Hamilton ya fara karting a 1993, lokacin da yake dan shekara takwas, a Rye House Kart Circuit kuma da sauri ya fara lashe tsere da kuma Cadet class championships. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, ya kusanci kocin McLaren Formula One Ron Dennis don takarda, kuma ya gaya masa, "Hi. Ni Lewis Hamilton. Na lashe gasar zakarun Birtaniya kuma wata rana ina so in yi tsere da motocinku. " Dennis ya rubuta a cikin littafinsa na takarda, "Kira ni a cikin shekaru tara, za mu warware wani abu daga baya. " Hamilton ya kori Martin Hines's Zip Young Guns Karting Team. A lokacin da yake da shekaru 12, ƙwarewar tuki ya isa cewa Ladbrokes ya dauki fare, a 40/1, cewa Hamilton zai lashe gasar Formula One kafin tseren shekaru 23; a 150/1, cewa zai lashe gasar cin kofin duniya kafin 25.
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