CARJAM TV - Subscribe Here Now http://www.youtube.com/carjamradio Like Us Now On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CarjamTV For The World's Best Car Videos Website: http://www.carjamtv.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/carjamtv Tumblr: http://www.carjamtv.tumblr.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CarjamTV Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/carjamtv/carjam-tv/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/CarjamRadio Lewis Hamilton MBE (born 7 January 1985) is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the Mercedes AMG team. Lewis Hamilton is the 2008 Formula One World Champion. Lewis Hamilton was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire.[3] In December 1995, at the age of ten, he approached McLaren team principal Ron Dennis at the Autosport Awards ceremony and told him, "I want to race for you one day ... I want to race for McLaren." Less than three years later McLaren and Mercedes-Benz signed Lewis Hamilton to their Young Driver Support Programme.[4] After winning the British Formula Renault, Formula Three Euroseries, and GP2 championships on his way up the racing career ladder, Lewis Hamilton drove for McLaren in 2007, making his Formula One debut 12 years after his initial encounter with Dennis. Lewis Hamilton's contract for the McLaren driver development program made him the youngest ever driver to secure a contract which later resulted in a Formula One drive. Lewis Hamilton coming from a mixed background, with a black father and white mother, Lewis Hamilton is often labelled "the first black driver in Formula One", although Willy T. Ribbs tested a Formula One car in 1986. Lewis Hamilton is also the first driver of black African heritage to win a major race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in any discipline. In Lewis Hamilton's first season in Formula One, Hamilton set numerous records, while finishing second in the 2007 Formula One Championship, just one point behind Kimi Räikkönen. Lewis Hamilton won the World Championship the following season. In October 2007, Lewis Hamilton announced his intention to live in Switzerland, stating that this was because he wished to get away from the media scrutiny that he experienced living in the United Kingdom. Lewis Hamilton admitted under questioning on the television show Parkinson, which was broadcast on 10 November 2007, that taxation was partly responsible for his decision, in addition to wanting more privacy. Lewis Hamilton received public criticism from UK MPs including Liberal Democrat MP Bob Russell for avoiding UK taxes. Lewis Hamilton settled in Luins in Vaud canton on Lake Geneva;[181] other Formula One drivers, including world champions Michael Schumacher, Kimi Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso, also live in Switzerland. Lewis Hamilton was one of several super-rich figures whose tax arrangements were singled out for criticism in a report by the charity Christian Aid in 2008. n November 2007, Lewis Hamilton started dating Nicole Scherzinger, the lead singer of the American girl band Pussycat Dolls; it was announced in January 2010 that they split up to focus on their respective careers, however they were seen together at the 2010 Turkish Grand Prix[184] and at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, on 13 June 2010.[185] In October 2011, it was announced that Lewis Hamilton and Scherzinger had split up.[186] The couple reunited in 2012, but in July 2013 a spokeswoman for Scherzinger confirmed that the relationship was over. At the start of 2012, Lewis Hamilton moved his personal residence from Switzerland to Monaco. At the start of 2013, Lewis Hamilton took delivery of a metallic red and black Bombardier Challenger 600 series private jet, Lewis Hamilton's tail plate number G-LCDH, which is managed for him by TAG Aviation. Lewis Hamilton was awarded an MBE by the Queen in the 2009 New Year Honours. On 18 March 2009, Madame Tussauds unveiled a waxwork of Lewis Hamilton in his Vodafone McLaren Mercedes race suit. This wax replica cost around £150,000 and took over six months to complete.[192] In 2012, Lewis Hamilton featured in the cartoon Tooned, alongside Jenson Button and comedian Alexander Armstrong. On 18 December 2007, Lewis Hamilton was suspended from driving in France for a month after being caught speeding at 196 km/h (122 mph) on a French motorway. His Mercedes-Benz CLK was also impounded. Two days before the 2010 Australian Grand Prix, Victoria Police witnessed Lewis Hamilton "deliberately losing traction" in his silver Mercedes-AMG C63, and impounded the car for 48 hours. Lewis Hamilton immediately released a statement of apology for "driving in an over-exuberant manner". Lewis Hamilton After being charged with intentionally losing control of a vehicle, Lewis Hamilton was eventually fined A$500 (£288), being described as a "Hoon" [boy racer] by the magistrate. Lewis Hamilton wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton

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