20 YEARS ON: The inside story of Lewis Hamilton's first F1 test with McLaren

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As Lewis Hamilton gears up for Sunday's Qatar Grand Prix, he will be doing so exactly 20 years after driving an F1 car for the first time with McLaren. To mark the milestone, F1.com spoke with one of the drivers he tested alongside that day, fellow Briton Alex Lloyd, for a first-hand account of the outing which kicked off Hamilton's journey to seven world titles…

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