Lewis Hamilton: The Story of Life

World racing interesting for many, because it combines all the things that people love speed, striking sight, intrigue, emotion. "Formula 1", the most prestigious races in the world are considered races on tracks. In these luxury car races take part the most titled and experienced riders, one of which is Lewis Hamilton. That's about it and will be discussed in this article.

The Birth and Family

The future star of motor racing was born in the UK, a small town called Stevenage 7 January 1985. Pope athlete - Anthony Hamilton - is a native of Grenada, and my mother - Larbalestir Carmen - a native of Britain.

Parents rider divorced when their child was two years old. As a result, Lewis Hamilton was left to live with his mother and his half-sisters. And at age 12, the young man began to live with his father and stepmother.

sporting path Start

At the age of six, our hero was presented with a radio-controlled car and within a year was able to win a national championship BRCA. This victory resulted in the young Briton in karting, he became involved in the local carting circuit. In the near future Lewis Hamilton started to win first titles in karting champion. And in ten years the autograph, he took the head of McLaren Ron Dennis. This introduction and successful performance of the athlete have led to the fact that in 1998 he became a member of the support of young drivers program, which involved the head of the "stable".

The path to the top of

In 2000, Lewis Hamilton, whose biography is discussed in this article, won the European championship in karting and has appeared in the "Formula of Renault," two years later. In this championship in the first year he was able to take third place, and in the next season and does become the best in this class.

In 2004, the British moved in the Euroseries "Formula 3". In it he managed to win one race and finish the season in fifth position. In addition, he won the race in Bahrain and Macau.

Go to the "Formula 1"

Successful performances have not gone unnoticed by the bosses of the strongest racing league in the world, and in 2007, Lewis signed a contract with McLaren team mate and becomes the legendary racer Fernando Alonso.

the debut race for the British turned the Australian Grand Prix, where he managed to qualify fourth and finish third at all. At the race in Malaysia athlete again he started fourth and finished the race with the fastest lap in the race. In Bahrain, Hamilton was able to take the second step of the podium.

At the Hungarian Grand Prix, our hero started from pole position, which he received after a highly controversial development. Then Alonso showed the best time, but due to blockage of Lewis at the pit stop was fined, which eventually brought the British into the lead. The team, in turn, was also fined deprivation points.

In 2008, Lewis Hamilton signed a new contract with McLaren-Mercedes on the amount of many millions. And already in the first race of the season I was able to take first place. In general, the season for the British ended very successfully, since he managed to win the league title to become the youngest champion of the Royal race at the time, as well as the first champion, having black skin. In the 2009 season racing driver Lewis Hamilton was planning to defend his title, but he did not succeed, and in the final championship standings he finished only fifth place. This is largely due to the large number of technical problems that plagued him in the course of the season.

The following year, the Briton has a new partner - the champion in 2009 Jenson Button. In that season, Lewis once again got to the championship title and took fourth place in the championship. In fact, in 2011 and 2012 can not be called successful for Hamilton because he again failed to take the palm.

Go to the Mercedes

In 2013, the British became a member of the team Mercedes. In the course of the season the Briton managed to at least once to win the race - it was in Hungary. The asset can be brought Canadian Grand Prix (third place), Belgium (third place). And during the race in Japan and he did fizzled. As a result, fourth place in the championship at the end of the season.

However, in 2014, Lewis once again soared to the top. A series of successful performances has led to the fact that he was able to become a double champion, "Formula 1".

More triumphant appeared in 2015, when the Briton literally "broke" all of his opponents, and once again become the winner of the championship, thus becoming, already a three-time champion of the Royal race.

Professional skill

Hamilton considered almost the best racer of modern times. But at the same time his style of riding quite aggressive and hard, which often leads to its premature descent from the track during the race. For this Briton regularly criticized. In general, the driving style of Lewis is considered similar to the style of driving of the late Ayrton Senna now. Another strong side of the champion is considered qualified because of his career he has 60 times won the pole position, which is the third result in the history of racing.

Life

In 2007, Lewis Hamilton and Nicole Scherzinger - member of the American pop group Pussycat Dolls - began their relationship. Their first break in relations occurred in January 2010, but soon they became a couple again. However, in 2011, they again broke their connection, but once again reunited in 2012. The final separation of the rider and the singer happened in 2015. After that, the Briton was attributed to a lot of novels. But in the summer of 2015 it became known that the driver again obzavolsya pair Lewis Hamilton and his girlfriend Rihanna (American singer) were observed in Barbados.