Lewis Hamilton made his debut in the 2007 Formula One racing season as a member of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team alongside double world champion Fernando Alonso. Lewis's first win came in the Canadian Grand Prix where he lead from Pole position after qualifying to win the race. Apart from this he also won the United States GP, Hungarian GP and the Japanese GP that year.
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Australian Grand Prix 2007, he qualified 4th behind BMW's Nick Heidfeld (3rd), McLaren team mate Fernando Alonso (2nd) and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen (Pole). At the start, BMW's Robert Kubica passed him but Hamilton darted to the left and passed both Kubica and Alonso to move up into 3rd behind Heidfeld and leader Raikkonen. At the first round of pit stops, Alonso pitted before Hamilton so Lewis came in and was still ahead of Alonso. At the second, Alonso got the jump on Lewis and from then on, the race stood still so Raikkonen won the first race of the season with Alonso not far behind, and Lewis put in the best performence by a rookie since Jacques Villeneuve in 1996.