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Lewis Hamilton is a British racing driver. After winning several karting championships, Hamilton was signed by McLaren on a development contract at the age of 12. This has given him invaluable support for his racing career. He has also raced in British Formula Renault in his career, and was European kart champion in 2000.
He later won the 2005 Formula Three Euroseries racing for the dominant ASM team, having raced in the category in 2004 for Manor Motorsport using the superior Mercedes engine. In 2006, he joined ART Grand Prix team in the GP2 Series as a replacement for the previous year's champion Nico Rosberg. His performance in the GP2 Series has been impressive. At the European GP2 event he won both races, becoming only the second driver (after Nico Rosberg) to do so in the series history and won at Monaco from pole. At the moment he leads the championship, outperforming his more experienced team mate Alexandre Premat.
He has frequently been tipped to be the first black driver in Formula 1, possibly as early as 2007 . McLaren boss Ron Dennis has said that he has turned down possible advertising campaigns focusing on Lewis' ethnicity.
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