Born and raised in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Hamilton joined the McLaren Young Driver Programme in 1998. This led to a Formula One drive with McLaren from 2007 to 2012, making him the first black driver to race in the series.
13-year-old
Some things are a little more obvious than others. In 1998, McLaren boss Ron Dennis signed a 13-year-old karting champ named Lewis Hamilton to the team's McLaren and Mercedes-Benz Young Driver Support Programme... with an extraordinary clause in the contract to sign him on to the McLaren F1 team
I was shocked back when he left McLaren
. He literally grew up there.
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