Those who drive on
race tracks – knows driving and the machine too, well. Some time back when he bought Ferrari
LaFerrari, it raised many eye-brows for it
is no ordinary road car and has 499 more. Ferrari reportedly has a laborious process of
selecting owners of its more limited run
cars. They are not sold through dealers
! perhaps successful Formula 1 drivers
get a pass on this whole process, yet, still, this man taking delivery of LaFerrari, complete with a V12 hybrid
powertrain making 950 horsepower, rocketing it 0-60 in under three seconds and
a top speed of 186 mph, made news as he is from a rival stable.
Lewis Carl Davidson
Hamilton, is a British Formula One
racing driver currently racing for the Mercedes AMG team. He is the 2008 and
2014 Formula One World Champion. Coming from a mixed background, with a black
father and white mother, Hamilton is often labelled "the first black
driver in Formula One”. He has more race victories than any other British
driver in the history of Formula One and is currently tied for third on the
all-time wins list, with 42 wins.
At Sochi he won and was joined on the winners' podium by
Russia's President Vladimir Putin. The pair took a moment to celebrate together
as Putin handed over trophy ~even before the President got down, Hamilton
started spraying champagne. Mercedes driver Hamilton took first place today,
ahead of Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany, and Force India driver
Sergio Perez of Mexico and his moment of glory was enhanced when President
Putin stepped up to congratulate him on the podium, taking some time away from
his activities in Syria to share in celebrations. After enjoying Hamilton's
moment of glory, the Russian leader was ushered off stage after a quick wave to
the crowd. The champagne split on the leader too, which was not the correct.
He is news again,
this time not for his driving skills – rather the other way. Three-time World Champion, and Mercedes
Formula 1 ace Lewis Hamilton, was involved in what was said to be a minor crash
in Monaco. The F1 superstar took to Instagram earlier this week to inform fans
of what had happened, that he was ok, and fit to compete in this upcoming
weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix. While the F1 star came out of the wreck without
injury, his custom $2.2 million Pagani Zonda 760LH did not. It’s unclear what
happened to the one-of-a-kind supercar, but according to Lewis Hamilton’s
Instagram, “Nobody was hurt, which is the most important thing. But the car was
obviously damaged and I made very light contact with a stationary vehicle.”
The accident was
said to have been immediately reported to the local authorities and occurred
around 3 am in Monaco. The one-off Zonda isn’t too badly damaged is the expectation
, especially considering it was one of the last Zondas with a manual
transmission ever built by Pagani.
After being checked
out by Mercedes’ team doctors, Hamilton was cleared to take part in the
upcoming Brazilian Grand Prix. Although, competing honestly doesn’t matter
since Hamilton had already clinched the championship during the US Grand Prix
at Circuit of the Americas. Later, Lewis
Hamilton blamed crashing £1.5m supercar in Monaco on 'heavy partying and not much
rest'.
The British F1 ace,
whose £1.5million Pagani Zonda supercar hit three stationary vehicles in the
early hours on Tuesday morning, said: ‘It was a result of heavy partying. I am
a bit run down.’ The triple world champion’s accident happened in Monaco just
before he was due to fly to Sao Paulo for this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix. The purple supercar can reach speeds of 217mph.
Hamilton’s arrival had
been delayed – he missed a sponsor
event, blaming a fever – before revealing on the social website Instagram that
he had had an embarrassing road accident in his purple Zonda, which has a top
speed of 217mph, a 760 horsepower engine and does 0-60mph in 2.6seconds - and
was commissioned exclusively for Hamilton by the Italian manufacturer, hence
the model number being 760LH. A spokesman for Monaco’s Palais de Justice told
Sportsmail: ‘Mr Hamilton’s foot slipped on the brake and clutch pedals and his
vehicle struck three parked cars. He was tested for alcohol but the result was
negative.’
Hamilton, who used
to be virtually teetotal, says he now parties hard, both in Monaco, where he
lives, and with friends in Los Angeles and Miami. He promised to drink lustily
for weeks after winning the title in Austin last month, with his mother
Carmen’s party in London last weekend, a highlight in his social calendar.
So who is a good
driver ?
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
14th Nov. 2015
