The Red Racers

Montreal was loud. And then it went quiet for a heartbeat, the way a stadium holds its breath when it realizes it is watching the beginning of something new. A rookie in silver sat on pole at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. New number, new name, same swagger. Lewis Hamilton snapped his visor shut, lined up the McLaren Mercedes, and made Sunday feel inevitable. The lights blinked out. He nailed the launch. And a career began to take shape in real time. A Sunday That Announced a Superstar This was 10 June 2007, Hamilton’s sixth Formula 1 start and his first win.…

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