New Delhi:- Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE HonFREng (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver currently racing in Formula 1 for Mercedes. In F1, Hamilton has won seven world drivers' championship titles with Michael Schumacher and holds the record for most wins, pole positions (103), and podiums (194).
Born and raised in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Hamilton joined McLaren's junior driver's program in 1998. This would see him race in his F1 with McLaren from 2007 until 2012, making Hamilton the first and currently only black driver to race in the series. In his debut season, Hamilton set a number of records by finishing second, one point behind Kimi Räikkönen.
The following season, he scored a decisive overtake on the final lap of the final race of the season to claim his first title in dramatic fashion, becoming the youngest F1 world champion at the time. After six years at McLaren, Hamilton signed for Mercedes in 2013.
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The 2014 regulation change mandating the use of turbo-hybrid engines marked the beginning of a period of great success for Hamilton, during which he won six more driver's titles. In 2014 and 2015, he won the title after a bitter rivalry with his teammate Nico Rosberg. After Rosberg's retirement in 2016, Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel became Hamilton's closest rival in two championship fights, with Hamilton closing the mid-season points gap twice and winning again in 2017 and 2018. Achieved. He won his third and fourth successive titles in 2019, and in 2020 he tied Schumacher's record of seven driver's titles.
Hamilton says his high-profile lifestyle, environmental and social activism, music and fashion accomplishments have helped expand F1's global fan base by appealing to a wide range of non-sporting audiences. Rated. He is also a prominent advocate for activists fighting racism and calling for more diversity in motorsport. Hamilton was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2020 and was knighted in the 2021 New Year Awards.
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Hamilton was born on January 7, 1985, in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. His father, Anthony Hamilton, is of black Grenada descent, while his mother, Carmen Larbalestia, is white, British, and from Birmingham, and he is of mixed race. Hamilton was identified as black. Hamilton's parents divorced when he was two years old, after which he lived with his mother and his half-sisters Samantha and Nicola until he was twelve. Hamilton was then raised Catholic, living with his father, his stepmother Linda, and half-brother Nicolas, who is also a professional racing driver.
When Hamilton signed for Mercedes in 2013, he reunited with his childhood karting teammate Nico Rosberg. This change came as a surprise to experts and the public. Some have described the move to Mercedes, which has not had a recent track record, as a gamble. In his first season with the Silver Arrows, Hamilton secured one win in the race and won the Hungarian Grand Prix. There he took an unexpected pole position, more than 11 seconds ahead of Kimi Räikkönen in second place, along with several other podiums and pole positions. - Moved up the rankings to finish 4th overall for the third time in 5 years.
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Regulation changes for the 2014 season mandated the use of turbo-hybrid engines, beginning a period of great success for Hamilton. Mercedes won 16 of the 19 races this season, 11 of which were won by Hamilton beating team-mate Rosberg in the title fight. Hamilton won his second driver's title, surpassing the number of wins for any previous British driver. He explained on the team radio after the final race in Abu Dhabi that
"It's the happiest day of my life." A new driver number regulation introduced in 2014 allows drivers to choose a unique car number throughout their career, so Hamilton decided to race the old kart number 44 for the rest of his career. decided to
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Hamilton is considered one of the most accomplished drivers in the starter field and excels in many areas. He was described as having an aggressive driving style and a natural knack for knowing the limits of a car. Writing for the official F1 website, Mark Hughes described how Hamilton was "very demanding on the brakes...but has a great ability to modulate the pressure and how quickly the downforce is discharged without wasting it." said. But he doesn't have locked wheels either. Former McLaren technical director Paddy Lowe said how Hamilton dealt with a level of rear instability that many other drivers would not be able to withstand.
Lewis Hamilton is the greatest driver of all time in Mercedes and in the whole Formula 1 Championship he has won many incredible awards and constructors titles in his life till now.