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Lewis Hamilton was born in England in 1985. He was named after American sprint champion Carl Lewis, so he was associated with speed even from when he was a baby. Perhaps it came as no surprise that Lewis got into racing of some sort. He won the Formula 1 World Championship in November 2008 to become F1’s youngest ever champion, at the age of 23.
1985年，劉易斯·漢密爾頓出生在英格蘭。并以美國短跑冠軍卡爾·劉易斯的姓氏命名，所以從嬰兒時代起，他就與速度產生了不解情緣。他踏入競賽領域或許不足為奇。2008年11月，年僅23歲的漢密爾頓加冕F1總冠軍頭銜，成為史上最年輕總冠軍車手。
Hamilton got into racing at a very young age. He loved radio-controlled cars. When he was seven, he came second in a national competition against adults. Lewis’ father knew his son had a special talent and bought him a go-kart. He began winning many championships and got a taste for bigger and faster things. He fell in love with Formula One.
他從孩童時就熱愛競賽運動。他喜歡無線電遙控賽車。7歲那年，他在一次全國比賽中擊敗成年人，最終排名第二。父親發現兒子特殊才能，并為他購買了一輛高卡車。他開始屢獲冠軍，并逐漸對競賽事物產生興趣。他最終迷上了F1。
When Lewis was just ten years old, he met the boss of the Formula 1 McLaren team Ron Dennis. Hamilton told him: "I want to race for you one day." He impressed Dennis and three years later Lewis joined McLaren’s Young Driver Support Programme. He won championships in formula two and three and became an F1 driver for McLaren in 2007.
他曾與邁凱倫董事長羅恩·丹尼斯有一面之緣，當時他年僅10歲。漢密爾頓對他說：“我想成為你旗下車隊一員。”丹尼斯對他印象深刻，三年后，劉易斯加入了邁凱倫“青年車手扶持項目”。他曾在F2和F3賽事中獲得總冠軍，2007年，他如愿成為邁凱倫F1車手。
Hamilton broke many records in his first season in Formula One and won many races. He finished second in the championship, missing out on the title by one point in his final race. He was determined to win in 2008 and did just that, winning the title by a single point on the last corner in the last lap of the last race of the season.
在F1的第一個賽季，他屢破記錄，并贏得多個分站賽冠軍。他曾與總冠軍失之交臂，在最終對決中，他以一分之差惜敗。他決定2008年卷土重來，在賽季最后一站，他在最后一圈最后一個彎道以一分之差獲勝，并贏得總冠軍頭銜。
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