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My Take
Lewis Hamilton interests me less as a statistic than as a study in refusing to settle. Seven world titles, more wins and poles than anyone, a knighthood — most drivers would coast on that. Instead he uprooted himself to Ferrari at an age when legacies usually calcify, gambling comfort for one more story. I respect equally what he does outside the cockpit, speaking bluntly about diversity in a sport that long pretended the issue did not exist. You can debate his methods, but not his consistency of purpose. The boy from Stevenage built the rarest kind of greatness — the kind that keeps risking itself.
Overview
Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver who competes in Formula One for Ferrari. Hamilton has won a joint-record seven Formula One World Drivers' Championship titles—tied with Michael Schumacher—and holds the records for most wins (105), pole positions (104), and podium finishes (205), among others.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lewis Hamilton
- Name (Japanese)
- ルイス・ハミルトン
- Reading
- るいす・はみるとん
- Born
- January 7, 1985 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Ox
- Origin
- Stevenage, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 174 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- Formula One driver / racing automobile driver
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Member of the Order of the British Empire
- 2008 Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year
- 2020 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award
- 2020 Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year
- 2020 L'Équipe Champion of Champions
- 2007 Segrave Trophy
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Formula One driver — see all → · Racing automobile driver — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.