There is a driver named Lewis Hamilton.
Lewis Hamilton . Less than three years later McLaren and Mercedes-Benz signed him to their Young Driver Support Programme . He also became the first English driver to reach that milestone . 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 . He is the only driver in the history of the sport to have won at least one race in each season he has competed to date , with McLaren from 2007 until 2012 , and with Mercedes since 2013 . McLaren young driver programme . The highlight of the programme is Lewis Hamilton , who is the part of the programme since his karting days and graduated to the F1 team and subsequently winning the driver championship in 2008 .