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[Raelene]

woops.... and what was he doing driving a Porshe ;)

Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton might be skilled at handling fast cars, but his father could certainly do with a few driving lessons after crashing his Porsche into a children's playground.

Anthony Hamilton apologised for the damage to the Porsche and fence
Anthony Hamilton was just 200 metres from his home in Tewin, Hertfordshire, when he lost control of the £330,000 vehicle and ploughed across a grass verge, leaving deep tire tracks, before crashing through a hedge.

The accident left the silver Porsche Carrera GT with a broken rear light and two large cracks in the body work below it.

To make matters worse the car does not even belong to Mr Hamilton, he was merely borrowing it for the day. He refused to reveal the identity of its owner.

Fortunately nobody was injured in the crash, which happened right next to a children's play area. Police were called to the scene, by the side of a 30mph country road, and the car was towed away for repair.

Mr Hamilton said: "This is my first crash in almost 30 years and it had to happen in someone else's car.

"Thankfully the only thing hurt was the car, and a bush fence – for which I am extremely sorry."

www.telegraph.co.uk



in fact - what is LH doing with this Porsche and not a merc ;)

Apparently Lewis Hamilton jumped on the Mclaren jet fresh from his win at Monaco this weekend and is here hanging out in Los Angeles–maybe he made new friends with some of the Cannes Film Festival celbutantes? Since no-one walks in LA, what’s an F1 phenom like Lewis to do. Cue Claus Ettensberger of high end mod shop CEC–US home to Techart and AC Schnitzer among others. It appears that Claus offered up some of their creations including full blown Techart Porsche 997 and perhaps a more appropriate Merc CL (pic after the jump) for Lewis to roll in. Lets hope he keeps it under the limit ‘cos our money’s on the Bev Hills po-po having no idea who he is when he gets pulled…

www.autofiends.com

[pingu666]

black guy in expensive car in LA, that could've been a worse acciedent than his dad.... LAPD n all

[kar]

Was he speeding?

[undersquare]

Excellent!

Listen, if I had a son in F1 I'd be having fun putting Porsches though hedges

Go Antony, Cool Dads Club.

[kar]

Originally posted by undersquare
Excellent!

Listen, if I had a son in F1 I'd be having fun putting Porsches though hedges

Go Antony, Cool Dads Club.

I'm gonna reserve comment on 'cool dad' until it becomes clear if he was speeding or not.

Actually crashing an expensive high performance sports car next to where children are playing is in any definition 'not cool', particularly when he knows the area.

If someone is breaking the law and that leads them to crashing next to where children are playing that is even less than not cool. Particularly when his son who whose interests he directly represents has been quite vocal about being a role model and has shown a penchant for speeding on the roads.

[Timstr11]

Originally posted by kar


I'm gonna reserve comment on 'cool dad' until it becomes clear if he was speeding or not.

Actually crashing an expensive high performance sports car next to where children are playing is in any definition 'not cool', particularly when he knows the area.

If someone is breaking the law and that leads them to crashing next to where children are playing that is even less than not cool. Particularly when his son who whose interests he directly represents has been quite vocal about being a role model and has shown a penchant for speeding on the roads.

Kar, you're probably hoping for a field day. Not gonna happen.

You're just too obvious.

[kar]

Originally posted by Timstr11
Kar, you're probably hoping for a field day. Not gonna happen.

You're just too obvious.

Like I said, I'm reserving comment until it becomes clear if he was speeding or not.

But in any case, crashing a car near kids is definitely not something to label 'cool dad', is it?

[roadie]

Pretty ******** and it's not even a GB registered car. I bet he's embarrassed. I wonder if Lewis will be asked about this on the weekend?

[Josta]

Originally posted by kar


I'm gonna reserve comment on 'cool dad' until it becomes clear if he was speeding or not.

Actually crashing an expensive high performance sports car next to where children are playing is in any definition 'not cool', particularly when he knows the area.

If someone is breaking the law and that leads them to crashing next to where children are playing that is even less than not cool. Particularly when his son who whose interests he directly represents has been quite vocal about being a role model and has shown a penchant for speeding on the roads.

Screw the children I hate the guy with a passion for doing that to a Carrera GT.

[kar]

Originally posted by Josta


Screw the children I hate the guy with a passion for doing that to a Carrera GT.

I would love to get my hands on one for a few laps around the Nuerburgring

[se7en_24]

WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN

[se7en_24]

So who does Anthony Hamilton know from Munich who would own a Porsche?

[undersquare]

Originally posted by kar


I'm gonna reserve comment on 'cool dad' until it becomes clear if he was speeding or not.

Actually crashing an expensive high performance sports car next to where children are playing is in any definition 'not cool', particularly when he knows the area.

If someone is breaking the law and that leads them to crashing next to where children are playing that is even less than not cool. Particularly when his son who whose interests he directly represents has been quite vocal about being a role model and has shown a penchant for speeding on the roads.

Obviously he was speeding

And obviously you're going to bitch about it

BTW, being righteous is definitely uncool

[Perigee]

Originally posted by Raelene
woops.... and what was he doing driving a Porshe ;)

Presumably he wanted to drive a German car, but one that doesn't look like the bland, standard corporate-mobile for fat execs that Mercedes produce.

[Lifew12]

Originally posted by kar



Actually crashing an expensive high performance sports car next to where children are playing is in any definition 'not cool'

neither is cavorting with prostitutes in mock dungeon with distincly dodgy role playing overtones, but you've been defending the reight of one man to do that for several weeks quite vehemently.

Incidentally, the Mail has a picture - it's someones front garden, not a childrens playground.

[Buttoneer]

Originally posted by Lifew12


neither is cavorting with prostitutes in mock dungeon with distincly dodgy role playing overtones, but you've been defending the reight of one man to do that for several weeks quite vehemently.

Speeding is illegal in the UK though. What Max did is not. So I think his stance is reasonably consistent (if not all of his arguments) with defence of Max.

I appreciate it's only a guess that AH was speeding, but it certainly looks from the photo like more than 30mph of damage.

[Josta]

Originally posted by Lifew12


neither is cavorting with prostitutes in mock dungeon with distincly dodgy role playing overtones, but you've been defending the reight of one man to do that for several weeks quite vehemently.

Incidentally, the Mail has a picture - it's someones front garden, not a childrens playground.

That would be some surreal experience, you walk out of your house to find Anthony Hamilton stepping out of of a Carrera GT in your front garden. I would think it was an acid flashback.

[dank]

Originally posted by se7en_24
So who does Anthony Hamilton know from Munich who would own a Porsche?

I don't know whether to believe this or not, but someone I know from Haverhill, Suffolk claims that he's seen this Porsche in and around town and that he thinks it is Gary Paffett's motor!

[Mika Mika]

Originally posted by Lifew12


neither is cavorting with prostitutes in mock dungeon with distincly dodgy role playing overtones, but you've been defending the reight of one man to do that for several weeks quite vehemently.

Incidentally, the Mail has a picture - it's someones front garden, not a childrens playground.

wow it took a whole 17 posts to refer to old spanky!!!;)

[bogi]

Something is wrong with Ham senior, first that leather jacket in Monaco and now this Carrera GT sucked.

[DiStefano]

Fortunately nobody was injured in the crash, which happened right next to a children's play area.

So did he park it in the sandpit?

[kar]

Incidentally, the Mail has a picture - it's someones front garden, not a childrens playground.

@LifeW

I didn't say it was in a children's playground, but rather next to one.

I don't know the facts, but if he was speeding then that is really not cool. Our home is close to a children's park as well, and often we park our car near it. I know I'm particularly careful driving around there (15mp/h) because it's very likely a kid is going to come rushing out like a bull out of a gate and I'm going to have no reaction time.

That is why, particularly if you know the area, I find the concept of speeding near where you know children are likely to be present particularly 'uncool'.

That's not a bash, it's a matter of acting responsibly.

[Lifew12]

Originally posted by kar
[B]

@LifeW

I didn't say it was in a children's playground, but rather next to one.

You didn't, and I didn't mean you - some reports did, however 9as they are wont to sensationalise something as trivial as this...)

I don't know the facts, but if he was speeding then that is really not cool.

Of course not; he should be made an example of.

Not the millions of drivers who speed routinely, of course, but him.

[kar]

Originally posted by Lifew12
Not the millions of drivers who speed routinely, of course, but him.

We don't know if he was speeding. But if he was, then his son made quite pointed and very specific comments about the responsibility of people involved in the sport to be role models. As the representative of Lewis' interests commercial, sporting and otherwise, he too has a responsibility not to popularise reckless driving and speeding.

The comment above about him being a 'cool dad', that's the sort of attitude that should be actively _discouraged_, not encouraged.

[LostProphet]

Originally posted by kar


We don't know if he was speeding.

So, how about this: until it's confirmed or denied one way or the other, stop talking about "if he was, then ..."

It's like watching a chained dog trying to get at a thick, juicy steak that it thinks is *just* beyond the reach of its leash.

[Lifew12]

Originally posted by kar


We don't know if he was speeding.

Do you not think we would, if he was? Do you not think that that would be the crux of the story, rather than the lack of a one as it is?

[se7en_24]

Originally posted by dank


I don't know whether to believe this or not, but someone I know from Haverhill, Suffolk claims that he's seen this Porsche in and around town and that he thinks it is Gary Paffett's motor!

Do you post on Overclockers?

[kar]

Originally posted by se7en_24

Do you post on Overclockers?

Dunno bout him but I do occasionally :-)

[bogi]

Originally posted by kar


We don't know if he was speeding. .

Try to run off the road with Carrera at 30mph

[RSNS]

I would have understood the thread if it was about an f1 driver crashing. But his father??? A bit like, in a forum about important philosophers, opening a thread to say that the brother of an important philosopher is a halfwit.

An F1 driver's father crashes a car. So what???

[se7en_24]

Originally posted by kar


Dunno bout him but I do occasionally :-)

Well apparently NathanE (one of the dons of the motors forum) thinks it's Gary's car, he lives in Haverhill so I wondered if thats who dank knew.

[bogi]

Originally posted by RSNS
I would have understood the thread if it was about an f1 driver crashing. But his father??? A bit like, in a forum about important philosophers, opening a thread to say that the brother of an important philosopher is a halfwit.

An F1 driver's father crashes a car. So what???

He is not ordinary driver, he is LEWIS

[thiscocks]

Originally posted by Buttoneer
Hey how cool is this? I just found another Hamilton-bash thread! Yummy.

errmmm... How is it 'bashing' Hamilton??? Just a funny motorsports side story. God you are so precious.

[F1Fanatic.co.uk]

Funnily enough, Hamilton was seen driving a Porsche recently as well: http://www.autoblog....rsche-for-la-t/

[dank]

Originally posted by se7en_24

Well apparently NathanE (one of the dons of the motors forum) thinks it's Gary's car, he lives in Haverhill so I wondered if thats who dank knew.

I don't know him, but in a strange twist of coincidence, I do know of the Overclockers forum!

[Tomecek]

Originally posted by kar


I'm gonna reserve comment on 'cool dad' until it becomes clear if he was speeding or not.

Actually crashing an expensive high performance sports car next to where children are playing is in any definition 'not cool', particularly when he knows the area.

If someone is breaking the law and that leads them to crashing next to where children are playing that is even less than not cool. Particularly when his son who whose interests he directly represents has been quite vocal about being a role model and has shown a penchant for speeding on the roads.

[Tomecek]

I think Hamiltons are enjoying their lives. Hamilton Lewis took three girls to his room in Malaysia.

[Levike]

Originally posted by se7en_24
WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN

What children ? On the picture there are none of them, neither the playgarden. I think if there is a playgarden somewhere in the visible distance then the journalist writes as if it was directly next to the accident just to create more drama....from the nothing.

[Buttoneer]

Originally posted by thiscocks



errmmm... How is it 'bashing' Hamilton??? Just a funny motorsports side story. God you are so precious.

If you say so. If ever a point were missed...

[Gilles4Ever]

Originally posted by Levike


What children ? On the picture there are none of them, neither the playgarden. I think if there is a playgarden somewhere in the visible distance then the journalist writes as if it was directly next to the accident just to create more drama....from the nothing.

oh come on, its a residential neighbourhood at least, its not like he crashed while losing it at a track day. You dont go doing wheelspins in a Porsche in a residential neighbourhood, childrens playgrounds nearby or not. He lost control being a show off, he is bloody lucky nobody was injured.

[Andy35]

Trust the British gutter press to bring this up. What a man does in the privacy of his front seat is up to him; as long as the car was consenting and nothing illegal happened. Trust them to show the front of his Porker deep in 5 naked bushes as well ( is it me or is one dressed up as a German Christmas tree?) .

I hope Anthony sues them.


Regards

Andy

PS With the reknowned tricky composite clutch on this car I can well believe he screwed it at low speed but with poor technique.

PPS Xtremesystems is far better than overclockers

[undersquare]

Originally posted by thiscocks



errmmm... How is it 'bashing' Hamilton??? Just a funny motorsports side story. God you are so precious.

Well it is, exactly, a funny story. Famous guy makes a cockup while having fun with a fast car. So when some members start looking for an angle saying "was he speeding?", as though somebody might for some reason drive a Porsche without speeding, and giving us the righteous indignation with OMG children - when as far as we know there weren't any - that's bashing.

[kar]

Originally posted by undersquare


Well it is, exactly, a funny story. Famous guy makes a cockup while having fun with a fast car. So when some members start looking for an angle saying "was he speeding?", as though somebody might for some reason drive a Porsche without speeding, and giving us the righteous indignation with OMG children - when as far as we know there weren't any - that's bashing.

'As far as we know there weren't any [children].' That's a good point. I wonder if Anthony knew if there were any or not?

The precise fact that you do not know [whether children are present], is why you should never ever, speed past a location where there is a good likelihood of children being present.

Saying so isn't bashing, it's just common ****ing sense.

[Lifew12]

But still, as far as we know he wasn't speeding.

[Perigee]

Originally posted by Lifew12
But still, as far as we know he wasn't speeding.

Exactly. And, equally, as far as we know he was speeding.

[Lifew12]

Originally posted by Perigee

Exactly. And, equally, as far as we know he was speeding.

I would dispute that, given that not one of the reports in the press - gutter or otherwise - says he was; I think it would have been emphasised greatly had he been.

[kismet]

Hee, on a slightly flippant and disrespectful note, if I crashed a friend's sports car like that, I'd certainly hope I'd been doing considerably more than 30 mph at the time of the incident...

[Lifew12]

Originally posted by kismet
Hee, on a slightly flippant and disrespectful note, if I crashed a friend's sports car like that, I'd certainly hope I would've been doing considerably more than 30 mph at the time of the incident...

Was it in a 30mph zone? The pictures i've seen show a road with no markings, lamp posts or pavements....

** edit - a pic looking the other way in the Sun (that bastion of Uk Journalism) shows a 30mph sign and a lamp post.

[Anomnader]

hhmmm wheres the complaints about freedom of privacy?

[Melbourne Park]

Originally posted by kismet
Hee, on a slightly flippant and disrespectful note, if I crashed a friend's sports car like that, I'd certainly hope I'd been doing considerably more than 30 mph at the time of the incident...

power on oversteer in the wet with TC off? Who knows - worse still maybe Dad thinks he can drive like they do ... too much time at the track maybe? 911s do get shunted quite a bit with new owners though ... glad no one got hurt. Except Dad's pride by the sound of it. Porsche should be used to celebs doing this sort of thing, I'd like to know which car and year it was!