He was signed to McLaren's young driver support programme in 1998, after he approached McLaren team principal Ron Dennis at an awards ceremony three years earlier and said "one day I want to be racing your cars". Statistically the most successful British driver in the history of the sport, Hamilton has more race victories than any other British driver in Formula One (62), and holds records for the all-time most career points (2,580), the most wins at different circuits (24), the all-time most pole positions (72) and the most grand slams in a season (3).īorn and raised in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Hamilton's interest in racing started when his father bought him a radio-controlled car when he was six. He won his first World Championship title with McLaren in 2008, then moved to Mercedes where he won back-to-back titles in 20 before winning his fourth title in 2017, making him one of the most successful Formula One drivers of all time. A four-time Formula One World Champion, he is often considered the best driver of his generation and widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers in the history of the sport. Tags: F1 Nico Rosberg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Follow Sports News on abp LIVE for more latest stories and trending topics.Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver who races in Formula One for the Mercedes AMG Petronas team. Vettel will also drop slots because of a gearbox change.ĭaniil Kvayt crashed heavily, causing a 16-minute red flag, and then the second Toro Rosso driven by Carlos Sainz blew its engine. Nico Hulkenberg of Force India was third, followed by Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari, Jenson Button of McLaren, Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari, Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull, and Valtteri Bottas of Williams. Mercedes teammate and championship leader Nico Rosberg was second, but he will be dropped five places on the starting grid in Sunday's race because of an unscheduled gearbox change after crashing in the final practice hours earlier. SPIELBERG (Austria): Lewis Hamilton clinched the pole position for the Austrian Grand Prix in a qualifying session marked by a heavy crash and a rain delay.
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