#flashback fic ref 2007

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lewis hamilton presents alex albon with the winner's trophy for the junior kart race, britain - july 5, 2007 📷 hoch zwei / imago

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sebastian vettel is interviewed after his first formula 1 race, canada - june 10, 2007

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george russell early in his karting career, november 23, 2007 📷 kartpix motorsport archive / alamy

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lewis hamilton in the garage during his formula 1 debut, australia - 2007

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ron dennis talks about lewis hamilton on itv's pre-race show, bahrain - april 15, 2007 "I said to him, quite simply, this is what I expect you to be: I expect you to be the fittest driver on the grid. I expect you to know the rules better than anybody else on the grid. I expect you to understand what happens when you ask the car to change gear; not that it just happens. I want you to know why it happens. I want you to have at least a thousand hours of simulator work. The behavior of the car is always determined by the input of the driver, and he's grasped that. He understands exactly what the car's gonna do. His approach, which is confidence devoid of all arrogance... I just hope that we can maintain an environment in which he stays the same."

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"17 years ago today, Lewis Hamilton made his F1 debut at the 2007 Australian Grand Prix 🇦🇺 Lewis took his first of 197 (and counting) podiums with a third place🤩" - march 18, 2024 📷 @.f1 / instagram

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lewis hamilton is interviewed after his first f1 qualifying session, australia - march 17, 2007 (transcription under the cut)

Lewis: "I was fairly relaxed. I think I probably surprised myself, how relaxed I was. There is a lot of pressure on me from the outside, the world, and from everyone in here, from the team, but at the end of the day I put more pressure on myself to succeed. I wanna win in this business. I'm not here to finish second, and so… But there's a certain way you have to do it. You can't go in all guns blazing, wanting to qualify on pole in your first qualifying session. You need to go step by step, and I think fourth, you've got a good pit strategy. We are quite ready, and so I'm looking forward to tomorrow." Interviewer: "Are you starting to feel at all the pressure of all that extra expectation?" Lewis: "Probably the biggest shock is just how much attention you get. When I leave the paddock or when I'm in the paddock, everyone's looking, and it's obviously just trying to just have tunnel vision and try not to make too much eye contact and get distracted." Interviewer: "What was the first exchange you had with Fernando Alonso after that session finished?" Lewis: "Immediately. When we finished we were on the weighing scales, and he was just behind me, and he tapped me on the back and said congratulations, and same for him. He did a great job. I think we've both done the best job we probably could do for the team, and I think we've both, again, got good strategy, so we're in good step." Interviewer: "What is gonna be the approach? What is gonna be the mindset? We're all familiar with your GP2 style of competing and racing. Do you carry that sort of style into Formula 1?" Lewis: "I think so. At the end of the day that is my style, but it's a lot harder to overtake in Formula 1, let me assure you that. So all these people said, there's no overtaking in Formula 1. It's extremely tough. You lose so much downforce, and the thing is when you're able to carry so much speed through corners, you just lose that aero balance and you're almost tiptoeing when you're beind someone, and it's so easy to come off and make a mistake." Interviewer: "You've dreamt about the day, you've dreamt about the opportunity. What do you expect the first few laps, certainly, to be like?" Lewis: "I hope it's similar to what I've expected before in GP2. I'm pretty sure… No. I'm sure that all the drivers are extremely professional, as they were in GP2, and so there should be quite a steady first lap. Hopefully we get a good start, but it's all about having a clean first lap, and then carrying that on and just keep on pushing. I'll be pushing 110% all the way." Interviewer: "Well it's the best qualifying performance by a British rookie driver on his Formula 1 debut in well over fifty years, so that's one target achieved. What is the target for the race?" Lewis: "Target for the race is obviously to score as many points as possible, but… I'm trying to take things step by step, so scoring as many points as possible. Whether that means a podium or not, we don't know, but if I'm out of the top three, still, if I get points that'd be great. But a podium, then a win. It's got to move on from that way." Interviewer: "It's going great so far. We wish you the best." Lewis: "Thank you very much."

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sebastian vettel doing... this... during fp3, united states - june 16, 2007 📷 gero breloer / apimages.com

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race winner lewis hamilton celebrates on the podium, united states - june 17, 2007 📷 oliver multhaup / apimages.com

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bmw sauber reserve drivers sebastian vettel and timo glock during the launch of the f1.07, valencia, spain - january 16, 2007 📷 edd hartley / motorsport images

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sebastian vettel is interviewed after his first f1 qualifying session, united states - june 16, 2007

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lewis hamilton in the paddock during pre-season testing, barcelona, spain - february 13, 2007 📷 edd hartley / motorsport images

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robert kubica talks about racing lewis hamilton in the junior series on itv's pre-race show, bahrain - 2007 Interviewer: "Back then you were racing against some familiar names, like Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg." Kubica: "Yeah. We were racing already in '98, in junior category for two years together in Italy and the European Championship, then we met again in Formula 3, and this year we met again in Formula 1." Interviewer: "How does that feel?" Kubica: "I'm really happy that Lewis get a seat and after two races he's doing really good job, and I still remember when we were teammates for one race in Macau in 2004, so was really nice weekend and he's really great driver."

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2007 monaco grand prix qualifying but it's just lewis - may 26, 2007

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bmw sauber reserver driver sebastian vettel in the garage during pre-season testing, barcelona, spain - february 14, 2007 📷 uwe kraft / imago

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"On this day in 2007 is where it all began for Lewis Hamilton 🏆 A dream F1 debut for the then 22-year-old, securing a podium on his first outing with McLaren in Melbourne 🇦🇺" - march 18, 2024 📷 @.f1 / instagram

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