| The name of the man? Lewis Hamilton | | | | That 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 in | | | | He 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 started | | | | 1 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 World | | | | right time! |
| Champion, who was no longer in the sport - how | | | | Plus 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 latest | | | | attitude of success that comes with it. |
| young gun, already twice World Champion, but | | | | Let'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 old | | | | Everyone expected high things of Button, but |
| British driver who had made waves in the lower | | | | ever since his first race he has been with teams |
| levels of racing, but was now thrust into the full | | | | in 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 choice | | | | technology of the cars, his racing talent has been |
| to switch to McClaren, as they seem to have a | | | | somewhat lost, and he seems destined to be a |
| car which might give a lot of wins, for the first | | | | journeyman 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 after | | | | many years he has given huge dedication to his |
| getting on the podium in the first 3 races, his | | | | goal. |
| 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 3 | | | | man in sport, I say it's a classic example of |
| races - Schumacher didn't, Alonso didn't, Ayrton | | | | making your own luck! |
| Senna didn't. | | | | |