The whole journey for me, from my earliest days as part of the McLaren and Mercedes-Benz family to Formula One, has been quite emotional. He made his F1 debut for at the 2007 Australian GP and was crowned the youngest-ever Formula One World Drivers’ Champion in 2008 at the age of 23 – and the first British champion since Damon Hill in 1996. Lewis also charts how he got into the sport and was signed up by Ron Dennis, what motivates him, who are his closest friends, how he copes with the constant travelling, and the physical and mental challenges of driving a state-of-the-art Formula 1 car. If you stick to your beliefs and your true values in life, I believe things work out right in the end.

I just hope that by writing about him, he doesn’t get too big-headed because, if he does, I will have to make sure he soon forgets it!I had arrived in São Paulo leading the championship by four points, but I left in second place, just a single point behind the new champion Kimi Räikkönen. But bare statistics alone do scant justice to the amazing impact Lewis Hamilton has had on the sporting landscape. In all honesty, at the end, I just felt it had been a really intense, crazy year and, truly, I did not feel gutted by the outcome. The whole McLaren/ Ferrari controversy, the Fernando/ Lewis rivalry and the moment where Fernando threatened McLaren 🫣 they were really enjoyable to read. Livro todo em inglês, infelizmente não há tradução, e uma excelente leitura, leve e interessante pra quem é fã do piloto e da F1.

One of the most interesting parts of this season was the inter team battle with Fernando Alonso and the spygate saga so to read about that is good.You can just tell how much he has grown over the years just by the simple language he uses and the experiences he has shared at the time. When I think back, there are so many great memories: my GP2 Championship, then the opportunity to test for the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team and those early tests at Silver-stone and at Jerez in September and October 2006. It can be very, very tough so you have to concentrate fully on the job in hand, prepare well and stay as level-headed and consistent as you can. I’d heard of him and his success in the past years before I started watching but was too young at the time.

Mas por enquanto essa é a melhor fonte que encontrará sobre a trajetória de Lewis, já que é contada na visão do próprio.The book, written prematurely without realising that 2007 F1 championship wasn't the best that would happen to him, does not show much of artistic maturity as well.