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Congrats to Lewis on his conferment of the MBE. Wednesday 31st December 2008 Lewis Hamilton felt "humbled" to have received an MBE in the New Year Honours and declared: "It has been quite a year". Having come so close to claiming the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in his maiden season last time around, the Stevenage-born racer became the youngest winner of the prestigious title on the final corner of a dramatic Brazil Grand Prix in November. Hamilton, who turns 24 next month and now lives in Switzerland, paid tribute to the support which helped him reach the very top of motor racing. "It is a massive honour and incredible privilege for me to receive an MBE from Her Majesty the Queen," Hamilton said. "It is the most amazing culmination to what has been quite a year for me. "The support I have received from the UK as a whole has been fantastic and a huge motivation, it ...

Tuesday 18th November 2008 Lewis Hamilton will take on Britain's triple Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist Chris Hoy at next month's Race of Champions at Wembley. Hamilton, at the wheel of a Mercedes-Benz, will face-off against Hoy, on a bike, in a race run on a parallel track which will form part of the build-up to the annual event, which pits some of the world's leading motorsport stars against each other in equal machinery. Hamilton, who will also perform a demonstration run in his title-winning McLaren, said: "This is going to be something very special. "I've done F1 demonstration runs away from race tracks before, but Wembley Stadium is completely different, the atmosphere is going to be crazy. "It's going to be a great way to end a fantastic year, and I'm really looking forward to putting on a show to thank the fans from all over the world and my fantastic British fans for all their support." Hoy, who won gold in the keirin, sprint and ...