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...enjoy racing historic motorcars from the '50s and '60s. The seed of my interest was planted when I was about 12 years old and took over my mother's Morris Minor. I drove it around my father's farm. But my favorite car is still a McLaren F1, which I have had for 10 years...
Such confidence has always been Hamilton's hallmark. When he first met Ron Dennis, now his Formula One team boss, as a 10-year-old, Hamilton informed him that he wanted to drive for McLaren. Three years later, he joined the team's support program for promising young drivers. But he's also ready to listen and learn. Hamilton has a rare "capacity to question himself - to analyze very clearly after a race," says Frédéric Vasseur, general manager at the ART Grand Prix team behind Hamilton's GP2 championship...
...make it onto the grid in motor racing's blue-ribbon championship - Hamilton sits third in the drivers' standings. In the season opener in Australia last month, he steered his way into third place, the best finish by a rookie in more than a decade. Three weeks later, his McLaren car sped past - and then fended off - two frustrated Ferraris to take second place in Malaysia...
...Hamilton is certainly not short on confidence. When he first met Ron Dennis - now his Formula One team boss - as a 10-year-old in a borrowed suit, Hamilton promptly told him he wanted to drive for McLaren. Three years later, he joined the team's support program for promising young drivers. But, say former team managers, he's ready to listen and learn when things go wrong. Hamilton has a rare "capacity to question himself - to analyze very clearly after a race," says Frédéric Vasseur, general manager at the ART Grand Prix team behind Hamilton...
...Championship, which makes it all the more intriguing. If the much-vaunted first race in Melbourne on March 18 is where the kinks are discovered, then it's in the second race that the real drama begins to unfold. Will world champ Fernando Alonso repeat his Renault success at McLaren? Can Kimi Räikkönen ably replace the retired Michael Schumacher for Ferrari? Better still, says Kevin Alavy of research consultancy Initiative Sports Futures, "It's easier to get tickets at Sepang than at many other circuits." One reason: the lack of a homegrown Michael Schumacher means that...