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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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 .
Won't let me post anything that remotely looks like an address.
search for:
Ilmor Engineering and MotoGP
You in fact cut and pasted it from:
Sorry Toury you of course did not cut and paste your last missive from the Ilmor website.
invalid
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.
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.
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
Mercedes Benz High Performance Engines Ltd & Ilmor Engineering
(01604) 880100
Quarry Road, Brixworth (01604) 799100
Northampton
NN6 9UB
to bill mac
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.
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.
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).
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.
help in the road accident program..is he kidding me..i think he should reflect first on his pitstop accident in canada...
I think it's called "publicity stunt".
It's not worth getting upset about and it should be treated for what it is.
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