![WATCH: 13-year-old Lewis Hamilton goes from last to first in karts as he shows 7-time champion qualities WATCH: 13-year-old Lewis Hamilton goes from last to first in karts as he shows 7-time champion qualities](https://media.formula1.com/image/upload/content/dam/fom-website/ooyala-videos/2020/11/Z4dnJzajE6dD8TVyaABmWKE3m_TolLgz.transform/6col-retina/image.jpg)
WATCH: 13-year-old Lewis Hamilton goes from last to first in karts as he shows 7-time champion qualities
![Lewis Hamilton leads from the start, action. World Copyright: Chris Dixon/LAT Photographic. | 1999 Italian Open Karting Chmpionship. | Motorsport Images Lewis Hamilton leads from the start, action. World Copyright: Chris Dixon/LAT Photographic. | 1999 Italian Open Karting Chmpionship. | Motorsport Images](https://cdn-1.latimages.com/images/mgl/7BOJP/s3/open-uri20121010-30585-1sce2kp.jpg)
Lewis Hamilton leads from the start, action. World Copyright: Chris Dixon/LAT Photographic. | 1999 Italian Open Karting Chmpionship. | Motorsport Images
![Lewis Hamilton goes back to his go-karting roots ahead of tilt to overtake Nico Rosberg with a fourth win in a row in Spain | Daily Mail Online Lewis Hamilton goes back to his go-karting roots ahead of tilt to overtake Nico Rosberg with a fourth win in a row in Spain | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/scaled/2014/05/08/article-0-1DA6F96800000578-671_636x382.jpg)
Lewis Hamilton goes back to his go-karting roots ahead of tilt to overtake Nico Rosberg with a fourth win in a row in Spain | Daily Mail Online
![Lewis Hamilton karting video surfaces and shows why he is seven-time world champion | F1 | Sport | Express.co.uk Lewis Hamilton karting video surfaces and shows why he is seven-time world champion | F1 | Sport | Express.co.uk](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/73/750x445/1528348.jpg)
Lewis Hamilton karting video surfaces and shows why he is seven-time world champion | F1 | Sport | Express.co.uk
![Watch as Lewis Hamilton goes Go Karting at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya during the close battle for the World Championship in 2014 - The SportsRush Watch as Lewis Hamilton goes Go Karting at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya during the close battle for the World Championship in 2014 - The SportsRush](https://cdn-wp.thesportsrush.com/2022/02/a621f131-untitled-design-80.jpg?w=3840&q=60)
Watch as Lewis Hamilton goes Go Karting at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya during the close battle for the World Championship in 2014 - The SportsRush
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We used to beat Lewis Hamilton in karting as kids but there are two reasons he made it to F1 and we didn't | The Sun
![F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton wishes Happy New Year to fans with vintage go-kart snap - Mirror Online F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton wishes Happy New Year to fans with vintage go-kart snap - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article7098802.ece/ALTERNATES/n615/Lewis-Hamilton-throwback.jpg)
F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton wishes Happy New Year to fans with vintage go-kart snap - Mirror Online
Easykart Barbados - Lewis Hamilton had a go in one of our karts and then a Radical. #topdriver | Facebook
![Matt Bishop 🏳️🌈 🏁 on X: "#OnThisDay 21 years ago Lewis Hamilton (pic), 16, entered a Super-A Karting World Championship race at Kerpen, owned by Michael Schumacher, 32, who also raced in Matt Bishop 🏳️🌈 🏁 on X: "#OnThisDay 21 years ago Lewis Hamilton (pic), 16, entered a Super-A Karting World Championship race at Kerpen, owned by Michael Schumacher, 32, who also raced in](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FgEkkpQWYAEWqJj.jpg)