The drivers
Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
Team: Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
Nationality : United Kingdom
Birthdate : January 7th, 1985 - Age 28
Birthplace : Stevenage, United Kingdom
Residence : Geneva, Monaco
Championship : 1
First Grand Prix :
2007 , Melbourne , Australia
Races : 116
Winner : 21
Podiums : 51
Pole Positions : 27
Points : 77
Career Points : 975
Car Number : 10
Website : http://www.lewishamilton.com
Biography
Lewis Hamilton, is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren team. He was the 2008 Formula One World Champion.
Hamilton was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. In December 1995, at the age of ten, he approached McLaren team principal Ron Dennis at the Autosport Awards ceremony and told him, "I want to race for you one day ... I want to race for McLaren." Less than three years later McLaren and Mercedes-Benz signed him to their Young Driver Support Programme. After winning the British Formula Renault, Formula Three Euroseries, and GP2 championships on his way up the racing career ladder, he drove for McLaren in 2007, making his Formula One debut 12 years after his initial encounter with Dennis. Lewis Hamilton's contract for the McLaren driver development program made him the youngest ever driver to secure a contract which later resulted in an F1 drive.
Coming from a mixed-race background, with a black father and white mother, Hamilton is often labelled "the first black driver in Formula One", although Willy T. Ribbs tested an F1 car in 1986. He is also the first driver of black heritage to win a major race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in any discipline.
In his first season in Formula One, Hamilton set numerous records, while finishing second in the 2007 Formula One Championship, just one point behind Kimi Räikkönen. He won the World Championship the following season, ahead of Felipe Massa by the same margin of a single point. Clinching the crown thanks to passing the dry tyre-shod Timo Glock in the wet on the final lap, to take the necessary fifth position. Following that, prestigious motorsport weekly Autosport dubbed him as Last Lap Lewis. He has stated he wants to stay with the McLaren team for the rest of his F1 career.
Following his 2008 title Hamilton struggled with less competitive McLarens, in spite of taking quite a few Grand Prix wins he was not able to challenge for the 2009 championship, and finished a close fourth in 2010, being in mathematical contention until the final round.
Hamilton was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. In December 1995, at the age of ten, he approached McLaren team principal Ron Dennis at the Autosport Awards ceremony and told him, "I want to race for you one day ... I want to race for McLaren." Less than three years later McLaren and Mercedes-Benz signed him to their Young Driver Support Programme. After winning the British Formula Renault, Formula Three Euroseries, and GP2 championships on his way up the racing career ladder, he drove for McLaren in 2007, making his Formula One debut 12 years after his initial encounter with Dennis. Lewis Hamilton's contract for the McLaren driver development program made him the youngest ever driver to secure a contract which later resulted in an F1 drive.
Coming from a mixed-race background, with a black father and white mother, Hamilton is often labelled "the first black driver in Formula One", although Willy T. Ribbs tested an F1 car in 1986. He is also the first driver of black heritage to win a major race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in any discipline.
In his first season in Formula One, Hamilton set numerous records, while finishing second in the 2007 Formula One Championship, just one point behind Kimi Räikkönen. He won the World Championship the following season, ahead of Felipe Massa by the same margin of a single point. Clinching the crown thanks to passing the dry tyre-shod Timo Glock in the wet on the final lap, to take the necessary fifth position. Following that, prestigious motorsport weekly Autosport dubbed him as Last Lap Lewis. He has stated he wants to stay with the McLaren team for the rest of his F1 career.
Following his 2008 title Hamilton struggled with less competitive McLarens, in spite of taking quite a few Grand Prix wins he was not able to challenge for the 2009 championship, and finished a close fourth in 2010, being in mathematical contention until the final round.
Driver standings
1 Sebastian Vettel 132 2 Fernando Alonso 96 3 Kimi Räikkönen 88 4 Lewis Hamilton 77 5 Mark Webber 69 6 Nico Rosberg 57 7 Felipe Massa 49 8 Paul Di Resta 34 9 Romain Grosjean 26 10 Jenson Button 25 11 Adrian Sutil 17 12 Jean-Eric Vergne 13 13 Sergio Perez 12 14 Daniel Ricciardo 7 15 Nico Hulkenberg 5 16 Jules Bianchi 0 17 Valtteri Bottas 0 18 Max Chilton 0 19 Esteban Gutierrez 0 20 Pastor Maldonado 0 21 Charles Pic 0 22 Giedo Van Der Garde 0Statistics 2013
| Race | Place | Date | Team | Standing Position |
Position | Points | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | Mar. 17 | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | |
| 2 | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Mar. 24 | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 4 | 3 | 15 | 25 |
| 3 | China | Shanghai | Apr. 14 | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 1 | 3 | 15 | 40 |
| 4 | Bahreïn | Sakhir | Apr. 21 | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 9 | 5 | 10 | 50 |
| 5 | Spain | Catalunya | May 12 | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 2 | 12 | 0 | 50 |
| 6 | Monaco | Monte Carlo | May 26 | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 2 | 4 | 12 | 62 |
| 7 | Canada | Montreal | Jun. 9 | Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team | 2 | 3 | 15 | 77 |
