Lewis Hamilton’s former teammate Alexandre Premat has revealed his experience of sharing a team with the now seven-time world champion. The Frenchman was Hamilton’s teammate in the GP2 series and drove him to airports and races.
Many have said that Lewis Hamilton is notoriously difficult to come by as a teammate, having had controversial disputes with Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg in the past.
OTD in 2006: McLaren announces the promotion of 21-year-old Lewis Hamilton from GP2 to Formula 1.
The rest is history.
• 286 races
• 102 wins (36%)
• 180 podium places (63%)
• Finished 247 points (86%)
• 7 championships (most draws)
Legendary
OTD in 2006: McLaren announces the promotion of 21-year-old Lewis Hamilton from GP2 to Formula 1. The rest is history. • 286 races • 102 victories (36%) • 180 podium places (63%) • 247 points (86.)%) • 7 championships (most draws of all time) Legendary 
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Alexandre Premat is perhaps the only one who says he enjoyed his time as Hamilton’s teammate and remembers a time when the now seven-time world champion was too young to drive. He said:
“He was a younger guy; I remember he couldn’t drive so I drove him to races and between airports. We had dinner together the whole time, so we were a strong couple. He was a good person to me and the team, a real hard worker and a cool guy. ”
Alexandre Premat has known Lewis Hamilton since his karting days in the 1990s, but got to know the boy from Stevenage properly in 2002 in Formula Renault. The duo drove side by side in the GP2 series, now known as Formula 2, for the French ART Grand Prix team in 2006, but managed to maintain a good friendship despite fighting on the track.
Premat said of her GP2 days:
“When he was my team-mate in GP2 in 2006, the feeling was very good straight away, we knew that he would only stay in GP2 for one year, he wanted to do the same as Nico Rosberg.” [get into F1]. He tried to get as much as possible from me and the team to win the championship but the relationship between him and me throughout GP2 was very fantastic and I was a good teammate for him. ”
Lewis Hamilton has been silent on social media since the controversial loss to Max Verstappen at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton is usually one of the most active F1 drivers on social media, posting stories almost every day. However, the seven-time world champion has been silent since his controversial defeat by Max Verstappen at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on December 12th. Many fans fear the Briton won’t return to the sport in 2022.
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff even indicated that the “disaffected” Lewis Hamilton may not return to the sport. He said in an interview with Sky F1:
“I think as a racing driver his heart will say ‘I have to keep going’ because he is at the peak of his game. But we have to overcome the pain that was inflicted on him on Sunday, also because he is a man with clear values, it is difficult to understand that that happened. ”
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