- Born
- 07.01.85
- Team
- McLaren
- F1 career
- Yet to start
- Last year
- Did not compete
Can Lewis Hamilton fulfil all the expectations placed on him in his first year of Grand Prix racing? He's already made a superb start with three consecutive podium placings entering the European season fresh from having dominated GP2 in 2006.
Not only is he Britain's greatest hope for a generation, but as Formula 1's first-ever black driver, he carries an extra pressure - but if it affects him, he's doing a fantastic job of hiding it.
Hamilton will benefit immensely from having been in the McLaren 'family' for half his life already, having first been taken on as protege by Ron Dennis as an 11-year-old, and has already had a year of solid testing experience.
He undoubtedly has the potential to be a future world champion, and no-one should be shocked by the way he has taken to GP racing and matched world champion Fernando Alonso. A race win cannot be far away.
