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2008 World Champion

At the age of 13 Lewis Hamilton was spotted as an exceptional karting talent by Ron Dennis, CEO of McLaren Formula One. He was signed to the McLaren Driver Development Program and became historic as the youngest driver ever to be signed by a Formula 1 team.

With the backing of McLaren Hamilton went up the motorsports ladder winning championships in the process and in 2006 he was confirmed at the McLaren Formula 1 team for 2007 alongside two-times World Champion Fernando Alonso.

Lewis Hamilton's impressive career includes:

2008 Formula 1 World Champion
2007 2nd in the Formula 1 World Championship
2006 GP2 champion
2005 European Formula 3 champion
2003 Formula Renault 2000 UK champion
2000 European and World Karting champion Formula A
1999 Vice European karting Champion Junior ICA
1997 British karting champion Junior Yamaha
1995 British karting champion Cadet

Lewis Hamilton links

Lewis Hamilton career statistics: Career statistics of Lewis Hamilton. From karting to F1.
Race Incident blog: Race Incident - auto racing news blog.

2008 Formula 1 World Championship

Lewis' results

Round 1 Australia
Start position: 1
Race position: 1

Round 2 Malaysia
Start position: 9
Race position: 5

Round 3 Bahrain
Start position: 3
Race position: 13

Round 4 Spain
Start position: 5
Race position: 3

Round 5 Turkey
Start position: 3
Race position: 2

Round 6 Monaco
Start position: 3
Race position: 1

Round 7 Canada
Start position: 1
Race position: DNF

Round 8 France
Start position: 13
Race position: 10

Round 9 Great Britian
Start position: 4
Race position: 1

Round 10 Germany
Start position: 1
Race position: 1

Round 11 Hungary
Start position: 1
Race position: 5

Round 12 Europe
Start position: 2
Race position: 2

Round 13 Belgium
Start position: 1
Race position: 3

Round 14 Italy
Start position: 15
Race position: 7

Round 15 Singapore
Start position: 2
Race position: 3

Round 16 Japan
Start position: 1
Race position: 12

Round 17 China
Start position: 1
Race position: 1

Round 18 Brasil
Star position: 4
Race position: 5

2007 Formula 1 World Championship

Lewis' results

Round 1 Australia
Start position: 4
Race position: 3

Round 2 Malaysia
Start position: 4
Race position: 2

Round 3 Bahrain
Start position: 2
Race position: 2

Round 4 Spain
Start position: 4
Race position: 2

Round 5 Monaco
Start position: 2
Race position: 2

Round 6 Canada
Start position: 1
Race position: 1

Round 7 U.S.A.
Start position: 1
Race position: 1

Round 8 France
Start position: 2
Race position: 3

Round 9 Great Britian
Start position: 1
Race position: 3

Round 10 Europe
Start position: 1
Race position: 9

Round 11 Hungary
Start position: 1
Race position: 1

Round 12 Turkey
Start position: 2
Race position: 5

Round 13 Italy
Start position: 2
Race position: 2

Round 14 Belgium
Start position: 4
Race position: 4

Round 15 Japan
Start position: 1
Race position: 1

Round 16 China
Start position: 1
Race position: DNF

Round 17 Brazil
Start position: 2
Race position: 7

Winter testing 2006-07

Hamilton's first taste of Formula 1

19 Sep - Silverstone - 9 laps
20 Sep - Silverstone - 64 laps - 01:20.857 6th (out of 12)
21 Sep - Silverstone - 47 laps - 01:20.158 3rd (out of 8)
10 Oct - Jerez - 10 laps - 01:22.916 4th (out of 5)
11 Oct - Jerez - 62 laps - 01:17.818 5th (out of 9)
12 Oct - Jerez - 73 laps - 01:16.811 2nd (out of 9)
28 Nov - Barcelona - 63 laps - 01:18.239 6th (out of 16)
29 Nov - Barcelona - 47 laps - 01:17.748 6th (out of 18)
30 Nov - Barcelona - 87 laps - 01:17.077 4th (out of 18)
6 Dec - Jerez - 79 laps - 01:20.245 3rd (out of 17)
7 Dec - Jerez - 78 laps - 01:18.684 1st (out of 17)
8 Dec - Jerez - 79 laps - 01:20.325 3rd (out of 17)
14 dec - Jerez - 78 laps - 01:19.589 4th (out of 17)
15 dec - Jerez - 100 laps - 01:19.493 1st (out of 15)
24 Jan - Valencia - 69 laps - 01:13.023 3rd (out of 3)
25 Jan - Valencia - 33 laps - 01:12.596 2nd (out of 2)
2 Feb - Valencia - 112 laps - 01:11.119 1st (out of 9)