Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I tōna tau tuatahi i te Formula One, i mahi tahi a Hamilton me te toa o te ao e rua a Fernando Alonso i uru atu ki a McLaren i muri i tana wehenga i a Renault. I whakamiharo a Hamilton i tana whakataetae tuatahi i Ahitereiria, ka eke ki a Alonso ki te takahuri tuatahi ka rua nga wa i arahi ai ia i te whakataetae. I mua a Hamilton i tana hoa kapa mo te nuinga o te whakataetae, engari na te rautaki i taea ai e Alonso te tu tuarua i te rauna whakamutunga o nga pitstop. "I pai ake te rautaki ki a Fernando", te kī a Dennis, i muri tata mai o te whakataetae. I mutu a Hamilton i te tuatoru, ka noho ko ia te kaihauturu tuatahi mai i a Jacques Villeneuve ki te whakaoti i runga i te paepae i tana whakataetae tuatahi. I nga rauna e rua i muri mai i Bahrain me Barcelona, i mutu a Hamilton i te tuarua i muri i a Felipe Massa ki te arahi i te Whakataetae Kaihauturu, kia noho ko ia te kaihauturu taitamariki rawa atu ki te arahi i te Whakataetae o te Ao. Whai muri i te mutunga tuarua i muri i a Alonso i Monaco, i kii a Hamilton kua aukatihia ia ki te whakataetae i tana hoa kapa, engari i whakakorea e te FIA a McLaren whai muri i te tirotiro. Whai muri i te whakataetae, ka whakaae te tumuaki o te kapa McLaren a Ron Dennis i whakaritea te hua e te kapa, na te mea he raru o te motuka ahuru, i whakatauhia kia patua te rautaki a Hamilton. "Me whakatau kē koe i mua ko wai te kaihauturu ka wikitoria i te whakataetae", ko te kī a Dennis mō te whakatau a te kapa. I tutuki i a Hamilton tana tūnga tuatahi me tana wikitoria tuatahi o tana mahi Formula Kotahi i roto i te whakataetae Formula One. I te wiki i muri mai ka wikitoria a Hamilton, hei tangata Ingarihi tuatahi mai i a John Watson i te tau 1983
ki te wikitoria i tētahi whakataetae Pūwhāho Kotahi i te US.