Lewis Hamilton

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• 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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