| F1 driver Lewis Hamilton is the best thing to happen | | | | focus. |
| to British motor sport since Damon Hill over a decade | | | | Lewis Hamilton's driving style was epitomised during |
| ago. Lewis Hamilton is set to become the next world | | | | his rookie year in the GP2 series - the step below F1, |
| superstar figure in F1 racing and will surely cross into | | | | when he first came to the attention of the wider |
| all sporting arenas. The future stature of Lewis | | | | motor racing world. Lewis has always shown |
| Hamilton, the first black racing driver to make it to | | | | consistent speed, but he has developed into a gritty, |
| the very top, and his potential world wide recognition | | | | courageous driver with a smooth driving style and |
| has been compared to that of Tiger Woods - just | | | | has drawn comparisons to racing drivers from a |
| look at the impact Tiger Woods has had on not only | | | | bygone era. Lewis Hamilton has a ruthless winning |
| the world of golf but also the worldwide sporting | | | | mentality which, when combined with his courage and |
| sphere beyond golf. | | | | breathtaking speed makes him a formidable racer and |
| From an early age, Lewis Hamilton showed great | | | | it is little surprise that he has made such an impact on |
| promise as a motor racing driver. He started out in | | | | the F1 racing scene in his rookie season. |
| kart racing aged 8 and was signed up to the McLaren | | | | Before it was revealed that Lewis Hamilton would |
| young drivers programme at the age of 13. In his | | | | join Formula 1 in 2007 as team mate to Fernando |
| early racing career Lewis Hamilton won a string of | | | | Alonso, who has won two world championships, F1 |
| titles, with comprehensive victories in the European | | | | commentators were split as to whether his |
| F3 and World GP2 championships. | | | | temperament would be able to withstand the |
| Lewis is a friendly, likeable, driver who really has his | | | | pressure of being hailed as the best young driver in |
| head screwed on right. He has shown with his | | | | F1. Up to now Lewis Hamilton is confounding all the |
| successes through the early years of his career that | | | | critics, and has the necessary strength of character |
| he is a born winner and can withstand the toughest | | | | to handle the pressure that comes with success and |
| of circumstances both on and off the circuit, | | | | the fact he is a pioneering black driver in F1 racing. |
| maintaining a calm demeanour and not losing his | | | | |