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The first black driver in F1

Basic information

Hamilton

Full name: Lewis Hamilton

Birthday: January 7, 1985

Birthplace: United Kingdom

Nationality: United Kingdom

Height: 1.75

Weight: 66KG

Residence: Switzerland

Debut: 2007.3.18 Australian GP

Marriage: Single

Team: McLaren

< p>Car model: MP4-26

Car number: 3

Brilliant record

Number of annual championships: 1 time

First time in F1 Grand Prix: 2007 Australian Grand Prix

Number of F1 Grand Prix entries: 89 times

Number of F1 Grand Prix appearances: 42

F1 Grand Prix winner Number of times: 17

Number of F1 Grand Prix pole positions: 18

F1 Grand Prix points accumulated: 748

Career

1991

Won the first racing victory with a wireless remote control car in the Blue Peter Competition

1995

Became the youngest ever British children’s karting champion

1996

Future Karting, Sky Terrace Kart Masters and Five Nations Karting Series Championship

1997

Transferred to Yamaha Junior category, winning Futures Series and Super Series titles

1998

Signed with the McLaren Young Driver Program, becoming the youngest driver to sign with an F1 team

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2000

Won the European Formula A championship, and won the World Cup and Masters championships in Bech, and was named the "Star of Hope" of the British Racing Drivers Club

< p>2001

Finished fifth in the British Formula Renault Winter Series

2002

Won the British Formula Renault Championship with three wins Finished third overall

2003

Won the British Formula Renault Championship with 10 wins, winning eight more races than the second place

< p>2004

Ranked fifth overall in the F3 European Series with one victory

2005

Won 15 of 20 races Won the F3 European Series Championship

2006

Participated in the GP2 Series for the first time and won the championship with five wins

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Driving a McLaren F1 car for the first time

November 24, 2006

Was confirmed as a driver for the 2007 McLaren team

June 11, 2007

Won the F1 championship for the first time in Montreal, Canada

2007

In his F1 debut During the season, he won 4 race championships, won pole position 6 times, and finished second in driver of the year with a difference of 109 points and one point.

2008

Won 5 race championships , won pole position 7 times, won the annual driver championship for the first time with an advantage of 98 points and one point

2009

Ranked fifth in the year with 49 points, won 2 times and 5 times On stage, pole position 4 times.

2010

Ranked fourth with 240 points, won 3 times, took the stage 9 times, and took pole position 1 time.

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External comments

Why he attracts so much attention Apart from occasionally seeing a few yellow faces, the 56-year history of the F1 Grand Prix It’s almost all a white racer’s world. But starting from the 2007 season, F1 will have the first black driver in history. On November 24, 2006, McLaren announced the 21-year-old British teenager Lewis. Hamilton and Alonso will form the team's main lineup next season. McLaren Youth Corps In fact, Hamilton’s appearance in F1 for McLaren was already expected. Just five days after becoming the new GP2 champion on September 8, 2006, Hamilton was given the opportunity to test for McLaren, and rumors of him becoming the first black driver in F1 history have persisted ever since. There was an uproar. In the end, McLaren did not loan him to a small team for a year as some rumors said, but directly promoted him to the position of F1's main driver. Hamilton revealed that this was confirmed on September 30. That day, Dennis invited Hamilton to his home. Also present was McLaren CEO Whitmarsh. Dennis said to him personally, "We have decided to use you as the main driver next year.

"Hamilton said that he just smiled at that time, but he was already elated. He finally realized his F1 dream. In fact, Hamilton has been a driver trained by McLaren for 9 years. At an award ceremony in 1997, he was Hamilton, who was only 12 years old, unexpectedly pulled Dennis, the team leader, to introduce himself, "Hello, I'm Lewis, I want an autograph. I still want to work for you in the future. Dennis gave him his mobile phone number and said with a smile: "When you win the world championship in the karting championship, come find me again." "Just a year later, Dennis heard Hamilton say to him, "I won the karting championship." Dennis did not break his promise and signed Hamilton. Since then, McLaren has always regarded the British as a training target, and he has lived up to expectations. He has won championships in all competitions he has participated in, including British Formula Renault and F3, as well as the 2006 GP2 championship. There is no doubt that after Schumacher retires, Hamilton will become a new hot spot in F1 next year. Paying close attention to the performance of F1's first black driver, and partnering with the two-time world champion Alonso, will only increase this attention. Hamilton said that he just wanted to use this opportunity to see himself and Alonso. What a difference there is. "The first year will be difficult, especially with Alonso. But I'm still young and I'm here with a learning attitude and I'm going to do my best on and off the track. It’s great to have a teammate who is a two-time world champion, very experienced and talented, and a few years older than me. He will help the team a lot and I want to learn from him. "The team also stated that it will not put too much pressure on the newcomer in terms of performance. Dennis hopes that Hamilton's goal is not to defeat Alonso, but to continuously improve himself. "He does not have to focus on results, but on how he performs. . As long as he continues to improve in the first few races, he has a chance to achieve good results. "The Hamilton family immigrated to the UK from Trinidad and Tobago very early. In order to support him in racing, the whole family has paid a lot. Hamilton's father Anthony said: "Sometimes I have to work three jobs at the same time. There was money to get him into racing. It's great to see him get the McLaren driver's seat now. "Hamilton is also very grateful to his stepmother Linda and brother Nicholas, "My family had to find various jobs to earn money for me. Without their support, I would not be where I am today. "Hamilton is considered by the British to be the "Tiger Woods of racing", and sponsors are also very optimistic about his Woods effect, but Hamilton said he does not feel any special pressure and is not worried that fans will care more about him. Skin color rather than grades, “I didn’t think about it that much. I came to McLaren for work, to do something I've wanted to do for years. I will focus on my work, no matter what anyone says. "Dennis also said, "I have always said to Hamilton, if one day you want to take advantage of your skin color, I will cause trouble for you. He must rely on his true ability to stand out. "According to Reuters, Finnish driver Kovalainen announced that he has signed a contract with McLaren. In the 2008 season, he will replace Alonso, who has returned to Renault, and partner with Hamilton." The unlucky one is McLaren's Spanish reserve Driver De La Rosa, he once hoped to advance to fill Alonso's vacancy, but with the arrival of Kovalainen, he can still only be the fate of "reserve driver" next year. After Hamilton became famous overnight last year, all we heard were positive voices and praise. Especially in the UK, he has been compared with figures such as Michael Schumacher, the seven-time F1 champion. But today, a year later, the situation has changed a lot. There has been constant negative news about him recently, such as the following comments about him by these three seniors! Niki Lauda: Hamilton is getting worse and worse! Hamilton's poor performance in Bahrain caused him to lose the top spot in the championship. Afterwards, he took the initiative to admit to the team his various problems at various stages of the race. Three-time world champion Niki Lauda has severely criticized the current state of the British super rookie. "At the moment, he doesn't strike me as anything positive. I thought he was going to get better and better this year, but it just kept getting worse and worse. He's just in terrible shape right now." Nikki - Lauda said. Villeneuve: Hamilton was disrespectful to Alonso! There is no need to go into details about the "friction" that occurred between Alonso and Hamilton last year. It was a story about a two-time world champion and a British super rookie *** who both played for a British team. Former F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve pointed out: The fledgling Hamilton should not have treated a two-time world champion with more experience than himself like that! British Super Rookie isn't giving the two-time World Champion enough respect! "Hamilton should have more respect for Alonso!" Villeneuve told a reporter from Gulf Times when participating in SPEEDCAR in Dubai. "I don't like that way of treatment. It was terrible to see something like that happen openly in the end. Very disappointing." Later, the 1997 world champion said that Hamilton should be as open-minded as he was when he first joined F1 in 1996 and partnered with his senior Damon Hill! "I put myself in a position to learn, and at the same time I wanted to learn. This is something Hamilton did not show when he was paired with the two-time world champion last year." Villeneuve continued.

Frentzen: Heidfeld is better than Hamilton. Former German F1 driver Frentzen believes that in terms of the prospects of the two teams McLaren and BMW-Sauber, he is more optimistic about the latter because the drivers of the Munich Legion are promoting the team. In terms of progress, it is better than that of Silver Arrow. "Why? Because Nick Heidfeld is better than Lewis Hamilton." Frentzen said in an interview with the German "Bild" in Bahrain, and then he further explained his views. "There are now three teams that are very close in strength. In this case, the driver will become more important in promoting the development of the team. In my opinion, it is obvious that Heidfeld is stronger." Frenzen finally said. A few days ago, according to a report from the British media "Daily Star", the Silver Arrows super rookie's autobiography published last year has encountered trouble in sales. To be precise, it is very bad. Hamilton's autobiography is called "My Story" and was officially launched in the UK on November 5 last year. This was a major commercial move he took after becoming famous "overnight" last season. It is reported that a publishing company named "HarperCollins" originally paid Hamilton at least US$2 million in royalties in advance, but now the company may be losing money. When the book first came on the market, it sold for 20 pounds, but sales dropped sharply after four months. The original article of "Daily Star" stated that "HarperCollins" branches in the UK have reduced the price to 99 pence. That's not all. In order to make room for the new book, 50,000 copies of Hamilton's autobiography were pulled from the shelves. "I'm not surprised that his (Hamilton) book is having trouble selling, considering the nonsense he said last year when he left his country because of the fans' intrusion." An F1 driver named Steve Barnes The car fan said in an interview with "Daily Star", and then the car fan's words were more direct. "I'm a huge fan, but even 99p is too much for such a disrespected fan," said Barnes, who was clearly still angry about Hamilton moving to Switzerland. The reason given by the British super rookie was to live a clean life without being disturbed by fans. "It's really hard to live a normal life (in the UK)," Hamilton said at the time. Of course, there are many people who praise and expect Hamilton. Former British world champion Hill said that he was happy for Hamilton's outstanding performance in winning. Hill believed that the 22-year-old driver performed very well in the game. Hill said: "This is a great win for Lewis. People should not judge him in such a short period of time and underestimate the heights he can reach. Yes, he joins a club. Very good team, but winning races is going to be down to his performance, race by race, and those are special. "In the first season, he may be young, but to get this kid is really special. A great signing. A lot of people are very old when they are successful in this sport, but he is good enough for such a young age and his performances in the past few weeks have already impressed British fans. "It's a lot of good news for the British racing community." Hill continued: "He is leading the F1 race and winning championships, so his ambitions will be as high as the sky. He has a great chance of winning the British Grand Prix. The winner of the tournament will be his on home soil and he has shown great ability to handle pressure, but we shouldn’t expect too much from him, but he has a good chance of becoming the winner of this year’s British race.” Schumacher also spoke out about Hamilton, saying, "I think really highly of him because I think what he's done in such a short period of time is unbelievable," Michael Schumacher told the British radio station BBC Speaking of. "Last year he and Alonso were often faster." Now, at only 23 years old, Hamilton is going full throttle for the F1 world championship for the second time. If last year's failure showed that he is still young and inexperienced, then if Hamilton wins the championship this time, he may become one of the best drivers in the world. In the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, Hamilton finished fifth, becoming the youngest world champion in F1 history at 23 years, 9 months and 26 days, and also the first black world champion [2].