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Events on Tuesday 1 January 2008 2
20082008: Lewis HamiltonMcLarenBritish driver Hamilton became F1's youngest World Champion at 23 and its first Black champion, overtaking Timo Glock on the final corner of the final lap of the final race in Brazil to win the title by a single point.
2008 – 2021Academic and Television CareerBecame Professor of Poetry and Creative Writing at Brunel University London in 2008. Also appeared as Jeremiah Jesus in the long-running television series Peaky Blinders.