Lewis Hamilton has said he cherishes his first race in Formula One as the highlight of his career as he prepares to take part in his 300th race at the French Grand Prix this weekend. The 37-year-old added that during his 16-season career in F1 he rated the double world champion Fernando Alonso as his most formidable opponent.
Hamilton made his F1 debut in 2007 at Melbourne aged 22, the culmination of a lifelong ambition to reach F1. “The whole realisation of reaching your dream is a very, very surreal experience, it is always going to be your first, there’s only one first,” he said. “Just getting to that first grand prix in 2007, the amount of sleepless nights as a family all of us had had not knowing if we would reach our dream but never giving up nonetheless and being there, that will probably be the real highlight.”
