Lewis Hamilton is a British racing driver. Throughout his career in the grassroots categories, he won the Formula Renault 2.0 UK Championship (2003), Bahrain Superprix (2004), Formula 3 Euro Series Championship (2005), the Masters of Formula 3 Race (2005) and GP2 Series Championship (2006). In his Formula One career, Hamilton has won seven world titles, a record shared with German driver Michael Schumacher.
Formula One
World titles
Wins
Key:
- No. â Victory number; for example, "1" signifies Hamilton's first race win.
- Race â Race number in Hamilton's Formula One career; for example "15" signifies Hamilton's 15th Formula One race.
- Grid â The position on the grid from which Hamilton started the race
- Margin â Margin of victory, given in the format of minutes:seconds.milliseconds
- â Driver's Championship winning season.
Podiums
Pole positions
Records
GP2 Series
Wins
Podiums
Awards
- Autosport British Club Driver of the Year: 2003
- Autosport Rookie of the Year: 2006, 2007
- Autosport International Racing Driver Award: 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
- Autosport British Competition Driver of the Year: 2007, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022
- GQ Sportsman of the Year: 2007, 2014, 2015
- Segrave Trophy for Unprecedented Achievements in Debut Season in the FIA Formula One World Championship: 2007
- BRDC Gold Star Award, Era Club Trophy, Graham Hill Trophy, Richard Seaman Trophy: 2007
- Bild am Sonntag Golden Steering Wheel for Outstanding Achievement: 2007
- Square Mile Sports Awards ICAP Sportsperson of the Year: 2007
- SJA British Sports Awards Best International Newcomer: 2007
- SJA British Sports Awards Sportsman of the Year: 2007, 2020
- BBC East Sports Personality of the Year: 2007
- Confartigianato Motori Best Driver Award: 2007
- Autocar Motorsport Award: 2007, 2021
- Pride of Britain Award: 2007
- Bambi Award (Special Jury Prize): 2008
- Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year: 2008
- BRDC Gold Star Award, Era Club Trophy, Graham Hill Trophy, Richard Seaman Trophy, John Cobb Trophy: 2008
- BRDC John Cobb Trophy: 2009
- BRDC Chris Bristow Trophy, Graham Hill Trophy: 2010
- Confartigianato Motori Best Driver Award: 2011
- BRDC Era Club Trophy: 2012
- BRDC Gold Star Award, Richard Seaman Trophy: 2013
- BRDC Gold Star Award, Graham Hill Trophy, Richard Seaman Trophy, Johnny Wakefield Trophy: 2014
- PAP European Sportsperson of the Year: 2014, 2019
- BBC Sports Personality of the Year: 2014, 2020
- BRDC Gold Star Award, Graham Hill Trophy, Johnny Wakefield Trophy: 2015
- British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards Lycamobile Sportsman of the Year: 2016
- Confartigianato Motori Best Driver Award: 2016
- BRDC Gold Star Award: 2016
- BRDC Gold Star Award, Johnny Wakefield Trophy: 2017
- FIA Hall of Fame induction: 2017
- Best Driver ESPY Award: 2017, 2021
- Gazzetta World Sportsman of the Year: 2018, 2020
- SJA British Sports Awards Chairman's Award: 2018
- BRDC Special Gold Star Award, Gold Star Award, Graham Hill Trophy: 2018
- PETA Person of the Year: 2018
- BRDC Special Gold Star Award, Gold Star Award, Graham Hill Trophy, Johnny Wakefield Trophy: 2019
- Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering: 2019
- GQ Germany Creativity & Design Award: 2019
- PETA Menswear Collaboration Award: 2019
- PETA Libby Award: 2019
- Laureus World Sportsman of the Year: 2020
- L'ÃÂquipe Champion of Champions: 2020
- British GQ Game Changer of the Year: 2020
- GQ India International Man of the Year: 2020
- Automobile Club d'Italia Trophy: 2020
- Sport Bild Star of the Year: 2020
- FIA President Award: 2020
- FIA Personality of the Year: 2014, 2018, 2020, 2021
- Laureus Athlete Advocate of the Year: 2021
- WSJ. Magazine Innovators Award: 2021
- BRDC Gold Star Award, Gold Medal, Graham Hill Trophy: 2021
- BRDC Gold Star Award, Johnny Wakefield Trophy: 2022
- Honorary Citizenship of Brazil: 2022
- FIA Action of the Year: 2022
- ESPN's Greatest British Athlete of the 21st Century: 2024
- Met Gala co-chair in 2025
See also
References