 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akazvarwa uye akakurira muStevenage, Hertfordshire, Hamilton akabatana nehurongwa hweMcLaren hwevatyairi vaduku muna 1998. Izvi zvakatungamirira kuFormula One motokari neMcLaren mu1990, zvichiita kuti Hamilton ave wokutanga, uye kusvika zvino chete, mutyairi mutema kuti amhanye mumakwikwi. Mwaka iwoyo, Hamilton akaisa zvinyorwa zvakawanda sezvo akapedza semumhanyi-kumashure kuna Kimi Räikkönen nepfungwa imwe. Mwaka wakatevera, akahwina mukombe wake wokutanga nenzira inoshamisa achiita basa rinokosha rokupfuura mumutambo wokupedzisira wemujaho wokupedzisira wemwakakuva panguva iyoyo muduku kupfuura vose mumutambo weFormula One World Champion munhau. Mushure memamwe makore mana naMcLaren, Hamilton akasaina neMercedes muna. 