Hamilton to help Government

Eurosport - Thu, 04 Dec 13:05:00 2008

Lewis Hamilton is set to visit 10 Downing Street to help Prime Minister Gordon Brown with a road accident campaign.

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After winning the Formula One world championship, Hamilton said he wanted to "put something back" into Britain and Brown is planning to take up the offer.

The Prime Minster reportedly wants the McLaren driver to lead a road accident campaign aimed at teenage drivers, as well as helping to promote sport to the young.

Despite recent criticism for becoming a tax exile in Switzerland, Hamilton hasn also been named on a Government list of 20 Afro-Caribbean men who can serve as role models for black teenagers.

Communities Secretary Hazel Blears said at the launch of the list: "The election of Barack Obama and Lewis Hamilton's recent success is a powerful signal to young people that they can achieve.

"But for many they will still be the men on the telly, removed from their day-to-day lives, whose achievements exist in a world beyond theirs.

"The role modelling programme was about finding a way of making a more relevant connection; nurturing ambitious, realistic aspirations by showing young black men that they can achieve in any and every walk of life they can imagine.

"That is why I am delighted by the calibre and diversity of the role models that have put themselves forward. Each of these men has faced challenges and barriers, but through skill, determination and hard work they have succeeded.

"Now they have a chance to tell their stories and show that success and recognition are there for the taking - if only young people reach for them."

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  1. Good work Bill Mac, Scotland is proud of you and your­ detective work.

    I expect he'll be quiet now, for a­ while at least.

    It's the best we can hope for.

    From Scottish C, on Thu 4 Dec 1:20PM
  2. Toury if I produced Mario Illien and he explained it in­ words of one syllable you still wouldn't accept it.­ So what is the point? You go on living in your little­ dream world where Massa was 2008 WDC and Hammy was­ never born and Ron Dennis and Maclaren are the devil­ incarnate trying to rent the world asunder.

    From BigBill, on Thu 4 Dec 1:14PM
  3. Clispy I tried to post the website and couldn't, it­ was frustrating.
    I reproduced the article because you­ may notice that Toury amended a little bit at the end­ from "independent of Mercedes" to "not­ only working with Mercedes".
    Toury please indicate­ what you are trying to achieve with all of your lies. I­ do know (no) something and that is that you keep on and­ on trying to wear people out with your insistent lying­ and invention of "meta facts" to suit you own­ bias.

    From BigBill, on Thu 4 Dec 1:07PM
  4. moronroute: that last post can be found at grandprix dt­ com. You could never write a simple sentence so trying­ to fool us with the last posting was, quite frankly,­ laughable. You are a joke!

    From crispyduck, on Thu 4 Dec 12:50PM
  5. Ilmor Engineering is not what it used to be. The­ company, which was established by Mario Illien and Paul­ Morgan back in 1983 to design engines for General­ Motors in CART racing, became Mercedes-Ilmor Ltd in­ June and three weeks later changed its name to become­ Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines Ltd. It is based­ in the Ilmor premises in Quarry Road in Brixworth in­ Northamptonshire. At the same time as this was­ happening, Mario Illien owned a company called Special­ Designs Ltd which in July was renamed as Ilmor­ Engineering Ltd and moved his special project group to­ new premises in Morgan Drive, Brixworth, and began­ working on his own projects again, independent of­ Mercedes-Benz. These include the preparation of Honda­ engines in the Indy Racing League, work in NASCAR with­ Penske South, plus the development of engines for­ high-speed military drones and also it is understood­ marine engines. There are rumours that this firm may­ one day embark on other F1 engine designs, with a new­ manufacturer, and work that in 2007 there will be a­ 800cc engine motorcycle engine for the MotoGP series.­ The plan is to lease the engines to MotoGP teams.

    From BigBill, on Thu 4 Dec 12:49PM
  6. No Toury. Ilmor is at the end of Quarry Road and Merc­ HP Eng. are the other side of the roundabout in Morgan­ Drive.
    If you are sure of "facts" please­ produce details of the ownership of Ilmor Engineering­ because I assure you this is all in the public­ domain.

    From Bill Mac, on Thu 4 Dec 11:41AM BILL MAC,­ i have just been told you no nothing, ring 01604­ 799100, and ask for engineering ,and you will know,­ that they both belong to Mercedes Benz .

    From touronroute, on Thu 4 Dec 12:47PM
  7. Won't let me post anything that remotely looks like­ an address.
    search for:
    Ilmor Engineering and MotoGP

    From BigBill, on Thu 4 Dec 12:46PM
  8. You in fact cut and pasted it from:

    From BigBill, on Thu 4 Dec 12:43PM
  9. Sorry Toury you of course did not cut and paste your­ last missive from the Ilmor website.

    From BigBill, on Thu 4 Dec 12:42PM
  10. invalid

    From BigBill, on Thu 4 Dec 12:41PM
  11. Toury, please don't just cut and paste from their­ website. When you are using someone else's­ "English Grammar" it's always obvious to­ anyone reading it. So please stop it.

    From BigBill, on Thu 4 Dec 12:26PM
  12. Mercedes-Benz
    HighPerformanceEngines Ltd
    Morgan­ Drive
    Brixworth
    Northants NN6 9GZ

    The address you gave­ is for Ilmor Engineering NOT Merc HP Eng. Just look it­ up man.

    From BigBill, on Thu 4 Dec 12:19PM
  13. Ilmor Engineering is not what it used to be. The­ company, which was established by Mario Illien and Paul­ Morgan back in 1983 to design engines for General­ Motors in CART racing, became Mercedes-Ilmor Ltd in­ June and three weeks later changed its name to become­ Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines Ltd. It is based­ in the Ilmor premises in Quarry Road in Brixworth in­ Northamptonshire. At the same time as this was­ happening, Mario Illien owned a company called Special­ Designs Ltd which in July was renamed as Ilmor­ Engineering Ltd and moved his special project group to­ new premises in Morgan Drive, not only working with­ Mercedes Benz but also Honda ltd

    From touronroute, on Thu 4 Dec 12:18PM
  14. Mercedes Benz High Performance Engines Ltd & Ilmor­ Engineering
    (01604) 880100
    Quarry Road, Brixworth ­ (01604) 799100
    Northampton
    NN6­ 9UB

    to bill mac

    From touronroute, on Thu 4 Dec 12:05PM
  15. No Toury. Ilmor is at the end of Quarry Road and Merc­ HP Eng. are the other side of the roundabout in Morgan­ Drive.
    If you are sure of "facts" please­ produce details of the ownership of Ilmor Engineering­ because I assure you this is all in the public domain.

    From BigBill, on Thu 4 Dec 11:41AM
  16. BILL MAC, conspiracy theories no, truth yes, on paper­ yes, independant company, yes on paper, mercedes and­ ilmor same, i been there mate same joint office , same­ factory, opposite the red lion public house, turn left­ QUARRY ROAD,mercedes and ilmor engineering, same­ factory mate.

    From touronroute, on Thu 4 Dec 11:27AM
  17. Why is everyone getting so upset about this story?­ It's a government initiative to put forward black­ role models and at most Hammy will be involved in an­ advert.
    joanne s: stop being so bitchy.
    So please­ don't add anything to this story and then twist it­ to suit your own bias, actually no chance of that­ happening is there?
    Carry on cry-babies (Massa's­ words not mine).

    From BigBill, on Thu 4 Dec 10:48AM
  18. Toury when you say only on paper I assume you are­ talking about Ilmor Engineering. Sorry wasn't­ logged in last night so I have only just seen your­ post.
    Well unfortunately you are wrong again. Ilmor­ Engineering is completely independent ftom Mercedes,­ not just on paper but actually. If anything they have a­ bigger tie up with Honda due to their IndyCar and­ Powerboat engines.
    But if you want to believe these­ conspiracy theories that are in fact created by youself­ then I guess there is nothing I can do.
    JFK Shot Elvis.

    From BigBill, on Thu 4 Dec 10:43AM
  19. help in the road accident program..is he kidding me..i­ think he should reflect first on his pitstop accident­ in canada...

    From jo-anne, on Thu 4 Dec 9:06AM
  20. I think it's called "publicity­ stunt".
    It's not worth getting upset about and­ it should be treated for what it is.

    From Count Louis Zborowski, on Thu 4 Dec 8:22AM
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