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There is talent in Formula One and then there is stunning talent. Lewis Hamilton has stormed onto the scene in his first few years in the championship and clearly should be considered a stunning talent to watch both now and for years to come.
Lewis Hamilton drives for Mercedes McLaren with whom he has be associated for a very long time. He became the youngest Formula 1 driver's champion ever with his season victory in 2008. His ascent to the position, however, has been planned for a very long time.
Lewis Carl Hamilton was born on January 1, 1985 in Stevenage, England. He was named after the American Olympian Carl Lewis with the two names being switched. At the age of 13, he entered the McLaren Mercedes young driver program and he was on the path to ultimate glory. In the nine years between joining the program and becoming a driver in Formula 1, he would win multiple championships including the GP2, British Formula Renault and European Formula Three championships.
2007 saw Hamilton join the McLaren Mercedes F1 team proper. He was brought in at the same time as Fernando Alonso, the reigning two time world champion. To say it was a volatile mix would be a slight understatement. Things started smoothly, but degraded quickly and by the end of the season the two drivers appeared just as likely to try to drive one another off the track as to win a race. Perhaps fittingly, the two finished in a tie for second place as Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen swiped the title in the last race.
2008 was a time of more peace for Hamilton. He won the pour struggle and Alonso left the team. With the addition of a weaker second driver, Heikki Kovalainen, Hamilton was free to focus on races and not team battles. The results showed it as he claimed his first driver's championship and did it at an age younger than any other champion. It was a crowning glory after the tumultuous year of 2007.
For all his amazing advances, Hamilton is not without his critics. He has shown that he does not handle pressure well on the big stage. In 2007, he made brutal mistake after mistake to throw away a large championship. Although he won the championship in 2008, he nearly threw it way with some mysteriously bad driving. Had he not passed a Toyota driving on slicks in the rain on the last lap of the Brazilian Grand Prix, he again would have lost the championship in what could only be considered a major choke job.
2009 really will be the standard bearer for Lewis Hamilton. Critics and Admirers alike wait to see whether we have another Michael Schumacher on our hands or a one off driver. Part of the role of a F1 driver is to develop the car. With massive rule changes, the teams are all starting more or less from scratch in 2009. Hamilton's driving is beyond question. Now he must prove he can develop a car like the great drivers.
Starting in Australia in March, we shall find out quickly.
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