Racing stars of the future start with a kart - The Times - September 21, 1996 / Precocious talent heading for motor racing's fast lane with McLaren - The Times - June 26, 2000 / Hottest kid in the kart: Michael Eboda meets the precocious Lewis Hamilton, just 12 and aiming to be another Schumacher - The Observer - October 19, 1997 / Motor Racing: He's Tiger of the Race Track; Hamilton on Road to be World-beater - Daily Mirror - December 18, 2005 / Motor Racing: Fast Track to Fame and Fortune; First Night Lewis Hamilton; Backed by the Mighty McLaren, a Young Driver's Career is Right on the Button - The Independent - February 13, 2000 / "L'Infanzia Rubata" - La Stampa - March 27, 2005 / Formula One Team Spend Pounds 1M on 15-year-old Hope - The Independent - January 30, 2000 / 10 Secret People who will change your world including this 13-year-old McLaren driver - Autoweek - November 23, 1998 / Hamilton smashes the barriers: British grand prix countdown: Can this 17-year-old become the first black formula one driver? - The Guardian - July 4, 2002 / New colour in a race game; Donald McRae on the team owner who is bucking Formula One tradition - The Guardian - March 6, 1999 / Lewis Hamilton: The Next Big Thing - CAR Magazine - July 2002 / "“the injustice, the confusion, the sacrifice”: Fictional Examinations of Sports-Heroes, Underdogs, and Developmental Athletes" (2023) by Hannah Anderson / Lewis Hamilton, future perle noire de la F1 - Le Figaro - December, 22 2005 / Children and Childishness in American Postmodernist Literature (2021) by Oliver James Hancock / Lewis Hamilton: Is this man motor racing's answer to Tiger Woods? - The Guardian - May 23, 2006 / Lewis Hamilton Interview - Sky Italia - September 2017 / Born to Drive - May 2000 / The Making of a Prodigy - The Sporting News - June 16, 1997 / Class of 2003 - The Sunday Times - December 28, 2003 / Comemadre (2010) by Roque Larraquy / Inside the Mind of the Grand Prix Driver (2003) by Christopher Hilton / Fear, Formula One and family values - The Times - November 24, 2003 / The Jenson interceptor; The Stevenage schoolboy backed by McLaren to be a future Formula One star - and he's not old enough to take his driving test - The Evening Standard - February 16, 2000 / Lewis Hamilton Interview - grandprix.com - November 24, 2006
Age 11, after winning at Buckmore Park, 1996 by Sutton Images / Age 6, holding his first trophies, 1991 / Age 10, at Kimbolton race track in England, 1995 by Philip Brown / Age 13, wearing Mika Häkkinen's McLaren race suit, 1998 / Age 15, at the Elf Masters Karting, 2000 by Chris Dixon / Age 13, in Autoweek magazine, 1998 / Age 11, on the podium as Ron Dennis watches, Buckmore Park, 1996 by Crispin Thruston / Age 13, after signing with McLaren, 1998 / Age 11, at the Autosports Awards, 1996 / Age 16, at Autosport International Show, 2001 by James Bearne / Age 12, at a promotional event, 1997 by Philip Brown / Age 16, at a karting event, 2001 by Sutton Images / Age 10, at Super One British Kart Championship, 1995 by Chris Dixon / As a child, playing with a remote control car / As a baby / Age 8, karting, 1993 by Chris Dixon / Age 16, on the podium at a karting event, 2001 / Age 10, at the Autosport Awards, 1995 by LAT Images / Age 11, at Silverstone, 1996 / Age 15, at a karting event, 2000 by Sutton Images / Age 16, during a portrait shoot, 2001 by Mitch Jenkins / Age 12, at a promotional event, 1997 by Philip Brown