Lewis Hamilton was born on 7 January 1985 in Stevenage, England.
In September 2006 Lewis Hamilton won the Grand Prix 2 title, the Formula one (F1) feeder series.
In November 2006 it had been announced that Lewis Hamilton would drive for McLaren in Formula one within the 2007 season.
Hamilton became the primary black driver to race in Formula One (F1) and within the opening Grand Prix of 2007 – the Australian Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton made a powerful start to his Formula One career, finishing in third place.
In his next two races in Bahrain and Malaysia, Hamilton came second and thus became the primary man to require podiums in his first three Grand Prix .
With Lewis Hamilton’s fourth race the story got even better. He came second within the Spanish Grand Prix , thereby securing the outright championship lead.
The fairy tale continued for Lewis Hamilton when on June 10, 2007 he won the Canadian Grand Prix . it had been just his sixth Formula One race.
In his very next race, the us Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton won again. Lewis Hamilton became only the fourth driver in their debut Formula One (F1) season to win a minimum of two races.
The others were Jacques Villeneuve, Nino Farina and Juan Manuel Fangio.
Lewis Hamilton’s amazing first season in Formula One (F1) continued, however it led to disappointment after he finished only seventh within the last race of the season, the Brazilian Grand Prix , that saw him lose his championship cause find yourself second to Kimi Raikkonen within the drivers’ championship.
However, Lewis Hamilton made amends the subsequent year when on 2 November 2008 he became the youngest world champion in Formula One history after finishing the season only one point before Felipe Massa.
Hamilton started young. At just six he was featured on code flag responsible of a foreign controlled car.
At the age of 10 Lewis Hamilton won his first British Kart championship. Lewis Hamilton has won every series in motor sport that he has entered.
Lewis Hamilton has been with McLaren & Mercedes since he was a teenager, and their profile of their young star lists his motor sports achievements so far.
Lewis Hamilton’s official website had this quote from Norbert Haug of Mercedes Benz Motorsport after he had secured the Grand Prix 2 title: “This is that the greatest day in Lewis’s career thus far and after Formula Renault and therefore the Formula 3 Euro Series the third important Championship he has won within the last four years at the age of 21.
Lewis Hamilton went out with Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger, however they broke up after a few of years.
On 10 March 2009, Lewis Hamilton collected his MBE from the Queen.
After the Australian Grand Prix, the primary Grand Prix of the 2009 season, Lewis Hamilton and McLaren were stripped of their points, for, consistent with the FIA;
“Providing evidence deliberately misleading to the stewards”.
On 26 July 2009, Lewis Hamilton won his first Grand Prix of the season, winning the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton ended up fifth within the 2009 FIA Formula One (F1) drivers’ world championship standings, having won the foremost points of any driver within the last half of 2009.
On 14 March 2010, Lewis Hamilton started the new Formula One (F1) season with a 3rd place within the Bahrain Grand Prix.
14 November 2010, Lewis Hamilton ended the season with a second place at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which meant that he finished the season in fourth place, 16 points behind the 2010 world champion Sebastian Vettel.
On 17 April 2011, Lewis Hamilton gained his first victory of the season within the Chinese Grand Prix.
His next victory wasn’t until 24 July 2011, when he won the German Grand Prix, 2011 proved a difficult season for Hamilton.
However, in November 2011, he won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. On 29 July 2012, Lewis Hamilton gained his second victory of the season, when he won the Hungarian Grand Prix.
In September 2012, it had been announced that Lewis Hamilton was leaving McLaren and had agreed a three-year contract to drive for Mercedes from the subsequent season.
In July 2013, he had his first win for Mercedes, when he won the Hungarian Grand Prix. He finished the 2013 season fourth, behind Vettel, Alonso and Webber.
Although the primary race in 2014 went badly with Hamilton retiring from the race, he then went on to his second drivers’ world championship culminating with a victory within the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the top of the season on 23 November 2014.
On 25 October 2015, Lewis Hamilton won his third Formula One (F1) World Championship after he won the us Grand Prix .
Only Schumacher, Fangio, Prost and Vettel have won more titles.
It was his tenth victory of 2015.
In 2016, Mercedes had an excellent start to the season. After Hamilton’s victory at the Canadian Grand Prix on 12 June, the standings were Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) first with 16 points, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) second with 107 points and their nearest rival was Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) on 78 points.
His subsequent wins in 2016 included winning his fourth British Grand Prix.
On 23 October 2016, Lewis Hamilton won his 50th Formula One GP, when he won the us Grand Prix.
He followed up immediately by winning the Mexican Grand Prix and therefore the Brazilian Grand Prix, which meant that Lewis Hamilton had 52 GP wins thereby overtaking Alain Prost (51) making him the second most successful race winner ever.
Lewis Hamilton also won the last GP of the season at Abu Dhabi, but it had been not enough to prevent his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg from taking the season’s Formula One (F1) title, five points before Hamilton in second place.
Lewis Hamilton in 2017
Hamilton started the 2017 season with a second place in Australia and a primary in China.
On 11 June 2017, Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix .
On 16 July 2017, Lewis Hamilton won British Grand Prix for the fifth time, a record number shared by just Alain Prost and Jim Clark.
On 2 September 2017, at the Italian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton gained a record breaking 69th position and dedicated his record to Michael Schumacher.
On 17th September 2017, he won the Singapore Grand Prix.
He had another win the subsequent month in Japan, thereby taking a lead within the title race of 59 points with 100 available within the remaining 4 Grand Prixs.
Lewis Hamilton also won subsequent Grand Prix, the us Grand Prix , taking him 66 points beyond his nearest rival Sebastian Vettel.
On 29 October 2017, Lewis Hamilton won the planet title for a fourth time.
He finished 9th within the Mexican Grand Prix after colliding with Sebastian Vettel within the opening lap.
Vettel only managed to end fourth, which wasn’t enough to stop Hamilton from winning the title.
Lewis Hamilton in 2018
On 28 October 2018, Lewis Hamilton finished fourth within the Mexican Grand Prix.
It was enough to secure his fifth Formula One (F1) title to become the equal second most successful driver in history alongside Juan Manuel Fangio, only behind Michael Schumacher’s record of seven titles.
Lewis Hamilton in 2019
On 9 June 2019, Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix . it had been his fifth win in seven races in 2019.
On Bastille Day 2019 he won British Grand Prix for a record sixth time.
On 17 March 2019, Lewis Hamilton came second to his Mercedes colleague Vaitteri Bottas in Australia, however a fortnight later the positions were reversed in Bahrain with Hamilton first and Botas second.
On 27 October 2019, he won his One (F1)0th GP of the season at the Mexican Grand Prix .
On 3 November 2019, Lewis Hamilton secured his sixth world drivers’ title when he gained second place within the US Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton in 2020
On 19 July 2020, he won the Hungarian Grand Prix. it had been his 86th victory.
On 2 August, he won British Grand Prix. Towards the top of the race he had a puncture, and within the final lap Hamilton had to tug his car home on 3 wheels.
He then won his next Grand Prix, the Belgium Grand Prix. It had been his 89th overall and 5th out of seven races.
Lewis Hamilton quickly followed up together with his 90th win and this point an event packed race at the Tuscan Grand Prix.
In October 2020 Hamilton surpassed Michael Schumacher’s record of Formula One (F1) race victories when he won the Portuguese Grand Prix which was his 92nd race.
In November 2020, Lewis Hamilton secured a seventh World Championship with victory within the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday.
Hamilton thereby equaled Michael Schumacher’s achievement in terms of titles, after already surpassing Schumacher’s number of race wins.
Soon after, it had been revealed that Lewis Hamilton would miss the Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain after testing positive for coronavirus.
In September 2017, the BBC published a piece of writing about how and why Lewis Hamilton is becoming a vegan
The Mercedes Formula 1 driver said he had been inspired by a documentary about the meat industry, and its potential effects on the environment, animal welfare and human health.
In BBC article, Lewis Hamilton says he is aiming to become a vegan in an attempt to pursue the healthiest possible lifestyle and avoid damaging the planet.
