Mika Häkkinen
2001: David Coulthard
2002: Rubens Barrichello
2003: Kimi Räikkönen
2004: Rubens Barrichello
2005: Kimi Räikkönen
2006: Michael Schumacher
2007: Lewis Hamilton
2008: Felipe Massa
2009: Sebastian Vettel 		2010: Fernando Alonso
2011: Jenson Button
2012: Fernando Alonso
2013: Fernando Alonso
2014: Nico Rosberg
2015: Nico Rosberg
2016: Lewis Hamilton
2017: Sebastian Vettel
2018: Sebastian Vettel
2019: Valtteri Bottas
2020: Valtteri Bottas
2021: Lewis Hamilton
2022: Charles Leclerc
2023: Sergio Pérez
* Michael Schumacher was disqualified from the 1997 championship.
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