Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver who races in Formula One for Audi and came 7th in the 2009 Formula One Season. In 2005 he started his career with new entrant Red Bull and remained with them until the end of 2007 before switching to Audi who he will remain with for 2010.

Early life and junior career
Hamilton was born on 7 January 1985 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. He won in karts nationally, locally and worldwide. In cars he won Formula Renault 2.0 UK and he won the only Bahrain F3 Superprix and beat karting rival Nico Rosberg.

Red Bull (2005-2007)
Hamilton joined Red Bull for the 2005 Formula One Season alongside team mate Felipe Massa. In only his second race he finished on the podium in Tondela which was an excellent result. He also claimed another podium in Bahrain behind the 2 Ferrari cars. He finished 9th in the standings with 73 points which was 4 places behind team mate Massa.

In 2006 Hamilton renewed his contract with Red Bull. And although he was in machinery that could realistically win the title he finished 8th in the standings with a best result of 5th. Meanwhile team mate Massa finished 17 points behind World Champion Jenson Button.

2007 was way worse for the British driver as he only achieved 2 points finishes although one of those was a career best 2nd place finish at the Bahrain Grand Prix. It was 14th in the standings as Massa beat him thoroughly again as he finished 10th. Then the Red Bull team collapsed...

Audi (2008-Present)
In 2008 he signed with Audi and joined Kimi Raikkonen at the team which Hamilton labelled as a fresh beginning. However is was another season of struggles for him as he finished 14th in the standings for the 2nd year in a row and yet again his team mate was 4 spots higher in 10th. Hamilton's best finish was 6th place at the Ardennes Grand Prix.

In 2009 Hamilton had his best season to date with 3 2nd place finishes and another 3rd place on his way to 7th in the standings with 115 points. Hamilton was overtaken by Robert Kubica at the final round in Brazil. He was beaten by his team mate for the 5th time in a row and in every year it wasn't even close. Despite this, in September 2009 it was announced that Hamilton would be staying with the team for another year.

Hamilton hopes that with Audi in 2010 things will finally improve for him...