Lewis Hamilton is a driver.
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton , MBE ( born 7 January 1985 ) is a British Formula One racing driver from England , currently racing for the Mercedes AMG Petronas team . Less than three years later McLaren and Mercedes-Benz signed him to their Young Driver Support Programme . He is the first driver in the history of F1 to have made the podium after starting 20th place or lower at least 3 times .