It’s fast, it’s spectacular, it’s a hall of fame for every driver. That’s Formula One Races!The 2013 season is half way through. Who is going to be the winner this year? Until you guess, have a look at F1 driver Lewis Hamilton, get to know him and do the quizes.

♦ The first video comes back from Hamilton’s past, when he was rising as a go kart star. Watch it and do this quiz.

♦This second video is a short review of his life and the special connection he has with one of his racing cars. Watch and answer the questions that follow. You can find the answers further down this page.

1. Why did Lewis Hamilton make history in 2008?
2. How old was he then?
3. Where is his victorious MP4-23 now?
4. Complete the gaps:  He claimed the title at the last  a] __________, last b]__________, before the finish c]__________.
5. What was the maximum weight that a racing car was allowed to have back in 1934?
6. What problem did the mechanics notice during the first practicing race?
7. How did the mechanics deal with this problem ?
8. Why did the press call those racing cars ‘the Silver Arrows”?

♦ Lewis left McLaren after the 2012 season and  joined the Mercedes-Benz  team for the 2013 season onwards. Here’s an interview of him talking about how he feels in the new team.

♦ Here’s another video of his driving accomplishments while he competed with the Mc Laren team.

You can read all about him here and then do the following quizes:

QUIZ1  from   http://news.bbc.co.uk   and

QUIZ2  from  http://www.funtrivia.com

Bare in mind though that they were last updated in 2007.

Suggested answers for the second video

1. He was the youngest World Champion of all times.
2. He was 23 years old.
3. It is at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart. 
4. a]race  b]curve  c]line
5. It was allowed to weigh a maximum of 750 kilos.
6. The car weighed just a bit over 750 kilos.
7. They took the white paint off their racing car to make it lighter.
8. Because of the unpainted metal of the racing cars.