Minichamps 530 081832 – 1/18 Scale Lewis Hamilton World Champion 2008 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4-23 Diecast Scale Model Replica
The 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 62nd season of Formula One motor racing, recognized by the Fédération International de L’Automobile (FIA) – the governing body of motorsport – as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. It featured the 2008 Formula One World Championship. The season was contested over eighteen rounds, which started in Australia on 16 March and ended in Brazil on 2 November. The 2008 season saw the debut of the Singapore Grand Prix, which was held at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, in Marina Bay, Singapore and was the first Formula One race held at night. The European Grand Prix moved to a new venue at the Valencia Street Circuit, in Valencia, Spain
Lewis Hamilton won the Drivers’ title by a point – by overtaking Toyota’s Timo Glock on the final corner of the final lap of the final Grand Prix of the season to claim the required 5th-place finish – from Brazilian Felipe Massa while Massa’s teammate, the 2007 world champion, Kimi Räikkönen was ranked third, with two wins. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro won the Constructors’ title. In winning the title, Hamilton became the youngest driver ever to win the title (a record since supplanted by Sebastian Vettel’s winning of the 2010 Drivers’ title) and the first black driver to do so. He was also the first British champion since Damon Hill in 1996.
Features:
Highly detailed scale model replica
Detailed race cockpit interior
Detailed race livery
Comes in clear plastic window display box
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Product Id: 530 081832