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McLaren Mercedes

  • Base: Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom
  • Team Principal(s): Martin Whitmarsh
  • Chassis: McLaren MP4-26
  • Engine: Mercedes-Benz
  • Tyres: Pirelli

History

  • Latest Race: 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
  • Race Victories: 169
  • Pole Positions: 146
  • 2010 Position: 2nd (454 points)

Team

  • Technical Director(s): Paddy Lowe
  • Race Drivers: 3. Lewis Hamilton 4. Jenson Button
  • Test Driver: Gary Paffett
  • Competing: Formula 1

Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton
  • DOB: 7 January 1985 (1985-01-07) (age 26)
  • Nationality: British
  • 2011 Team: McLaren–Mercedes
  • 2011 Car No: 3
  • Races: 71
  • Championships: 1 (2008)
  • Wins: 14
  • Podiums: 36
  • Career Points: 496
  • Pole Positions: 18
  • Fastest Laps: 8
  • First Race: 2007 Australian Grand Prix
  • First Win: 2007 Canadian Grand Prix
  • Last Win: 2010 Belgian Grand Prix
  • Last Race: 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
  • 2010 Position: 4th (240 points)

Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE, born 7th January 1985 in Stevenage Great Britain, began his career karting in 1993. At the age of 10 he approached Ron Dennis of McLaren for an autograph and told him his name and his plans to be one of his race drivers. After racing in Formula Renault and Formula 3 he quickly entered Formula 1 in 2007.In his rookie year Lewis was runner-up in the championship and the following year went one better to clinch a thrilling finale to a great season.


Career summary

Season Series Team Name No. Races Poles Wins Pts Final Placing
2000 World Formula A Championship TeamMBM.com (CRG/Parilla) 1 0 n/a DNF
European Formula A Championship TeamMBM.com (CRG/Parilla) 9 5 75 1st
Formula A World Cup TeamMBM.com (CRG/Parilla) 1 1 n/a 1st
2001 Formula Super A World Championship TeamMBM.com (Parolin/Parilla) 15 10 0 0 28 15th
2002 Formula Renault UK Manor Motorsport 25 13 3 3 274 3rd
2003 Formula Renault UK Manor Motorsport 3 15 11 10 419 1st
2004 Formula Three Euroseries Manor Motorsport 35 20 1 1 69 5th
2005 Formula Three Euroseries ASM Formule 3 1 20 11 15 172 1st
2006 GP2 Series ART GP 2 21 1 5 114 1st
2007 Formula 1 McLaren Mercedes 2 17 6 4 109 2nd
2008 Formula 1 McLaren Mercedes 22 18 7 5 98 1st
2009 Formula 1 McLaren Mercedes 1 17 4 2 49 5th
edit] Complete GP2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2006 ART GP VAL FEA 2 VAL SPR 6 SAN FEA DSQ SAN SPR 10 EUR FEA 1 EUR SPR 1 ESP FEA 2 ESP SPR 4 MCO FEA 1 GBR FEA 1 GBR SPR 1 FRA FEA 19 FRA SPR 5 GER FEA 2 GER SPR 3 HUN FEA 10 HUN SPR 2 TUR FEA 2 TUR SPR 2 ITA FEA 3 ITA SPR 2 1st 114

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