#F1 2012 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX DRIVERS#
#F1 2012 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX DRIVER#

After four more years with McLaren without finishing higher than fourth in the drivers' standings, Hamilton signed with Mercedes AMG Petronas for the 2013 season, reuniting with his childhood karting teammate, Nico Rosberg. The following season, he won his first World Championship in dramatic fashion on the last corner of the last lap in the last race of the season, becoming the then-youngest Formula One World Champion in history. He set records for the most consecutive podium finishes from debut (9), the joint most wins in a debut season (4) and the most points in a debut season (109). In his first season in Formula One, Hamilton set numerous records as he finished runner-up in the 2007 Formula One Championship to Kimi RГ¤ikkГ¶nen, by just one point.

#F1 2012 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX DRIVER#

Coming from a mixed background, with a black father and white mother, Hamilton is the first and only black driver to race in Formula One. After winning the British Formula Renault, Formula Three Euroseries, and GP2 championships on his way up the racing career ladder, he made his Formula One debut twelve years after his initial encounter with Dennis, driving for McLaren in 2007. He was signed to McLaren's young driver support programme in 1998, after he approached McLaren team principal Ron Dennis at an awards ceremony three years earlier and said 'one day I want to be racing your cars'. Statistically the most successful British driver in the history of the sport, Hamilton has more race victories than any other British driver in Formula One (62), and holds records for the all-time most career points (2,580), the most wins at different circuits (24), the all-time most pole positions (72) and the most grand slams in a season (3).Д«orn and raised in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Hamilton's interest in racing started when his father bought him a radio-controlled car when he was six.

#F1 2012 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX DRIVERS#

He won his first World Championship title with McLaren in 2008, then moved to Mercedes where he won back-to-back titles in 20 before winning his fourth title in 2017, making him one of the most successful Formula One drivers of all time. A four-time Formula One World Champion, he is often considered the best driver of his generation and widely regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers in the history of the sport. в†‘ F1.Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE (born 7 January 1985) is a British racing driver who races in Formula One for the Mercedes AMG Petronas team.в†‘ : Albert Park F1 layout changes explained.

в†‘ : Albert Park layout will change for 2021 Australian GP.в†‘ F1.com: F1 Schedule 2021 вЂ“ Bahrain to host season opener as Australia moves later in calendar and Imola returns.в†‘ : F1 season-opening Australian GP set for postponement.However, on July 6, the race was announced to be canceled again for the second year in a row. Other modifications include the widening of the pit lane by 2 meters (hence increasing pit lane speed limit) and a reprofiling of Turn 13. The biggest change on the circuit would be the Turn 9-10 complex, which will be changed from a heavy right-left to a sweeping right-left. The rescheduling of the Australian Grand Prix hence allowed track authorities to perform modifications on the Albert Park Circuit, in a bid to improve overtaking action on the circuit. This marks the first Australian Grand Prix since 1995 to be held late in the season. Since then, the 2021 race was reinstated into that year's race calendar as the usual season-opener on March 21, but following concerns over the pandemic, the Australian Grand Prix was decided to be postponed to November 21. However, the previous year's race was canceled after a McLaren team member was tested positive for COVID-19. Since 1996, the Australian Grand Prix has traditionally been the season-opener for every Formula One season (except for the 2006 season, when it was held as the third round that year to avoid clashing with the Commonwealth Games, and in 2010 as the second round).

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