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世界上能当上F1赛车手的人少之又少，而年轻的路易斯·汉密尔顿则是当之无愧的F1新星。在匈牙利站大奖赛后，他登上了车手积分榜第一位。他能否在接下来的赛事中再接再厉，夺得职业生涯的第一个总冠军呢？就让我们拭目以待。
A young British Formula One racing driver has made history by breaking records for the best ever debut[初次登场] for a newcomer to the Formula One drivers’ championship.
Lewis Hamilton is just 22 years old and has competed in only five Formula One Grand Prix races, but is the only driver ever to finish in the top three in all five of his first races. He is also the youngest driver ever to lead the championship, breaking the record set in 1960 by Bruce McLaren.
Lewis is remarkable in other ways too. He is the first driver of Caribbean descent[血统] to compete in Formula One. Although he was born in Stevenage, England, his father’s parents came from the island of Grenada in the Caribbean.
His ambition[雄心] and professional approach[接触，入门] to
racing from the earliest age is also the stuff[素材资料] of legend. He began racing go-karts[卡丁车] at the age of six, quickly winning races and championships.
In 1995, at the age of ten, Lewis met Ron Dennis, the boss of the McLaren-Mercedes Formula One racing team at an awards ceremony[仪式]. Mr. Dennis later said: “When I first met Lewis, he was asking for my autograph[亲笔签名].
Without breaking eye contact, he told me how he was
going to go about his career.”
It really impressed him, and within a couple of years Lewis had joined the McLaren development programme and his journey to Formula One stardom had begun.
Former Formula One legends have been quick to spot[发现] the young racer’s potential. Triple world champion Niki Lauda said he had been “stunned” by Lewis’s first season in world championship competition.
Lauda, who raced in Formula One for three decades, told a British newspaper that Lewis had “a clear mind to face the challenge of Formula One.”
“It may seem absolutely amazing, but, yes, I CAN see Lewis winning the championship at the first attempt[初次尝试],” said Niki Lauda.
一位年轻的英国一级方程式赛车手创造了历史。作为新手的他首次参赛就打破了一级方程式锦标赛最好的处女赛纪录。
年仅22岁的路易斯·汉密尔顿只参加过5次格林披治大奖赛，却是至今唯一在其最初的五场比赛都名列前三的选手。同时，他也是在锦标赛中领先的最年轻选手，打破了布鲁斯·麦克拉伦在1960年创下的纪录。
路易斯在其它方面也相当引人注目。他是参加一级方程式的首位带有加勒比血统的车手。虽然他生于英格兰斯蒂夫尼奇市，其父母却来自加勒比地区的格林纳达岛。
他的抱负，以及从小就接触职业赛车这一事实也颇具传奇性。早在六岁的时候他就开始参加卡丁车比赛，并且迅速在赛事和锦标赛中胜出。
1995年，只有10岁的路易斯在一次颁奖礼上遇见迈凯轮-梅赛德斯一级方程式车队的老板罗恩·丹尼斯。丹尼斯先生后来说：“我第一次看见路易斯时，他向我要签名。我们双目对视，他告诉我他将如何展开自己的职业生涯。”
这件事给丹尼斯留下了深刻的印象。没过几年，路易斯便参加了迈凯轮发展计划，踏上他的星光大道。
一些以往的一级方程式传奇伟人也非常敏锐地发现了这名年轻选手的潜力。拿过三次世界冠军的尼基·劳达说路易斯在其第一个世界锦标赛季中的表现令他震惊。
在一级方程式赛车里跑了三十个年头的劳达对一家英国报纸说路易斯“头脑清醒，能直面一级方程式的各种挑战”。
“这听起来似乎很不可思议，但我的确从路易斯的首次尝试就看到他夺冠的前景，”尼基·劳达这样说。
A young British Formula One racing driver has made history by breaking records for the best ever debut[初次登场] for a newcomer to the Formula One drivers’ championship.
Lewis Hamilton is just 22 years old and has competed in only five Formula One Grand Prix races, but is the only driver ever to finish in the top three in all five of his first races. He is also the youngest driver ever to lead the championship, breaking the record set in 1960 by Bruce McLaren.
Lewis is remarkable in other ways too. He is the first driver of Caribbean descent[血统] to compete in Formula One. Although he was born in Stevenage, England, his father’s parents came from the island of Grenada in the Caribbean.
His ambition[雄心] and professional approach[接触，入门] to
racing from the earliest age is also the stuff[素材资料] of legend. He began racing go-karts[卡丁车] at the age of six, quickly winning races and championships.
In 1995, at the age of ten, Lewis met Ron Dennis, the boss of the McLaren-Mercedes Formula One racing team at an awards ceremony[仪式]. Mr. Dennis later said: “When I first met Lewis, he was asking for my autograph[亲笔签名].
Without breaking eye contact, he told me how he was
going to go about his career.”
It really impressed him, and within a couple of years Lewis had joined the McLaren development programme and his journey to Formula One stardom had begun.
Former Formula One legends have been quick to spot[发现] the young racer’s potential. Triple world champion Niki Lauda said he had been “stunned” by Lewis’s first season in world championship competition.
Lauda, who raced in Formula One for three decades, told a British newspaper that Lewis had “a clear mind to face the challenge of Formula One.”
“It may seem absolutely amazing, but, yes, I CAN see Lewis winning the championship at the first attempt[初次尝试],” said Niki Lauda.
一位年轻的英国一级方程式赛车手创造了历史。作为新手的他首次参赛就打破了一级方程式锦标赛最好的处女赛纪录。
年仅22岁的路易斯·汉密尔顿只参加过5次格林披治大奖赛，却是至今唯一在其最初的五场比赛都名列前三的选手。同时，他也是在锦标赛中领先的最年轻选手，打破了布鲁斯·麦克拉伦在1960年创下的纪录。
路易斯在其它方面也相当引人注目。他是参加一级方程式的首位带有加勒比血统的车手。虽然他生于英格兰斯蒂夫尼奇市，其父母却来自加勒比地区的格林纳达岛。
他的抱负，以及从小就接触职业赛车这一事实也颇具传奇性。早在六岁的时候他就开始参加卡丁车比赛，并且迅速在赛事和锦标赛中胜出。
1995年，只有10岁的路易斯在一次颁奖礼上遇见迈凯轮-梅赛德斯一级方程式车队的老板罗恩·丹尼斯。丹尼斯先生后来说：“我第一次看见路易斯时，他向我要签名。我们双目对视，他告诉我他将如何展开自己的职业生涯。”
这件事给丹尼斯留下了深刻的印象。没过几年，路易斯便参加了迈凯轮发展计划，踏上他的星光大道。
一些以往的一级方程式传奇伟人也非常敏锐地发现了这名年轻选手的潜力。拿过三次世界冠军的尼基·劳达说路易斯在其第一个世界锦标赛季中的表现令他震惊。
在一级方程式赛车里跑了三十个年头的劳达对一家英国报纸说路易斯“头脑清醒，能直面一级方程式的各种挑战”。
“这听起来似乎很不可思议，但我的确从路易斯的首次尝试就看到他夺冠的前景，”尼基·劳达这样说。