Is This The Luckiest Man In Sport?

The name of the man? Lewis HamiltonThat must make Hamilton sensational, right?
The sport? Formula 1 Grand Prix Motor Racing.Er, well yes and no.
The luck? To start his career in the best car inHe is no overnight revelation, he has been with
the sport?the McClaren team for 9 years, but most Formula
The 2007 Formula 1 World Championship started1 Drivers would give their right arm to be in the
with a few names on peoples' lips.car that he is - talk about in the right place at the
There was Michael Schumacher, the 8 time Worldright time!
Champion, who was no longer in the sport - howPlus he has Alonso as his co-driver, the current
would it be after his retirement?World Champion with all the expectation and
Then there was Fernando Alonso, the latestattitude of success that comes with it.
young gun, already twice World Champion, butLet's measure his story with the previous young
starting with a new team this year, McClaren.gun of British talent, Jenson Button.
Another name was Lewis Hamilton, a 21 year oldEveryone expected high things of Button, but
British driver who had made waves in the lowerever since his first race he has been with teams
levels of racing, but was now thrust into the fullin development, never in a team at its' peak, and
force of the Formula 1 circus.in a sport which is so dominated by the
Well, Alonso seems to have made a wise choicetechnology of the cars, his racing talent has been
to switch to McClaren, as they seem to have asomewhat lost, and he seems destined to be a
car which might give a lot of wins, for the firstjourneyman driver as far as results go.
year in many.There is no doubting that Hamilton has natural
Who is the other driver for McClaren?talent, and there can also be no doubt that over
Yep, you guessed it, Lewis Hamilton, and aftermany years he has given huge dedication to his
getting on the podium in the first 3 races, hisgoal.
name is now right at the front of the list.In my view, to those who say he is the luckiest
No driver had ever got in the top 3 for his first 3man in sport, I say it's a classic example of
races - Schumacher didn't, Alonso didn't, Ayrtonmaking your own luck!
Senna didn't.