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[mab01uk]

 

Lewis Hamilton admits he drives like Mr Bean:-
https://metro.co.uk/...-bean-17645380/

 

Edited by mab01uk, 08 February 2024 - 09:23 AM.

[bpirie1000]

Think the fuel consumption maybe slightly better on the mini...

[coopertaz]

suppose when you go 200 for a job why have a fast road car, remember back in the day michael schumacher had a fiat 500 abarth. must also be easier to fit in garage next to merc. SLR company car

Edited by coopertaz, 07 February 2024 - 11:31 AM.

[mab01uk]

suppose when you go 200 for a job why have a fast road car, remember back in the day michael schumacher had a fiat 500 abarth. must also be easier to fit in garage next to merc. SLR company car

 

Also F1 World Champion James Hunt had an Austin A35 Van as his daily driver...

 

James Hunt’s Austin A35 – classic sleeper:-

https://www.adrianfl...unt-austin-a35/

Edited by mab01uk, 07 February 2024 - 11:19 PM.

[Quinlan minor]

"Died in the wool"!!!

Don't get me started!

 

Apparently, it's been for sale for the last three years:

 

https://www.theminif...-by-james-hunt/

 

[mab01uk]

Back in 2017 CNN reported...

Lewis Hamilton: My first ever car...a Mini.
 He’s crossed the finish line first in more F1 races than anyone apart from Michael Schumacher, but Lewis Hamilton hasn’t always had a need for speed.
Before making his name as one of the best racing drivers ever, the Mercedes man was behind the wheel of a more everyday vehicle.
“It was a Mini!” laughs Hamilton, recalling his first ever car. “Actually my mum’s was the first I drove, and then I got one.”
 Hamilton’s Mini might have not have clocked the top speeds of F1’s sleek, aerodynamic machines, but that’s not to say that made it any less enjoyable to drive.
After his father Anthony helped him buy the Mini, Hamilton remembers it being “just the greatest thing,” singling out “that freedom to go around and do things” his first car offered.
Not that the youngster didn’t abide by the rules of the highway code.
“You know, I thought I knew everything and it doesn’t matter how good you are as a driver – you don’t.
 “It was a big wake-up call getting a car and getting that big responsibility; it’s not only you now, it’s all the people you’re driving past!”
https://edition.cnn....mini/index.html