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At age 22 in the 2007 Australian Gran Prix in Albert Park driving for McLaren-Mercedes Lewis started his F1 carreer. In his debut season he scored many podiums and wins,most notably the Japanese Gran Prix where he came out the best in treacherous conditions.He almost won that years title but due to gearbox issues at the start of the race he lost out to Kimi Raikonnen by just 1 point. The next year,2008 was a completely different story. Lewis was there to win but one slight problem was that the Ferraris were faster,but he succeded becoming the youngest F1 world champion by one point to Massa. This time he won 5 times ironically to Massa's 6 but his consistency proved vital at the last round in Interlagos,Brazil. Massa winning that race by 13 seconds to second place Fernando Alonso. Hamilton that time had been overtaken by Sebastian Vettel and would lose the championship in the tiebreaker had it not been for Timo Glock gambling staying on the dry tires with the rain intensifying with the infamous phrase by Martin Brundle "is that glock? is that glock going slowly?" Timo Glock after the race was asked if McLaren had paid him but that was not the case. Glock had lost grip on his dry tires on the wet weather and the two drivers (sebastian vettel and lewis hamilton) had caught up with him on the last corner and with Glock missing tire grip Hamilton stormed to the line to claim his first world championship tittle.
by Sbinnala master November 22, 2021