Hamilton's dad smashes Porsche: EXCLUSIVE pics
 The smash caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to the Porsche Carrera GT 05 June 2008 The father of Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton has spectacularly pranged a powerful £330,000 Porsche in Hertfordshire. Embarrassed Anthony Hamilton, 48, lost control and careered into a hedge and an empty children's playground near his home in Burnham Green on Wednesday. No-one was hurt but thousands of pounds of damage was caused to the Carrera GT convertible. View EXCLUSIVE images of Lewis Hamilton’s dad’s Porsche smash Mr Hamilton, who helps manage his son, told The Sun: "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." Hertfordshire Police said they were called at 2.47pm on Wednesday. A spokesman said: "The driver has been spoken to as part of routine inquiries." Lewis Hamilton said: "As far as I know he's fine." Speaking to The Sun newspaper, Lewis Hamilton said: "I got Dad's email yesterday and I just laughed. "He is not one to make mistakes. He is a very good driver but I don't know what he was up to." Lewis Hamilton added: "I have never raced him on the track. We raced go-karts together years ago but he was terrible." View EXCLUSIVE images of Lewis Hamilton’s dad’s Porsche smash Read our feature on crashed supercars Photos courtesy of Lantern Recovery: http://www.lanternrecovery.com/ |
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