英语名人堂：刘易斯·汉密尔顿
2007年初登陆F1舞台便创下连续9站登领奖台的纪录，2007年以1分之差惜败，获得年度亚军。2008年成为F1史上首位夺取个人冠军的黑人车手。2010年、2012年、2013年获得年度第四名，2009年、2011年获得年度第五名。2014年再次获得F1世界冠军。职业生涯获得33次F1分站赛冠军[1] ，39次杆位，是F1现役最优秀的车手之一。2015年第三次夺得F1世界冠军[2] 。
Lewis Hamilton was born in England in 1985. He was named after American sprint champion Carl Lewis, so he was associated with speed even from when he was a baby. Perhaps it came as no surprise that Lewis got into racing of some sort. He won the Formula 1 World Championship in November 2008 to become F1’s youngest ever champion, at the age of 23.
Hamilton got into racing at a very young age. He loved radio-controlled cars. When he was seven, he came second in a national competition against adults. Lewis’ father knew his son had a special talent and bought him a go-kart. He began winning many championships and got a taste for bigger and faster things. He fell in love with Formula One.
When Lewis was just ten years old, he met the boss of the Formula 1 McLaren team Ron Dennis. Hamilton told him: "I want to race for you one day." He impressed Dennis and three years later Lewis joined McLaren’s Young Driver Support Programme. He won championships in formula two and three and became an F1 driver for McLaren in 2007.
Hamilton broke many records in his first season in Formula One and won many races. He finished second in the championship, missing out on the title by one point in his final race. He wasdetermined to win in 2008 and did just that, winning the title by a single point on the last corner in the last lap of the last race of the season.
