🇬🇧 Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton is a Generational-rated driver, ranked third among active drivers on Racer DB's scale, and holds an FIA Platinum grading. He races Formula 1, a single-class, solo championship run across dozens of countries, and currently drives for Ferrari; the bulk of his career starts, however, have come with Mercedes.[1]

His record runs from 2003 to the present. He won the 2005 Formula 3 Euro Series with ASM Formule 3 after a brief run in Formula 3 Macau with Manor Motorsport, then took the 2006 GP2 Series title with ART Grand Prix. In Formula 1 he won the 2008 championship with McLaren and six further titles with Mercedes, in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Across 393 Formula 1 starts he has taken 106 wins and 207 podiums, and he is now racing for Ferrari with the 2026 season under way.[2]

Hamilton's regular rivals include Fernando Alonso, an elite professional graded FIA Platinum with championships in 2005 and 2006 Formula 1 and the 2018 WEC LMP1 title, whom he usually finishes ahead of, and Sebastian Vettel, a four-time Formula 1 champion with whom he has been closely matched. His most notable results against younger opposition come against Lando Norris and George Russell, both Generational-rated and FIA Platinum graded, each beaten 83 times; Russell, a champion at GB3, GP3 and Formula 2 level before reaching Formula 1, was also his teammate for the bulk of his Mercedes starts.