About Me
MyGen Profile Generator Lewis Hamilton at the McLaren Technology CentreLewis' career started in 1993 when he was 8 years old and by the age of 10 Lewis had won his first British Kart championship. A further four British Kart championships followed in 1996 and 1997. At the age of 13, Lewis was talent spotted and subsequently signed to the McLaren Driver Development Support programme by Ron Dennis, CEO and Chairman of McLaren Formula One. Lewis signed a long-term contract guaranteeing financial and technical support and including a future option for entry into Formula One. Lewis remains the only teenager ever to be signed by a Formula team at such an early age.Throughout 1998 to 2000 and with financial backing secured by McLaren, Lewis won European and World Karting titles and was crowned Karting World No. 1 in 2000 at the age of 15. Four years later, Lewis remains the youngest ever World Karting No.1. Following a successful Karting career, Lewis graduated to single-seater racing in 2002 in the Formula Renault single seater category and finished 3rd in his first full season of car racing. A second season of Formula Renault followed in 2003 with Lewis dominating the series and setting a championship record with 10 wins, 9 fastest laps and 11 pole positions and winning the championship two rounds before the final race. In 2004, Lewis raced in the highly competitive Formula 3 Euroseries championship on the same event card as the Germany DTM touring car championship. Racing for Manor Motorsport, a rookie team in Europe and Lewis in his first year of F3, Lewis finished 5th having taken a win at the Norisring plus four further podiums. In 2005, Lewis won the Formula 3 Euroseries championship racing for the dominant ASM team. In 2006, he joined ART Grand Prix team in the GP2 Series as a replacement for the previous year's champion Nico Rosberg. His performance in the GP2 Series has been impressive. At the European GP2 event he won both races, becoming only the second driver (after Nico Rosberg) to do so in the series history and won at Monaco from pole. At Silverstone Lewis went one better and scored his second double race win becoming the only driver in GP2 history to do so. Lewis is the current 2006 GP2 champion and is testing for F1 with McLaren.Career 2006 - GP2 Series - age 21 Champion (ART Grand Prix) - 5 wins 2005 - Formula 3 Euro Series - age 20 Champion - 15 wins, 10 fastest laps, 13 Pole positions (champion before final 4 races) Winner - F3 Marlboro Masters, Zandvoort - Pole position and lap record Winner - Monaco F3 Grand Prix - 2 Pole positions, 2 race wins, 1 fastest lap Winner - Pau F3 Grand Prix, France - 2 Pole positions, 2 race wins, 2 fastest laps 2004 - Formula 3 Euro Series - age 19 5th in Championship - 1 win, two 3rds Winner Bahrain F3 Superprix Winner race 1 Macau Grand Prix 2003 - Formula Renault UK - age 18 Champion - 10 wins, 9 fastest laps, 11 Pole positions (Champion before final two rounds) 2002 - Formula Renault UK - age 17 3rd Formula Renault UK Championship - 3 wins, 3 fastest laps, 3 Poles 2001 - Formula Renault - age 16 5th - Formula Renault Winter Series 2000 - Karting - Formula A - age 15 1st - World No. 1 1st - European Champion - Winner of all four rounds 1st - World Cup Champion - Japan 1st - Winner of Elf Masters, Paris Bercy, France Silverstone British Racing Drivers Club "Rising Star" Member Winner at the Second round of the Italian Open 1999 - Karting - Junior ICA and JICA - age 14 2nd - Vice European Champion - JICA 1st - Trophy de Pomposa winner - JICA 4th - Italian Open Championship - JICA 1st - Italian "Industrials" Champion - ICA 1998 - Karting - Junior ICA - age 13 2nd - McLaren Mercedes Champion of the Future 4th - Italian Open Championship 1997 Karting - Junior Yamaha - age 12 1st - McLaren-Mercedes Champion of the Future 1st - British Champion 1996 - Karting - Cadet - age 11 1st - McLaren-Mercedes Champion of the Future 1st - Sky TV Kart Masters Champion 1st - Five Nations Champion 1995 - Karting - Cadet - age 10 1st - British Champion 1st - STP Champion
