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A short bio on Lewis Hamilton

14 August 2008

A short bio on Lewis HamiltonBorn July 1, 1985, in Great Britain, Lewis Hamilton is electrifying fans of F1 racing with his caution-to-the-wind style, cat-like moves, and freakishly fast speeds. At 23 years of age, this youngster has already scored 8 wins, and looks to do much more damage to the circuit now that he’s right at home with team McLaren.

Like many other racers on the circuit, Hamilton started his career with karts in 1995. He took top honors in the Masters at Bercy in 2000, followed by a move to single-seaters in ’01. Hamilton took part in the Formula Renault Winter Series that year and finished 5th overall. He would return to Renault the following year and finish 3rd in the championship standings.

His talent quickly rising, Hamilton took the championship in 2003. More wins in the F3 Euroseries before claiming the championship followed in 2005 with ASM. Hamilton’s leap to GP2 didn’t daunt him at all, as he won the title from Nelson Piquet Jr. with ART Grand Prix. Showcasing his natural racing ability, Hamilton pulled off the pass of the season with his aggressive and daring move from third to first at the Becketts complex at Silverstone.

When Juan Pablo Montoya made the jump to the NASCAR circuit, Hamilton’s name was on everyone’s lips to take Montoya’s seat. Hamilton, who has been groomed by the McLaren Mercedes team for a dozen years, seemed like a great overall fit. Hamilton, only 22 years of age, was chosen for the seat over veteran driver Pedro de la Rosa. But F1 isn’t like the lower classes. Even though Hamilton had settled into higher levels of cars before, his work would be cut out for him.

Hamilton proved quickly that he was more than ready for the task at hand. In his Australian Grand Prix debut, he finished 3rd, and quickly followed that with runner-up positions in Malaysia, Bahrain, Spain, and Monaco. The racing world stood still and gazed in awe at this 22-year-old who was driving the F1 like he was born in it. Hamilton got his first Grand Prix victory for the trophy case after a near flawless drive in Montreal, and then he immediately followed that with number-two a week later in Indianapolis.

Seemingly against the laws of Formula One racing nature, Hamilton was in control of his own championship destiny at the midway mark of the season. A minor setback from his qualifying accident stopped his run of 9 podium appearances, but he bounced right back with a strong win in Hungary. Hamilton enjoyed a 12 point lead in the championship standings after his 4th win at Fuji Speedway. With only 2 races remaining, Hamilton was poised to accomplish the impossible.

The first race in China saw Hamilton and McLaren team struggle to fix his tires, leaving him unable to finish the race. But a 5th place finish in Brazil is all he needed to lock it up. Bad luck reared its ugly head, and Hamilton was bumped off of the track, to the back of the pack, and mechanical misguidance for the second consecutive week ruined Hamilton’s race. Hamilton lost the championship by 1 point to Raikkonen, but it signed through the 2012 season to compete as a member of McLaren. If he’s even half as good in the years to come, F1 racing will draw in a whole new breed of fans.

Tags: lewis hamilton, mclaren, bercy, formula renault winter series, f3 euroseries, nelson piquet jr, raikkonen,
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