Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver who races in Formula One for the Mercedes AMG Petronas team. A four-time Formula One World Champion, he is often considered the best driver of his generation and widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers in the history of the sport. He won his first World Championship title with McLaren in 2008, then moved to Mercedes where he won back-to-back titles in 2014 and 2015 before winning his fourth title in 2017, making him one of the most successful Formula One drivers of all time. Statistically the most successful British driver in the history of the sport, Hamilton has more race victories than any other British driver in Formula One (62), and holds records for the all-time most career points (2,580), the most wins at different circuits (24), the all-time most pole positions (72) and the most grand slams in a season (3).
Born and raised in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Hamilton's interest in racing started when his father bought him a radio-controlled car when he was six. He was signed to McLaren's young driver support programme in 1998, after he approached McLaren team principal Ron Dennis at an awards ceremony three years earlier and said "one day I want to be racing your cars". After winning the British Formula Renault, Formula Three Euroseries, and GP2 championships on his way up the racing career ladder, he made his Formula One debut twelve years after his initial encounter with Dennis, driving for McLaren in 2007. Coming from a mixed background, with a black father and white mother, Hamilton is the first and only black driver to race in Formula One.
In his first season in Formula One, Hamilton set numerous records as he finished runner-up in the 2007 Formula One Championship to Kimi Räikkönen, by just one point. He set records for the most consecutive podium finishes from debut (9), the joint most wins in a debut season (4) and the most points in a debut season (109). The following season, he won his first World Championship in dramatic fashion; on the last corner of the last lap in the last race of the season, becoming the then-youngest Formula One World Champion in history. After four more years with McLaren without finishing higher than fourth in the drivers' standings, Hamilton signed with Mercedes AMG Petronas for the 2013 season, reuniting with his childhood karting teammate, Nico Rosberg. In his first season, he finished 4th once again, the third time in five years.
Two successful seasons followed as Hamilton won his second and third titles. Hamilton won 11 races in 2014, in a closely fought championship battle with Nico Rosberg, decided in the final race of the season, where Hamilton secured his second World Championship title by winning the race. The next season saw Hamilton seal his third World Championship title with 3 races remaining, in a season where he finished on the podium a record 17 times and matched his hero Ayrton Senna's three World Championships. After finishing runner-up to Nico Rosberg in 2016, Hamilton won his fourth title in 2017, joining Juan Manuel Fangio, Michael Schumacher, Alain Prost and Sebastian Vettel as drivers with four or more World Championship titles.
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Hamilton managed to squeeze past race leader Bottas at Brooklands on the fourth lap, but Bottas then surged back past heading into Copse.<br>Hamilton said had he been fighting a driver from a different team, he would have taken more risks.<br>“It’s no secret that Valtteri wants to beat me and I want to beat him,” said Hamilton. “And that fighting spirit is stronger than anything ...
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Hamilton scored a record-breaking sixth victory at Silverstone after a safety car period allowed him to jump ahead of polesitting teammate Valtteri Bottas.<br>The two Mercedes drivers opted for diverging strategies, with Bottas committing to stopping twice and Hamilton attempting a long first stint on medium tyres, which ultimately did away with the need to stop again.<br><br>Read ...
Hamilton overhauled poleman Bottas at Silverstone by running a longer first stint that allowed him to only stop once, and proved crucial when the safety car emerged after Bottas' stop. <br>That gave Hamilton track advantage and he won comfortably after Bottas made a late second pitstop to use his mandatory second compound, having used mediums in his first two stints. <br>Ferrari's Charles ...
Hamilton has a 31-point advantage over teammate Valtteri Bottas in the championship and has been ahead in the standings since round five in Spain.<br>The five-time world champion will line up behind Bottas for Sunday’s British Grand Prix, after his four-race winning streak was ended at the previous race in Austria.<br>But Hamilton, who was outqualified by Bottas by 0.006s, said he is always ...
Hamilton missed out on the fastest time in qualifying for his home race by just 0.006s as Bottas claimed his fourth pole position of the season.<br>Five-time world champion and five-time British GP winner Hamilton had complained about the rear stability of his car after Friday practice, and while he said the set-up was improved for Saturday he found it difficult to maintain his pace as qualifying ...
Bottas set the pace on the first runs in Q3 at Silverstone, although Hamilton’s time was compromised by the rear stepping out at Brooklands, which meant he ran wide at the exit of the corner.<br>Although Bottas was unable to improve on his second run in Q3, Hamilton fell just short of grabbing pole position having not been able to match his first-sector pace from the first run.<br>Ferrari driver ...
Leclerc left it late to post his fastest time of 1m25.905s on soft tyres on a cool, drizzly Saturday morning at Silverstone, the lap putting him 0.026s ahead of Vettel.<br>Mercedes driver Hamilton headed up Red Bull pair Pierre Gasly and Max Verstappen, while Valtteri Bottas ended up sixth-fastest in the second Mercedes.<br>The arrival of light rain a little more than 10 minutes into the session ...
With their Mercedes outfit so dominant, the fight for the F1 title already appears to be a straight fight between the Finn and his British teammate.<br>But with Hamilton having opened up a 31-point advantage in the standings, Bottas knows that he needs to step up his form and close down the gap swiftly to keep his title hopes alive.<br>There has been little separating the performance of the two ...
Three of the last five Formula 1 races at Silverstone have fallen on the same day as the prestigious tennis tournament's flagship match, with the date change of this year's British GP recreating a clash that had been averted last year.<br>However, qualifying at Silverstone in 2018 fell on the same day as the England team's quarter-final clash with Sweden in the FIFA World Cup, while this year's ...
Verstappen earned his first win of the season at the previous race in Austria, which launched him to third in the drivers' championship, behind only Hamilton and the second Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Austrian GP: Verstappen edges Leclerc in thrilling race<br>What Verstappen's victory tells us about F1's future<br><br><br>Horner said after Verstappen's Austrian win that ...
After lining up fifth on the grid, Norris moved up one place at the start after Max Verstappen nearly stalled, and then he muscled his way up to third when he went around the outside of Hamilton's Mercedes at the opening corner.<br>"The first lap was the best bit, I think!" said Norris, who eventually went on to finish sixth. "We've been good on starts as a team, I've just done a couple of ...
Hamilton had qualified second behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc at the Red Bull Ring, but was given a three-place grid drop for the incident with Raikkonen, which happened early in Q1.<br>It had been suggested that Hamilton would therefore start fifth, but with Haas driver Kevin Magnussen – who qualified P5 in the top-10 shootout – taking a five-place penalty for fitting a replacement ...
Hamilton had qualified second to Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, but will now be relegated to fourth.<br>Red Bull driver Max Verstappen is promoted to the front row, while Hamilton will join teammate Valtteri Bottas on the second row.<br><br>More F1 qualifying news:<br><br>Austrian GP: Starting grid in pictures<br>Austrian GP: Leclerc beats Hamilton to pole, Vettel ninth<br>Vettel ruled out of Q3 ...
Leclerc set two laptimes good enough for pole as Hamilton improved on his final run to jump from fourth to second, 0.259s off the pace.<br>Though the long straights at the Red Bull Ring were expected to bring Ferrari back into the fight after a disappointing French Grand Prix, Hamilton admitted Leclerc’s speed through the rest of the lap was also a surprise.<br>“We’ve been chipping away at ...
The 21-year-old was the class of the field throughout qualifying, setting two laps good enough for pole position in Q3.<br>Leclerc's took provisional pole position with a time of 1m03.208s on his first run, then set the fastest times of all in the second and third sectors to improve to a 1m03.003s.<br>Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, who complained of not being strong enough on the straights, moved ...
Raikkonen was on a hot-lap during the first session of qualifying when he closed up at high speed on the drag up to Turn 3. Hamilton appeared to have spotted Raikkonen very late and, being on the inside for the corner, he elected to get out of the Alfa Romeo's way by running wide past the apex.<br>But in running off track, the Mercedes driver crossed Raikkonen's path and the Finn complained on ...
Championship leader Hamilton took control of the session at the end of his running on a second set of soft tyres.<br>His 1m04.838s eclipsed Vettel's best by 0.144s after the Ferrari lapped out of sync compared to the rest of the frontrunners.<br>Valtteri Bottas was just 0.017s behind Vettel in the second of the Mercedes, while Charles Leclerc completed the top four as Ferrari ran through ...
The reigning world champion said after the French Grand Prix that he felt it would be better for F1 if it was run by individuals who fans did not think had links with teams.<br>He cited the example of current FIA president Jean Todt, who used to be team boss at Ferrari, and Wolff, as good leaders but ones who could be viewed by some as not being completely neutral.<br>But having spent the last few ...
With the decision on the 2021 regulations being pushed back until October, Formula One, teams and drivers are seeking a solution to next set of rules, which many believe will be vital for the future of the sport.<br>Hamilton, Nico Hulkenberg and [chairman of the Grand Prix Drivers' Association] Alex Wurz have been involved in meetings with the sport's decision-makers and, since then, Hamilton has ...
Wolff has been tipped as a leading candidate to replace Chase Carey as F1's CEO, should the American leave when his contract runs out.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Wolff not contemplating leaving Mercedes amid F1 job link<br><br><br>Hamilton, who gained an extra insight into how the sport is run when he attended a recent meeting in Paris about 2021 regulations, says that it would be difficult for ...
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The five-time world champion's ultra-successful move to Mercedes has earned him a place among the best drivers in F1 history by various statistical measures.<br>Hamilton has also been subjected to criticism of various statements made during race weekends and away from the track, his exploits in the fashion industry, and a generally unconventional lifestyle for an F1 driver.<br>He drew scrutiny ...
After dominating a processional French Grand Prix last weekend, Hamilton was critical of F1’s rulemaking process and said the series is nowhere near where it needs to be with its 2021 rules overhaul. The five-time world champion attended a meeting at the FIA earlier this month that delayed the finalisation of F1’s major new regulations package.<br>In his regular post-race review, Brawn said ...
Hamilton was told several laps before the end of the race that fifth-placed Sebastian Vettel had a window in which to comfortably make a pitstop and go for fastest lap on new tyres.<br>Despite taking that information onboard with hard tyres that had run 29 laps, Hamilton posted a time of 1m32.764s on his final lap to briefly grab the fastest lap point.<br>However, having taken fresh soft tyres ...
Discussions over the major rules change first started in April 2018 but teams retain a number of concerns over the latest proposals and the summit in Paris two weeks ago shuffled the deadline to finalise the rules back to October, to buy stakeholders more time.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Why F1 has delayed releasing its 2021 rules overhaul<br>Todt "not worried at all" about F1 2021 rules ...
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