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Lewis Hamilton is a good driver...his dad...not so much...

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  1. TCT

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  2. DF1

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    Forgets his son is the driver not him :)
     
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    lol...
     
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    Oh comeon guys it was clearly the car's fault, even Lewis has said that he dad often gives him driving tips :)
     
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    Lol, whoops. I wonder if dear old dad will be asking Lewis for a loan...
     
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    I'm sure he's taking a nice cut anyways as the manager.
     
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    Isn't it obvious that Alonso's dad sabotaged the car? :rolleyes:

    It's interesting that the car was registered in Munich. I wonder whose car he wrecked.
     
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    Those darn nervous Carrera GT's always getting away from people, perhaps it was the Ceramic Clutch.
     
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    Oh dear...He might think he know's the way, but can't drive.
     
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    Kimi bumped him....
     
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    Funny. A crash instantly means one is not a good driver. Schumy must be a terrible driver then!
    It simply means one was pushing the limits, and it got away. I don't particularly like Hamy's dad, but CGT's are not know to be the most stable handling cars. Doub't the clutch had anything to do with it either.
     
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    Maybe he was trying to drive on severely worn tyres. ;)
     
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    Classic!!!!!!!!!!! I think he suffers from "pre-mature-clutch-a-lation"!!!!


    Robert
     
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    There saying it'll cost thousands to fix.
     
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    You're right.

    "Pushing the limits" as you say on public residential roads, showing off and then plowing into a children's play area in a borrowed 6 fig car also makes you an idiot.
     
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    should buff right out : "But sheepish Anthony was heard mumbling that the convertible Porsche, which he had BORROWED, was “totalled”.
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    LMAO :D brillant.
     
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    To be honest, I have done this myself in a Porsche, although it was one with a renowned twitchy back end, and I didn't hit anything, and I was a lot younger than Ant Ham at the time.

    It's totally embarrassing..live and learn job, quite plain to see he hadn't.
     
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    From the article "Later, he 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.”"

    So he's sorry about wrecking the bush fence but not the car? :)
     
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    I see a conjunction in that sentence ;)

    but, I suspect the owner, who ever that is, is gleefully looking over new sales literature for the next toy, not to mention Anthony's case of Dom Perignon, a new watch and dates with some models for the next year. every thing has a silver lining....Perhaps he'll donate the car to the playground
     
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    The link says he was showing off. And did you just say;

    ???

    They don't handle well?
     
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    More like Alonso...
     
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    I've heard from several different sources that there is an issue with snap over steer.
     
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    FofSF had one traded in for a Ferrari about eight months ago, same color combo. R-R wheel was broken off. Giuseppe, one of their Italian mechs., was fixing the rear end. Heard it got away from driver on a quick 'near' straightaway. Perhaps some truth to the oversteer, or more likely lack of driver abilities.
     

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