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Lewis Hamilton won his first world championship with McLaren in 2008. But he also experienced plenty of lows during his time with the Woking outfit. Hamilton very nearly won the title as a rookie in 2007 – an unprecedented feat – but missed out by one point. He was running in the podium places at the penultimate race in China when he beached his car in the gravel on the pit-lane entry. Kimi Raikkonen won the race, and went on to take the title at the finale in Brazil. Hamilton made amends at Interlagos 12 months on, sensationally passing Timo Glock at the final corner to deny Raikkonen’s Ferra…