Lewis hamilton <Lewis-hamilton-1>

"2008 world champion"

Formula One World Championship career644 Tage her
 
Third year 2009

2009 position -
Races -
Wins -
Podium finishes -
Pole positions -
Season points -


Second year 2008

2008 position - 1st
Races - 18
Wins - 5
Podium finishes - 10
Pole positions - 7
Season points - 98


First year 2007

2007 position 2nd
Races - 17
Wins - 4
Podium finishes - 12
Pole positions - 6
Season points - 109


Career Total

Races - 35
Wins - 9
Podium finishes - 22
Pole positions - 13
Career points - 207
2007 position 2nd (109 points)
2008 Position 1st (98 Points)

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Lewis Hamilton Formula One Career811 Tage her
 

At the age of ten,he approached McLaren team principal,Ron Dennis,at an 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.After winning the British Formula Renault,European Formula Three and GP2 championship,he became a McLaren F1 driver for 2007,making his Formula One debut 12 years after his initial encounter with Dennis.In his first season in Formula One,Hamilton set numerous rookie records and finished second in the 2007 Formula One Championship,behind Kimi Räikkönen.Rivalry with team mate Alonso led to speculation that one of the pair would leave McLaren at the end of the 2007 season.Alonso and McLaren subsequently terminated their contract by mutual consent on November 2, 2007.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 5-year multi-million pound contract to stay with McLaren-Mercedes until at least the end of the 2012 season.He has stated that he wants to stay with the McLaren team for the rest of his F1 careerLewis won the first race of the 2008 season.He achieved his eighth career pole position at the Canadian Grand Prix and Despite an error in qualfying that saw him start 4th 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.Hamilton himself said in the post race press conference that it was his most difficult and most meaningful win.
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