![GP2 Series - European Grand Prix 2006 - Nurburgring, Germany - 6/5/06 Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes celebrates on the podium after winning the GP2 feature race Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Crispin Thruston Stock Photo - Alamy GP2 Series - European Grand Prix 2006 - Nurburgring, Germany - 6/5/06 Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes celebrates on the podium after winning the GP2 feature race Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Crispin Thruston Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2ECW9JG/gp2-series-european-grand-prix-2006-nurburgring-germany-6506-lewis-hamilton-of-mclaren-mercedes-celebrates-on-the-podium-after-winning-the-gp2-feature-race-mandatory-credit-action-images-crispin-thruston-2ECW9JG.jpg)
GP2 Series - European Grand Prix 2006 - Nurburgring, Germany - 6/5/06 Lewis Hamilton of McLaren Mercedes celebrates on the podium after winning the GP2 feature race Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Crispin Thruston Stock Photo - Alamy
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![On this day in 2006, McLaren announced that it would promote its 21-year-old rookie Lewis Hamilton to F1 from GP2 in 2007 : r/formula1 On this day in 2006, McLaren announced that it would promote its 21-year-old rookie Lewis Hamilton to F1 from GP2 in 2007 : r/formula1](https://preview.redd.it/2vaedo4qnj181.jpg?auto=webp&s=448dec4bc65f78be98229839fc23b811465597ca)
On this day in 2006, McLaren announced that it would promote its 21-year-old rookie Lewis Hamilton to F1 from GP2 in 2007 : r/formula1
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