Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton is a British race car who is one of the World Grand Prix racers in Cars 2.
==Creation and development==
Lewis is based on, named after and voiced by the real British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton chose the car’s final black and yellow paint scheme for the car in the movie.
Originally, Lewis was to be named Lewis Revington. He had a grayish paint job with a ghost pattern of Union Jack, and wheel trims shaped after the Union Jack, exactly as the final design of Prince Wheeliam. It seems that the gray color was chosen after the colors of the McLaren racing team. He was also racing for England solely.
Lewis Hamilton was directly involved in the design of his character, (and was also the only voice actor to do so): at his suggestion, the gray design was abandoned (and apparently passed on to Prince Wheeliam) and changed to the final yellow-striped black paint job, with different wheels. Producer Denise Ream said: "He was very particular about what he wanted. His emblem combines the Union Jack and the flag of Grenada – which is on his actual helmet. He wanted the car to be black with yellow pinstriping, and he picked the wheels. We had a great time sending pictures back and forth and sharing notes."
==History==
===Cars 2===
In Cars 2, he first appears having a conversation with Lightning McQueen and Jeff Gorvette when they arrive at the World Grand Prix opening ceremony in Tokyo, which he and Jeff meet McQueen. When they notice Mater talking to Zen Master, he was wondering who he was with. He then later appears with the other World Grand Prix racers when Mater is drinking from the fountain after having too much wasabi, which he thought was pistachio ice cream. He is then seen at the race, which he appears in all three.
Lewis was seen at the Porto Corsa race behind Jeff Gorvette. When the pileup of cars starts during the Italy race, Hamilton and Gorvette stop to avoid being hit and are the only racers to be able to do so, which he along with Jeff were the only cars who did not crash into Shu Todoroki, and a few of the racers who did not get hit by the Lemons' electromagnetic pulse generator. Before the London race, Lewis was seen with Jeff laughing at Mater and McQueen in Mater's flashback. He then races in London. When the race begins, he was seen in the 4th position behind Miguel Camino. After the racers race through the Admiralty Arch he was seen in the 3rd position, passing Miguel. After that, he raced in Radiator Springs. In the race, he and Jeff were in each other's positions, which he talks with Jeff while lining up, and raced beside him.
===Cars 2: The Video Game===
In Cars 2: The Video Game, Lewis appeared in beta screenshots of the PSP version, but was removed from the final game. In the PC and console versions for game there is an unused model for Lewis.
==General information==
===Physical description===
thumb|left|200 px|Turntable videoAccording to Meet the Cars, Lewis is a 2009 Grand Touring Sports Special GBG Racer, an in-house design by Pixar. The character's design is based on an early prototype model of the McLaren MP4 12C sports car, specifically the one which Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button had done a test drive with in March 2010. Lewis' model year, 2009, references him to the original McLaren MP4 12C road car which was unveiled in September 2009. His rear has a few elements that seem to be reminiscent of a 2004 Chrysler ME Four-Twelve. He is powered by a DOHC V-8 engine with 575 HP. He can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.4 seconds and reach a top speed of 190 mph (306 km/h).
He is painted completely black with yellow lining on his sides. He has the number 2 painted on his doors, inside of a badge with his country and Grenada's flags and the WGP logo. He has a spoiler with yellow and black, as well as the World Grand Prix logo, on it.
===Personality and traits===
Lewis is humble about his victories, and does not brag to others, unlike Francesco. He is friendly towards his opponents, and appears to have a close friendship to Lightning McQueen, Jeff Gorvette, and his replacements as well as all the other World Grand Prix racers
==Appearances==
*Cars 2
==Bios==
===Cars 2===
*"Lewis Hamilton, the famously sleek and seriously fast #2 Grand Touring Sports champion, has been a determined and winning racer for nearly his entire young life. Like all youngster cars, Lewis spent his childhood going to school, taking karate lessons and winning the British Karting Championship by the age of 10. Today, the celebrated native Brit continues to bring an exceptional work ethic and soft-spoken confidence to the race course where his extraordinary achievements speak for themselves via a spotless track record on the junior and professional circuits. With his striking metallic black and yellow paint scheme, Lewis will represent Great Britain at the World Grand Prix. His car also carries the flag of Grenada, home to his family who emigrated to Britain in the 1950s. His unrivaled technical skills, natural speed ability and cool, karate-inspired attitude make him a powerful contender too."
===Cars 2: The Essential Guide===
*Smooth, sophisticated, and supremely confident, Lewis Hamilton has a habit of winning everything.
==Portrayals==
*Lewis Hamilton - All appearances
==Gallery==
==Names in other languages==
*Finnish: Timo Pulkkanen (After his voice actor, Timo Pulkkinen, a Finnish Formula 1 racer)
*Japanese: ルイス・ハミルトン
*Russian:
**Льюис Хэмилтон (transcription: L'yuis Khemilton)
**Льюис Гамильтон (transcription: L'yuis Gamilton)
*Ukrainian: Олексій Мочанов (After his voice actor, Oleksiy Mochanov, a Ukrainian auto racer)
==Trivia==
*A glimpse of Lewis' first design can be seen in the first official trailer: at mark 0:20, Lewis can be seen with all the features of his first design (see image at right for comparison with the final movie). And at 0:27, it can be seen that his pit stop still has the name "Lewis Revington". His pit crew is also colored in light gray, according to Lewis' first color scheme.
*Lewis is actually one of the 4(5 if you count Max,Raoul or Carla) to speak in the Movie.
*Jeff, Lewis, McQueen and Francesco are the only racers who are safe from allinol, although Raoul ÇaRoule didn't got hit by the lemons camera, he crahsed at porto corsa due to the crash of other racers in front of him, Jeff Gorvette,Lewis Hamilton, Lightning McQueen and Francesco Bernoulli are lucky and they are all 4 the racers that spoke in the movie,all racers who does not speak in the movie are crashed and wrecked.
*The essential guide for Cars 2 claims that Lewis Hamilton's top speed is 165 mph/266 km/h when in actuality it is 190 mph/306 km/h.
**The guide also mentions that his honors is the Junior Formula Series, referencing Lewis' actual upbringing into racing.
*In Kinect Rush: A Disney/Pixar Adventure, the player as a car is the same model as Lewis Hamilton if the player is a male.
*Lewis Hamilton may have replaced the Porsche GT1 character that was seen in an early concept design. 
*In the Ukrainian version of the film, Lewis is named after his voice actor, Oleksiy Mochanov, an Ukrainian auto racer, but despite this, he still looks similar, just like Jeff Gorvette. Also, the voice actors of both these characters are Russian speakers, but they speak Ukrainian in the movie anyway. Lightning friendly calls him "Мочанич" (Mochanych).
*Lewis Hamilton is a fictional model called the 2009 Grand Touring Sports Special GBG Racer, inspired by the McLaren MP4 12C test car that Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button drove in March 2010. He also has some inspiration from the 2004 Chrysler ME Four Twelve. Despite Lewis having resemblance to the GT3 racing variant, it wasn't first announced until December 2010, one month after Cars 2 came out with their first teaser trailer featuring Lewis Hamilton.
*Lewis Hamilton is the only contest in the World Grand Prix to represent two nations. He represents both England and Grenada.
*His paint job resembles the Cobretti 455 GT from Split Second.
*On some variants of his die-cast, he has a gap in his teeth, while others do not.
**The gapless variant usually came with the pit stop launcher.
*In the Brazilian version he is voiced by the former Formula 1 racer Emerson Fittipaldi.
*Lewis was planned to appear in the PSP and PC/console versions of Cars 2: The Video Game but was cut for undisclosed reasons. He also appears to have unused model files, one which can be found in the PSP version simply called "HAMILTON" and other found in the "Holoian map" for Cars 2: The Video game.
*The real Lewis Hamilton would later voice Hamilton (Cruz Ramirez's voice command assistant) in Cars 3.
*In the Rally Racers event of the Transcontinental Race of Champions, Lewis Hamilton was sponsored by Petrolla in The Official Magazine.
==Quotes==
*"Hey, McQueen! over here" - Cars 2
*"Hey, man." - Cars 2
*"Man I wonder who that guy's with." - Cars 2
*"Man, I can't wait to get rockin'. This is going to be wicked!" - Cars 2
==External links==
*Lewis Hamilton on the Disney UK website
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