Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver. He presently contends in Formula One for Mercedes, having actually previously driven for McLaren from 2007 to 2012. In Formula One, Hamilton has actually won a joint-record seven Globe Drivers Championship titles (connected with Michael Schumacher), and also holds the documents for the most success (100 ), post settings (101 ), as well as platform finishes (176 ), amongst others. Birthed as well as increased in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Hamilton joined the McLaren young driver program in 1998. This caused a Solution One drive with McLaren in 2007, making Hamilton the first, and also so far only, black vehicle driver to race in the series. That season, Hamilton set numerous records as he completed runner-up to Kimi Räikkönen by one point. The adhering to period, he won his first title in remarkable fashion-- making a critical overtake on the last lap of the last race of the period-- to end up being the th...