The first race of the 2008 season, the Australian Grand Prix, Hamilton qualified on pole and won the race. The following teams and drivers competed in the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship:[3] Teams competed with tyres supplied by Bridgestone. Again, all teams but Super Aguri were in action. This was the last season for the Honda team before they pulled out of F1 later in December due to the global economic crisis. Hamilton eventually regained fifth place, however, by passing Glock, who was struggling on dry tyres, and finished fifth to take the title by one point from Massa. Both Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen were demoted five grid places after the stewards decided that they had impeded Nick Heidfeld and Fernando Alonso. Sitting in as guest editor on BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Boxing Day, Hamilton told Professor David Olusoga: "I had this extra drive in me this year to get to the end of those races. The new Valencia Street Circuit was the new host of the European Grand Prix, Massa taking pole and winning with Hamilton second. ... has paid tribute to Hamilton. Toro Rosso driver Sebastian Vettel became the youngest ever pole man and victor after a stunning weekend at Monza. Hamilton was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Great Britain's Billie Jean King Cup tennis captain Anne Keothavong receives an MBE for services to her sport. Honda, Toro Rosso, Super Aguri and Force India also attended. Honda would return as an engine supplier between 2015 and 2022. The F1 champion will receive the gong despite his controversial tax affairs. BMW Sauber was not in attendance as they were launching the F1.08. A grid penalty for impeding drivers and a pit stop mishap left Hamilton in fifth place at Malaysia, while Räikkönen took his 16th career victory after he qualified in second position. Also included in the list are former footballers Jimmy Greaves and Ron Flowers, who are the last surviving members of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad to be honoured. The most successful British racing driver in Formula one who's 33 years now was born on January 7, 1985, to Anthony Hamilton[father], Carmen[Mother]. In 1944 he won the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) Championship at Manito Golf and Country Club in Spokane, Washington. Gill Coultard, the first woman to win 100 senior England football caps, receives an MBE, as does former Wales international Alan Curtis, a former player and coach at Championship side Swansea. Hamilton won back-to-back at Silverstone and Hockenheim. "I race in 19 different countries, so I earn my money in 20 different places and I pay tax in several different places, and I pay a lot here as well. Eleven teams competed in the championship, although Super Aguri withdrew on 6 May from the 2008 Formula One season due to financial troubles, completing four races. The magnificent seven was completed in Turkey in November, and he won 11 races in the 2020 season in all. The FIA World Council approved the 2008 schedule on 24 October 2007. having position. Burrow said: "2020 has taught us all to appreciate the gifts we have and it is my honour and privilege to accept this award on behalf of all the MND community. F1, Music, Charity, TeamLH. [36] All eleven current teams applied, as well as several others. The magnificent seven was completed in Turkey in November, and he won 11 races in the 2020 season in all. Alonso won again in Japan with Kubica second. Elsewhere, former Leeds Rhinos rugby league player Rob Burrow has been made an MBE. Hamilton took pole and his fifth career victory at the first race in Australia. Something went wrong, please try again later. Three top horseracing administrators have been recognised, with Racecourse Association chairman Maggie Carver being awarded a CBE, outgoing British Horseracing Authority chief executive Nick Rust awarded an OBE and former Professional Jockeys Association chairman Nigel Payne made an MBE. At Monaco, Ferrari locked out the front row with Massa on pole, but on a bad day for Ferrari, with Räikkönen ruining what could have been Sutil's chance to score, Hamilton won the race despite a mid-race barrier scrape causing him a puncture. [63] Testing then moved to Valencia on 22 January. His MBE is in recognition of services to his sport but also to raising MND awareness during the coronavirus pandemic. In an interview with the Sunday Times in 2017, he said: "What people don't realise is that I pay tax here, but I don't earn all my money here. Hamilton was on pole position at Montreal for the first time since the beginning of the season, a drought of five races, however a pit lane mishap involving himself and Räikkönen eliminated both drivers from the race. An engine freeze to last five years was started in 2008. Hamilton receiving his MBE from the Queen in 2008 (Image: PA). Hamilton has used his winning platform to show his support for the Black Lives Matter movement, with protests spreading around the world following the death of black man George Floyd in police custody in the United States in May. Super Aguri withdrew from the Formula One World Championship on 6 May 2008, with immediate effect. Singapore hosted its first ever F1 race and F1's first ever night race, taking place at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro won the Constructors' title. "I am contributing to the country and, not only that, I help keep a team of more than 1,000 people employed. His maiden title was won with that team too in 2008 but Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull then took centre stage, before a move to Mercedes for the 2013 season changed everything. The first day of tests got underway in rain with Williams, Red Bull, Renault and Toyota present. They have been made MBEs. Massa was the classified winner. The race saw only seven drivers finish the race, reduced to six after Honda's Rubens Barrichello was disqualified for exiting the pits under a red light. New technical rules for 2008 included the banning of traction control after it was re-introduced in 2001. [70] Super Aguri did not turn up despite promising a Q&A with the media. BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld finished second while Williams's Nico Rosberg sealed his first podium finish. The 2008 season saw the debut of the Singapore Grand Prix, which was held at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, in Marina Bay, Singapore and was the first Formula One race held at night. Some journalists dubbed this "Crashgate". He was replaced at McLaren by Heikki Kovalainen, who had replaced Alonso at Renault the previous season. [note 2] He won his first drivers' title with McLaren in 2008, before moving to Mercedes in … The race saw a downfall for the big teams, Kovalainen doing a good job for second. Hamilton won his first world title with McLaren in 2008, with further successes in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019. BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica finished second for the first time with McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen third. [1] In winning the title, Hamilton became the youngest driver ever to win the title (a record since supplanted by Sebastian Vettel's winning of the 2010 Drivers' title) and the first black driver to do so. I am part of a much bigger picture.". The 35 year old was made an MBE in 2008 after winning his first F1 championship. He currently competes in Formula One for Mercedes, having previously driven for McLaren from 2007 to 2012. It was published in October 2008 by Powerful Media sponsored by JP Morgan, and was the first annual powerlist report. Giancarlo Fisichella, Renault's other driver from 2007, moved to the newly renamed Force India team, in place of erstwhile Spyker driver Sakon Yamamoto, who became Renault's test development driver. 1 February saw testing move to Barcelona. Fernando Alonso won the first race held in Singapore; however, only after teammate Piquet deliberately crashed to cause a Safety Car period which helped Alonso's strategy. Testing moved to Barcelona on 19 February. Matt Hampson, who was paralysed from the neck down during a training session with the England Under-21 rugby union team in 2005, has been recognised with an OBE for services to charity through his foundation which supports others who suffer catastrophic injuries in sport. On 14 February 2006 the FIA president Max Mosley announced that all teams interested in competing in the 2008 World Championship would have a seven-day window during which they would have to submit an application to compete. It was the first time in the history of Formula One that all teams used the same two drivers throughout the season and it was the first time that all the race cars had competed without traction control since the beginning of 2001. All teams in both groups have two spots each on the 2008 grid. [47], The first multi-team test session started in Jerez on 14 January 2008. Bob Champion, who won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti while recovering from cancer, has been awarded a CBE for his charitable work at the Bob Champion Cancer Trust. It comes 12 years after he received an MBE for services to motor racing at the end of 2008, the season that he won his first world championship title. Sébastien Bourdais, who won his fourth consecutive Champ Car title in 2007, joined Toro Rosso in 2008, replacing Vitantonio Liuzzi, who moved to Force India as their test driver. After winning in Australia, Lewis Hamilton finished fifth in Malaysia. Burrow, 38, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in December last year. Lewis Hamilton, champion of the 2008 Formula One season Felipe Massa finished second in the World Drivers' Championship, one point behind Hamilton Kimi Räikkönen, the 2007 World Champion, finished the season ranked 3rd. Lewis Hamilton was born on January 7, 1985 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England as Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton. In a scandal that became known as "Crashgate" in the media, during the 2009 season around the time of the Belgium Grand Prix, allegations by former Renault driver Nelson Piquet Jr. about his crash in the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix led to charges of race-fixing against Renault and the departure of team boss Flavio Briatore and engineering director Pat Symonds. Massa took pole and won for the third successive Istanbul race, Hamilton splitting the Ferraris on the podium. 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At Belgium, Hamilton qualified on pole and finished in first, though he received a 25-second penalty for gaining an advantage during a scrap with Räikkönen. Kubica made it onto the podium, while Hamilton had a bad race, finishing 13th. On 28 April 2006 the FIA announced that all of the current teams' applications for the 2008 season were granted, along with a new team Prodrive, fronted by the ex-BAR and -Benetton principal David Richards. Hamilton has been dating ex-Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger since 2007, and if their latest holiday … And once I said that to myself, I didn't hold any fear.". Hamilton závodil v motokárách od osmi let.
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