Lewis Hamilton's career profile from when he first broke into the public eye to narrowly missing out on the 2017 F1 world title. <br /> <br />Aged 10 Hamilton approached McLaren boss Ron Dennis and said he wanted to race for the team. <br /> <br />Joined McLaren’s youth programme aged 13 and just 12 years on from first meeting Dennis made his F1 debut in 2007. <br /> <br />Hamilton became the then-youngest F1 world champion in 2008. <br /> <br />A switch to Mercedes in 2013 paid off by winning the 2014 and 2015 F1 world titles <br /> <br />Narrowly missed out on a third straight and fourth overall world title to Nico Rosberg in 2016 by 5 points. <br /> <br />Did you know <br /> <br />- To date he has won at least 1 race and had 1 pole position in every F1 season he has contested <br />- In 2016 he claimed the unfancied record of most wins in a season without claiming the F1 world title (10) <br />- In July 2016 Hamilton became the 1st driver to win 4 F1 races in a calendar month <br /> <br /> <br />Visit the Crash.Net website here - http://www.crash.net <br /> <br />Follow us on social media <br /> <br />Twitter: https://twitter.com/CRASH_NET
