Lewis Hamilton: career world champion

Lewis Hamilton - the famous British racing driverFormula-1. Now he stands for the team "Mercedes", the contract with which the pilot signed in 2013. Lewis is not married. In the press often there were rumors about the romantic relationship between Lewis Hamilton and Rihanna, but the racer repeatedly stated that he had been familiar with the famous singer for a long time, and they are just friends.

Carier start

Lewis was born in 1985. At the age of 11, he began to go in for karting, like most Formula One racers. In 2001 he took part in the winter Formula Renault series. Hamilton drove four races and took the overall 5th place, not winning a single medal.

Debut and title

In 2007, in his first race Hamiltonwon bronze. Everyone was shocked by the British debut. But that was only the beginning. At the Malaysian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton became second, then he won silver in Bahrain, Spain and Monaco. The sixth and seventh stages of Formula-1 became for the pilot "gold". For the first time at the highest level, Lewis set foot in Canada, and the second time - in the US. Further, Hamilton won bronze in France and the UK. After that, there was a failure - 9th place at the grand prix of Europe. After the failure, Lewis Hamilton immediately managed to win - the grand prix in Hungary brought the pilot the third gold in his career.

Then for three stages the Briton could notwin once, only once finishing second. In Japan, Lewis Hamilton once again managed to win. The 16th Grand Prix of the season, which was held in China, became a disaster for the athlete. The pilot could not finish the race and significantly complicated himself the fight for the title of champion. In the last race of the season in one of the turns the car of Hamilton has decayed. As a result, he took seventh place, which did not allow him to become the champion of Formula 1 in the debut season.

But the champion did not have to wait long for the British. Already in the next season he was able to win Formula-1. After the victory in Australia, Lewis took the 5th place in Malaysia, he was on the 13th place in Bahrain. After that, he was able to return to the podium. The 3 rd, 2 nd and 1 rd places were taken by the rider in Spain, Turkey and Monaco respectively. After retiring during the Grand Prix in Canada and 10th place on the haul in France, Hamilton was able to win 4 podiums, 2 of which became gold, in five subsequent races. Lewis won his last victory in the championship season in China. 98 points allowed the British to win the overall standings.

The second and third championships

For the next five seasons, Lewis Hamilton did notfolded. He finished the season three times the fourth and twice the fifth. In just 5 seasons, the racer was able to win 13 wins. In 2014, Hamilton was able to regain the title of champion of Formula 1.

Grand prix in Australia Lewis could not get toend, but then won 4 wins to the series. At the sixth stage, which took place in Monaco, Hamilton became the second. In Canada, he could not finish for the second time this season. Next was the grand prix of Austria, where Lewis Hamilton became a silver medalist. Another victory was won in his native Britain, followed by 3 third places. In Belgium, the Briton again got off the track, but then was able to win 6 stages out of 7. 384 points made Hamilton a two-time champion of Formula 1.

A year later he won the Formula-1 for the second timesuccessively, having won 10 wins. For two seasons the Briton only once failed to climb the podium, if you do not take into account the race in which he did not finish. Last season, the Briton won 10 stages and became the second in the standings. This year, Lewis Hamilton is on the second place after 4 stages.

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