The meteoric young McLaren driver won his first F1 race in Montreal on Sunday and is eight points clear in the championship race. Hamilton's rivals need to wake up before he runs away with it. Posted June 13, 2007 by Sibo Mathew
Top motor racing teams fail to get to grips with Far Eastern climate. And the world champion elect takes a real soaking. Posted October 08, 2007 by John Ball
How much more excitement can this season’s final race deliver? Britain's Lewis Hamilton still has the upper hand, but both Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkönen are still within striking distance. Posted October 08, 2007 by Greg Varkonyi
The F1 title race is still far from over - and the sport's newest star can overcome his problems in Shanghai to become world champion in his first season. Posted October 10, 2007 by jose iglesias
Britain's young racing star deserves his success - and, for one writer, he's already Sports Personality of the Year. Posted October 05, 2007 by Joe Morris
The experts are predicting the new F1 sensation may well be world champion in his debut season. Villeneuve did exactly that - and look where he is now? Posted June 12, 2007 by Ally Shaham
Two great boxing champions are slugging it out for the coveted BBC award. But with Lewis Hamilton well-placed on the grid, the heat's on for Hatton and Calzaghe down the home straight. Posted November 26, 2007 by Matt Genner
The young man from Hertfordshire took F1 by storm last season only to be pipped at the post. This year, Britain's newest sporting hero will surely be cracking open a lot of champagne bottles on the racetrack podiums of the world. Posted February 05, 2008 by Joe Baker
The young Brit displayed a real ruthless streak at Hockenheim - not unlike a certain German F1 legend. Posted July 21, 2008 by Mohit Goyal
Three drivers had a shot at the title in the final-day showdown. Raikkonen seemed the least likely to win it - but Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso failed to find the right formula. Posted October 22, 2007 by Greg Varkonyi
Flying Finn kept his cool while the Brit hero choked when it came to the crunch in Brazil Posted October 22, 2007 by Mark Apostolou
One author's assessment of the four main lead actors in the dramatic soap opera that was the 2007 Formula One season. Posted October 30, 2007 by Dr. Akshay Nair
It can be taxing to support Formula One's new driving sensation, but at least the opinionated Scotsman wears his heart on his chest. Posted November 05, 2007 by Josh Widdicombe
There's even greater animosity between the two great team rivals after chief exec Ron Dennis appeared to take sides in motor racing's greatest scandal. Posted September 17, 2007 by Craig Hackney
All the big names will roar into town in 2010 but huge investment and massive planning and development in Delhi are needed before the Grand Prix circus arrives. Posted December 17, 2007 by Evaristo Coutinho
Another new season is fast approaching and with it, some new faces behind the wheel. Which drivers will out-perform their teammates over the 2008 campaign? Posted January 20, 2008 by Al Warwick
The sports hacks are a biased lot, so sit back and prepare for wall to wall Lewis Hamilton for months to come, but who cares? The guy's a typical British sporting hero, after all he did come second! Posted March 12, 2008 by Ed Bottomley
Formula One's newest star is being kept at arm's length from the media and PR agencies. This will hopefully enable the 22-year-old to concentrate on winning races. Posted June 11, 2007 by Adam Spurr
Surpassed only by cricket's ICC for weird ideas, F1's governing body proposes using a thimble of water to put out the McLaren team's raging fire. Posted October 14, 2007 by Craig Hackney
My love affair with athletics and dream of Olympic glory quickly faded with all the pounding of body and track. Posted February 27, 2007 by Ben Roth
Double world champion Fernando Alonso and his McLaren sidekick Hamilton can rule Formula One for the forseeable future. And Hamilton's emergence as a potential world-beater came as no surprise to those in the know... Posted May 12, 2007 by Gareth Llewellyn-Stevens
The young Brit stuck two fingers up at his critics with a quite stunning race in the trickiest of conditions to lead the world championship. Posted July 08, 2008 by gerald mclaughlin
He missed out on the Drivers Championship last season when he seemed to have it in his grasp. Lessons have been learnt. Posted March 17, 2008 by Chris Goldsmith
The young Englishman may have the same drive and determination as the German legend, but that's where the comparisons end. Posted March 23, 2008 by Chris Goldsmith
The young Brit arrived on the scene last year like a whirlwind, but we shouldn't expect too much too soon as he bids for his first world championship. Posted April 17, 2008 by Chris Goldsmith
The young Brit is gaining in experience and let's just hope his McLaren team are gaining speed against Ferrari to give him the best possible chance of becoming 2008 world champion. Posted May 10, 2008 by Chris Goldsmith
Britain's new Formula One hero may not be as interesting as David Beckham, but the attention on Lewis is growing. He is an exciting prospect and he has so much more charisma than Schumi. Posted May 14, 2008 by Chris Goldsmith
The young Brit's Monaco win was simply fantastic and a repeat victory in Montreal will see him widen his advantage over his nearest Ferrari rivals. But is it too early for Lewis to start dreaming of becoming champion? Posted June 08, 2008 by Chris Goldsmith
The young Brit's prang at the Canadian Grand Prix is just the latest of a sequence of errors that show he is not ready to be world champion. Time will tell if he's learning from his mistakes... Posted June 11, 2008 by Iestyn Stevens
Button was touted as the next Brit world champion but all the disputes and his love of the playboy lifestyle have left him down there with the David Coulthards of the Grand Prix circuit. Posted June 18, 2008 by Iestyn Stevens
A huge psychological boost can be the catalyst for the young Brit's season if he defies the odds at Magny-Cours. Posted June 18, 2008 by gerald mclaughlin
Hamilton has everything a driver need to win the championship: good skills, a great team and a superfast car. But he also has some brilliant opponents. Can he overcome them this year or will it be a case of 'so close yet so far' once again? Posted May 19, 2008 by Dr. Akshay Nair