Driver Colin Brown and engineer Jonny Restrick remember formative years of driver everyone in karting tipped for stardom
The past never stops informing the future and the greats never forget their past. With seven titles under his belt, history echoes long for Lewis Hamilton as he enters the finale of a Formula One world championship balanced on a knife edge.
Hamilton has never forgotten how hard he had to work to come so far and how the character of the man who races in Abu Dhabi on Sunday was forged in the crucible of competition he experienced as a young karter. Back then there was no guarantee he would be the kid who made it but the traits that have brought him to such remarkable heights were unmistakable.
