Hamilton, always intensely loyal to McLaren, has said he feels born to race and destined to be a world champion.
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He showed last year he was in awe of no reputation, with Spaniard Alonso discovering his rookie team mate was not one for playing supporting roles.
By the end of 2007, Alonso was heading back to Renault and Hamilton was being hailed as a future great.
This season Hamilton, tipped to become Britain's highest-earning sportsman, has presented himself as better prepared, fitter, hungrier and wiser.
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