GUARDIAN - To his fans Lewis Hamilton is potentially the most exciting driver ever to race in Formula 1, the daredevil embodiment of its speed, daring and glamor.
To his critics, though, he is a cocksure young pretender whose buccaneering style at over 200mph as he chases world championship glory could cost lives.
The trouble for Hamilton is that his detractors include many of his rivals on the track and some of the biggest names in the sport's hierarchy. During a controversy-strewn season, which ends in Brazil with McLaren driver Hamilton starting on the grid in only fourth position and his great rival, hometown boy Felipe Massa on pole, the 23-year-old has found himself condemned as arrogant, dangerous, a naive youth and, oddly, 'a Martian'.
If he wins IN Brazil, there is no limit to how much he could earn. 'Lewis isn't a high-end global superstar yet, but he's getting close. He is one of Britain's biggest superstars and is arguably F1's biggest star but he could become so much bigger commercially.'
A Hamilton triumph tonight will leave a Peterborough man £125,000 the richer. Convinced of Hamilton's talent after watching him race karts against his son, in 1998 the man bet £100 on him winning the F1 world championship before his 25th birthday at odds of 500-1 and £50 on him doing that and winning an F1 race before he turned 23.
L3wi5 Hamiltoff's NOTE> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A HERO AND A ZERO IN F1 IS SOMETIMES VERY NARROW... WE WILL SEE SOON
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