As England’s knight both literally and metaphorically in shining Mercedes armor, Hamilton has dominated the racetracks in recent Formula 1 memory. But as the history books would suggest, glory and solitude are just two sides of the same coin.
Schools in the UAE will challenge students to design, build and race electric cars as part of their studies, and open a route for them towards careers in motor sport and electric vehicle engineering.
Formula One great Lewis Hamilton experienced bullying when he was only 6 years old and said he had bananas thrown at him when he was racially abused at school. The seven-time champion, who is the only Black driver in F1, called his schooldays the most traumatic of times. “For me, school was probably the most…
In a two-part series on BBC iPlayer, We Are England: Born to Race, we follow two young black drivers, Ruben Stanislaus and Lewis Appiagyei on their journey to reach Formula 1.