Collector Hamilton - 2007: A rookie quasi-champion

By a single small point, Lewis Hamilton lost the championship that was within his reach in his first year in the premier category. If the fault is partly due to an XXL rivalry with his teammate Fernando Alonso, it remains that this season attests to his extraordinary talent. His rivals have been warned.

Published on 17/11/2024 à 13:00

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Collector Hamilton – 2007: A rookie quasi-champion

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"His career will be phenomenal, he will be world champion, it's just a matter of time." It is with these dithyrambic words that the n°2 of McLaren, Martin Whitmarsh, described the feat achieved by Lewis Hamilton for his first Grand Prix in Formula 1. It must be said that the Briton's performance at the start of the season in Australia is enough to give the lie to the most perplexed. A fourth time in qualifying was followed the next day by a 3rd place on the podium, behind two mastodons of the paddock - excuse me for saying so -: Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari, 1st) and Fernando Alonso (2nd), his double world champion of co�