Lewis Hamilton
Newsonline Nigeria reports that Lewis Hamilton was born in 1985 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. His father is of Grenadian descent while his mother is white British from Birmingham. Although his parents split when he was two, he spent time throughout his early years with both side of his family. Interestingly, he has a half-brother — Nicholas Hamilton — through his father who is also a professional race car driver within the British Touring Car Championship.
Lewis Hamilton is a British Formula One racing driver for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team who has a net worth of $285 million. As the story goes, Lewis Hamilton walked up to Ron Dennis, the McLaren racing team principal, and told him, “I want to race for you one day… I want to race for McLaren one day.” That’s a ballsy thing for any young driver to say. It’s especially ballsy when the person saying it is 10 years old. However, three years later, he was racing as part of the McLaren/Mercedes-Benz Young Driver Support Programme, and 12 years later, he made his Formula One debut, racing for, you guessed it, McLaren. He has since gone on to set numerous Formula One records, including the most wins in his debut season (4), most points in a debut season, most pole positions in a debut season, most consecutive podium finishes from debut, and he also became the youngest driver to lead the World Championship at 22 years, 4 months, and 6 days in 2007. In late 2012, he chose to leave McLaren and has been racing for Mercedes-Benz exclusively since then. Today Lewis Hamilton is widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport. Lewis is one of the highest-paid F1 drivers in the world. In a typical year, he makes $50 million, the majority of which comes from his Mercedes contract that pays $40 million per year.
Lewis Hamilton was born in 1985 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. His father is of Grenadian descent while his mother is white British from Birmingham. Although his parents split when he was two, he spent time throughout his early years with both side of his family. Interestingly, he has a half-brother — Nicholas Hamilton — through his father who is also a professional race car driver within the British Touring Car Championship.
Lewis’ love of cars started early when his father bought him a radio-controlled car when he was five. The following year, he competed in the adult division at the British Radio Car Association and came in second, which solidified his love of car racing. While attending school, he continued to race. His father purchased a go-kart for him when he was six and this continued to foster his love for the sport.
Meanwhile, he often experienced bullying and racism because of his mixed-race ancestry. This would build the groundwork for his social and philanthropic efforts in his adult years as social activism is an activity that he’s very passionate about. As Lewis got older he also played football (soccer), with many of his peers reflecting that had he not succeeded in F1 racing, he could have easily pivoted to cricket or football instead.
Between June 2016 and June 2017, Lewis Hamilton earned around $50 million from endorsements and prize money. Between June 2017 and June 2018, he earned $51 million. In the following 12-month period he earned $55 million.
In 2015, Hamilton was the wealthiest British sportsperson. He is the best-paid driver in the history of Formula One
To date, Lewis Hamilton is still the first and only Black driver to race in the series. He’s racked up countless wins including consecutive ones. He’s won the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship a total of seven times with consecutive wins between 2017 and 2020. He earned the DHL Fastest Lap Award five times between 2014 and 2020.
He holds five awards for the FIA Pole Trophy/Pirelli Pole Position consecutively from 2015 through 2018 and again in 2020. He has also earned the Hawthorn Memorial Trophy consecutively between 2007 and 2008, again in 2012, and consecutively again from 2014 through 2021. Additionally, he earned the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy in 2009.
Outside of formal racing organization awards, Lewis Hamilton received the Pride of Britain Award in 2007, the Best Driver ESPY Award in 2017 and 2021 and the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award in 2014 and 2020. In 2017 Hamilton was inducted into the FIA Hall of Fame. Additionally, he received the Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2008, followed by the Knight Order in 2020. And in 2008 he received an Honorary Award from Grenada.
In 2019, Hamilton listed his New York penthouse for $57 million. Located in the same Tribeca building that Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel, Meg Ryan, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Bella Hadid live in, the 8,900-square-foot unit is the largest penthouse loft in the building. Hamilton bought it for $43.9 million in 2017. In December 2021 he sold this property for $50 million. He reportedly never lived in the unit… possibly because he ALSO owns a penthouse located not far away at 70 Vestry Street which he ALSO acquired in 2019 for $40.7 million.
Hamilton owns a four-story mansion with six bedrooms in Kensington, West London, that was built in 1860 and is worth $25 million.
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