What were you doing when you were ten years old? Well, a certain Lewis Hamilton was out there winning championships. the seven-time F1 world champion has made winning championships his habit. Although apparently, it started as early as 1995.
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Hamilton spilled the beans on a story about winning a certain British championship as a 10-year-old in 1995 and detailed meeting and getting autographs of his idols from the F1 racing fraternity. However, there was one racing driver he missed; one that he would’ve really liked to meet.
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the Mercedes star narrated, “In ’95, I won the British Championship, and I was only ten. I was the youngest ever to win it. I went to the Autosport Awards, and I went round asking for everyone’s autographs.”
“At ten years old, I didn’t know who was who. Obviously, I knew who Schumacher was, and I knew who Ayrton Senna was. Unfortunately, I missed him by a year, which was quite sad because he’s been someone I looked up to ever since I was young,” added Lewis Hamilton.
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the Mercedes man met the likes of Michael sSchumacher, a man whose record he still wants to trump. However, he missed the great Ayrton Senna, his childhood idol. The tragic and untimely death of the Brazilian legend caught the world of F1 off guard and sent shock waves throughout the world.
The incident happened one year before Hamilton achieved success at a certain British Championship. However, by the time the horrific incident came to pass, the Briton was too determined to let go.
Lewis Hamilton was unphased by the death of Ayrton Senna
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As revealed by his mother, Hamilton was already knee-deep into racing by the time his idol passed away. The news of Senna’s passing shocked young Hamilton, but that did not diminish his want for racing.
Formula One F1 – Austrian Grand Prix – Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria – July 9, 2022 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton during practice REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Hamilton’s birth mother, Carmen, revealed, “He was kart-racing the weekend Ayrton Senna died. The news came through and he was really upset, bless him, but Senna’s death didn’t sway him. I knew early on that his passion was so big that nothing would stop him.”
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The determination that won him the seven world championships existed way before Hamilton burst into the F1 scene, clearly.
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