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Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born in Stevenage;[1] January 7,
1985) is a British Formula One racing driver from England,
currently racing for the McLaren Mercedes team and the youngest
ever Formula One World Champion.
Hamilton was named after the American sprinter Carl Lewis.[2] 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.[2] After winning the British Formula Renault,
European Formula Three and GP2 championship,[2] he became a
McLaren F1 driver for 2007, making his Formula One debut 12
years after his initial encounter with Dennis. Coming from a
mixed-race background, with a black father and white
mother,[2][3] Hamilton is often labelled "the first black driver
in Formula One".[2][3][4][1][5]
In his first season in Formula One, Hamilton set numerous rookie
records and finished second in the 2007 Formula One
Championship, behind Kimi Räikkönen by just one point. His first
world championship was won the following season by the same
margin of a single point, ahead of Felipe Massa. He has stated
that he wants to stay with the McLaren team for the rest of his
F1 career.[6]
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