November 24, 2006 – Lewis Hamilton is announced as new McLaren F1 driver
On this day in 2006 McLaren announced it had selected 21-year-old to be its next Formula One driver. As a rookie, Hamilton would race along side F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso. Lewis Hamilton's first F1 win would come at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix, which was only his sixth race. The very next year he would secure his first F1 World Championship. It came down to the last race of the season, truly the last lap, when Hamilton was able to move up to fifth place to secure the championship by one point over favorite Felipe Massa.
In all, Hamilton has won 103 races of 310 starts (he has won 1/3 of all Grand Prix races he has entered!), earning himself seven Driver's Championships. Beyond his 2008 win with McLaren, a move to Mercedes in 2013 would net him wins in 2014, 2015, 2017, 20...
