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On This Day - Lewis Hamilton claims third on his debut
Lewis Hamilton began his march to the six world titles he currently holds with a measured debut drive to third in the Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne's Albert Park. At the age of 22 - almost old by today's young standards for a debutant - Hamilton had qualified fourth the day previously in his McLaren-Mercedes, almost seven-tenths-of-a-second adrift of polesitter Kimi Raikkonen in his Ferrari, and a quarter-of-a-second down on team-mate Fernando Alonso. Article continues under video In what was the first race of the post-Michael Schumacher era, following the seven-time champion's retirement at the end of 2006, Hamilton showed the class for which he has become renowned, and signalled his...
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