Lewis age 6

[losixxx]

suppose there's hope for some rc younster's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjTUAQgZsKw

[telboy]

aah, the blue peter footage. I think this has been on every Lewis hamilton programme that tv has done.
But I know my 6 year old wouldn't be able to control a 1/8th car, even round a small track.

[Nick Goodall]

I was told that Justin Mackey and some other guy were actually driving the cars lol

Makes me laugh too if you look up Lewis on Wikipedia it says he started racing R/C cars and finished 2nd in the National championship before moving on to Karts

[terry.sc]

he's not as good as his team mate, Pedro was twice European rallycross champion, the first at age 12.

[millzy]

Originally Posted by Nick Goodall

I was told that Justin Mackey and some other guy were actually driving the cars lol

Makes me laugh too if you look up Lewis on Wikipedia it says he started racing R/C cars and finished 2nd in the National championship before moving on to Karts

in his book it says it he did club racing and maybe a regional but nothing about nats.

cant remeber the model shop that ran at the club he did but they got him on blue peter

[MattADH]

The shop was Models in Motion and it was Stewart and Ray Wilcox on the show with Lewis. Stewart was driving one of the cars and Ray was waving the flag.

[purpletimbo]

on the first bit was lewis's car the one stopped as he'd hit neutral

[millzy]

Originally Posted by MattADH

The shop was Models in Motion and it was Stewart and Ray Wilcox on the show with Lewis. Stewart was driving one of the cars and Ray was waving the flag.

thats it Models in motion, would re check the book but thought it was a load of fake shit and used it to line the bottom of my daughters school hampsters cage

[showtime]

Originally Posted by MattADH

The shop was Models in Motion and it was Stewart and Ray Wilcox on the show with Lewis. Stewart was driving one of the cars and Ray was waving the flag.

Matts right on the money here

i asked Justin about this today at work & he said it was Him along with Stewart Wilcox & Mike Cradock who were actually driving the cars.
they were asked to go there to promote rallycross & get it on the telly, when they got there it was decided they looked too old & the program wanted to focus on soime kids so justin & Stewart etc had to hang around out of shot (you do actually see Stewart at the beginning of the clip)
basically they did a start & drove a couple of laps, then stopped for a while then were asked to just do a few more laps, basically just driving around. the kids were basically asked to focus on a car & hold onto a transmitter for the sake of the filming & they just picked Lewis as the alleged winner of the imaginary race

i was told about this when the clip was just thought to be long lost telly history never to be seen again! strange now its been dug up is the cause of a few discussions. plus its funny how they had some psycholgist analysing the footage & remarking on how intense Lewis was & how he only smiled when he won LOL

Lewis & his little brother do still race occasionally though at the Ware track near Stevenage. i think Cradock has hooked them up with some Kyosho gear