Everything You Need To Know About Lewis Hamilton

Known for his driving name Lewis Hamilton, the British greatest ever driver is relishing his career in F1 as he continues to dominate the car racing world with his astonishing achievement and victories.

Though he is racing to ensure that he overlaps the new force of nature, Max Verstappen in order to claim the driver’s world championship despite having to race against the odds at+165 odds according to the F1 best bet to scoop the championship for the record of eight-time in his career.

In fact, the lightening driver is alone at the top as the driver with the most racing victory in the history of Formula-1, while he holds numerous awards and achievements in the game to buttress his landslide victories.

But there are so many that Hamilton’s fans wish more to know about the proven winner – because he may very be the most successful and famous driver of the Formula-1 in his generation, it doesn’t mean that his fans and the world at large know the detail of him despite his popularity.

Who is Lewis Hamilton?

The British driver is one of the best drivers in the history of the Formula 1 racing with so many laurel and victories to back his claim as the greatest driver not for his generation alone but in the entire rich history of the Formula 1 that have to produce infamous and legendary driver such as Felipe Massa, Fernando Alonso, Micheal Schumacher and many more among the few that had taken the game to the greater height.

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The British driver was born on January 7, 1985, to a family of mixed race as his father Anthony Hamilton is of Grenadian black descent while his mother, Carmen Larbalestier is white.   His family separated when he was just 2 years and his life began to take a toll as he was forced to live with his mother and her new family, coupled with his dad and new family too.

Lewis Hamilton in the ruptured of broken family found solace in car racing as he began his driving career when he was just about eight years old – and winning the British Kart Championship when he was 10 years old signifies the importance of what is yet to come in the future and he was signed into McLaren three years later when he was 13 years in 1998 where he was provided with enough support and backing to train and develop into the finest driver he is today.

Although while he was younger, he had to deal with the issue of racism because he was the only driver among his peer but he rose beyond the pinnacle of racism to shine bright throughout the world.

In fact, he won European and World Karting championship Freon 1998 – 2000, not so long after he was signed by McLaren – as he became the youngest ever driver to be ranked number one in Karting at the age of 15 years.

After his Karting domination, the young Hamilton decided to test his strength in Car racing – and he captures the British Formula Renault race series championship by surprise as he won 20 out of the 15 races he participated in 2003 at 18 years of age while he rapidly progressed his career to Formula-3 in the following year although making some adjustments to his routing and life, he, however, won the competition not in his first attempt in 2004 but in the following year.

Moreover, he joined the GrandPrix-2 team in 2006 where he fiercely competed in the races that prepare drivers for Formula-1 – he however won in style in the only season in the series he competed in GP-2 which is enough for him to be called by McLaren into their 2007 F1 team.

The serial winner in his rookie year came second in the world drivers’ championship coming off by just a point behind the winner, Finland’s Kimi Räikkönen in 2007 – as his four races triumph in the same year equaled Jacques Villeneuve’s F1 record for the most win of any rookie in the game.

And he quickly substituted for this by winning the 2008 world drivers’ championship by a margin to which he was defeated in his rookie year, one point – becoming the then youngest driver to achieve such feat until Sebastián Vettel in 2010.

But in his next four years as an F1 driver, while he represents McLaren, Hamilton never won the world drivers’ Championship again – though he scores high on each racing season while he continued to be one of the top drivers on the F1 circuit, as he scores podium finishes and race victories winning two races in 2009, three in 2010, three in 2011, and four in 2012. But call it to quit with McLaren in September 2012in order to join the Mercedes-Benz F1 team.

He, however, found it difficult to lay his bearing in order in his first season with the Mercedes while winning just one race in 2013, he managed to finish the season among the top five drivers which makes it his seventh time achieving such stand in his career.

However in the following year, the magical driver found his lost mojo as Lewis Hamilton dominated the World Series in grand style winning his career-high races at 11 victories to capture his second world drivers’ championship – and as 2024, his 2015 shared the same story he won his third world drivers’ championship but doing so with one month to spare in the driving series.

In a more emphatic manner, his Mercedes team won the Formula-1 constructor’s championship due to Niko Roseberg outstanding performance in 2015 with which it retained 2016 despite Hamilton falling behind on his two previous season successes as the world drivers’ championship winner while settling for the second spot only behind his Mercedes teammate.

In fact, the second spot in 2016 behind his teammate could have propelled Hamilton to further advance his dominance in 2017

The Briton won nine races of the season’s series to claim his fourth world drivers championship victory –and in 2018, Hamilton quickly establishes his authority in the season as he won his fifth world drivers’ championship as he went ahead in the same to tie Juan Manuel Fangio as the second-highest championship winner behind only Micheal Schumacher in F1 history and in the following season, he was arguably challenged as he further moves closer with another championship victory in the bag.

However, in 2020, the British most decorated driver set up some riffle of debate as to which personality will be the greatest driver when he tied Michael Schumacher on seven championship victories – while he further put his authority in asphalt as he became the driver with the most racing victories in the process with 91 races victories.

Although, he is currently battling Max Verstappen for the championship he had dominated from 2017 to 2020 despite falling behind in second place with four points.

Other things to know about Lewis Hamilton

Passion for piano: the Briton had been caught on numerous occasions establishing a bond with the musical tone instrument as a means to pass to judiciously his spare time.

Time on the song: while he is not a rockstar, his passion for music might have driven his piano passion but it is rumored that Hamilton had recorded countless songs. No wonder he spends his spare time with the piano. He however feature in a song with Christina Aguilera in 2018.

A movies star: so many fans of the Briton might know that the affluence driver had a holly career – as he featured in Disney Pixar movie, and Cars 2, with which the seven times drivers champion voicing the British representative in the World Grand Prix.

A pizza freak: his love for pizza might have driven him to have a pizza-eating race with his teammate, Nico Rosberg.

A religious guy: brought up as a catholic man, Hamiltoncertainly lives for fairness and equality despite his bad-bod driver and cocky nature he posses. Because of his religious manor – he always wears his cross around every time. In fact, he further emphasizes this while he was interviewed by MailOnline in 2007 that “I really believe that my talent is God-given. I know I’m truly blessed. But I’ve also worked hard to get to where I am – and becoming world champion will make me work even harder.”

In love with his career: Hamilton’s love for himself and passion for his job is second to none as he mostly focuses and thinks about himself in those moments he blogs racing. Even his ex-girlfriend claimed that his passion for racing is the reason behind their separation because the champion focuses more on his relationship with his career as he didn’t pay enough attention to her.

The only driver to win the race every year he competes: Having to win the race as the driver with most victories in F1 while sharing a podium with Schumacher. The Briton is the only driver to have won at least a race I. Every year he competes in Formula-1.

Net worth

Lewis Hamilton is a British F1 driver for the Mercedes F1 team who has a net worth of roughly $300 million. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport, while he shares the podium of the most World Drivers’ Championship victory with Michael Schumacher and he stands alone as the driver with the most racing victories in F1.

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However, he remains one of the most highest-paid F1 drivers in the world, a feat that comes from a scintillating career evolve with many victories and championship titles, but the black Englishman makes $55 million, in an average revenue – while the majority of which comes from his Mercedes contract that pays more than $40 million per year.

The Stevenage-born driver earned around $50 million from endorsements and prize money between 2016 and 2017, and between 2017 till 2018, he further earned $53 million. But in his latest contract extension with Mercedes in 2021, the 36-year-old Briton has been further assured to earn around $55.8 million. In fact, Hamilton became the wealthiest British sportsperson in 2015 when he became the best-paid driver in the history of Formula One.