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Lewis Hamilton
Not sure who watched the coverage of the Saturday FR race at Croft, but did you guys know that lewis won the Saturday race with only one rear Shocker ??????, Spoke with Hamilton senior about it after the race and a few of the manor guys, if it's true it just proves that all the testing, set-ups etc etc etc are no match for a class driver, how many other drivers on the FR grid would have lost 2-3 secs a lap in that senario and then blamed the car fault once it had been discovered, a true racer will identify the car has a fault adjust his driving as best he can and if possible push on, but to then pull out a small gap and take the win ?, class act. ( And a poke in the eye for the rest of us )
Well done Lewis.
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15 Jul 2003, 13:05
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Wow! I'm impressed! 
I haven't seen the race yet  , but it sounds pretty good, so ditto, and well done Lewis.
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15 Jul 2003, 13:35
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how serios was the fault on his car though. I do find it hard from an engineering point of view that he can keep the same pase with a defective car!??!
Wrong i may be, but are manor just over exagerating what the problem was.
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15 Jul 2003, 13:37
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saying that well done if it was his driver skill that kept the beast on the island!
Mr Jinxx, and pic you can post of Alex's new colour scheme only saw from a distance.. And Why??
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15 Jul 2003, 15:06
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yep good stuff
I am reliably told it was the shocker mounting stud that stands up from the rear g'box casing, so effectively one of the rear shockers was disconnected completely, that rear corner would have been held up on the roll tension alone, I found it hard to believe as well, but I did note how hard his car was bottoming out of the chicane.
Re Alex new colour scheme, according to Susies mechanic it is due to new sponsor who wanted car in their colours, red. 
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15 Jul 2003, 17:00
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Re: yep good stuff
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Re Alex new colour scheme, according to Susies mechanic it is due to new sponsor who wanted car in their colours, red.
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takes the burden off his poor old dad!!
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15 Jul 2003, 20:35
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Yeah, Alex's new is the Isle of Man Tourist board - or www.visitisleofman.com Their colour is red, and that's fine by me - he's the only red car now and, although it confused me at the start of qualifying on Saturday, it's much easier to tell him apart from the other Motaworlds now.
As for Lewis' drive - or drives - stunning. The pace of both races was amazing - the average speed in the first, including standing start, was just over a mile an hour slower than the fastest lap, and in the second it was less than a mile an hour slower. There wasn't a single lap in round 8 that Hamilton didn't pull away from Rossiter. I just hope he doesn't run away with the championship now - I'd like to see a bit of a challenge.
And just for interest, this is the 7th thread on ten-tenths to be just called "Lewis Hamilton", and the 5th in the Other Single Seaters forum alone. Shows how much interest there is in the guy.
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15 Jul 2003, 20:46
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Re: Re: yep good stuff
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takes the burden off his poor old dad!!
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you know he's gonna pull you up on the 'old' bit of that comment!!!  maybe the 'poor' bit too!
Still it made me laugh!
....see!
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15 Jul 2003, 20:52
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15 Jul 2003, 20:55
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shouldn't that be red wine you're cheersing with!!!
Hey make that a vat of red wine!
I'm so dead!!!!!
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15 Jul 2003, 20:57
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it makes a nice change
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15 Jul 2003, 20:59
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red wine or me being dead????
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15 Jul 2003, 21:19
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for the people who know lewis hamilton. in 2 years tops he's going to be famous globally and probably a young hot shot f1 driver. later on you'll be able to say u knew before all of that.
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15 Jul 2003, 22:24
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shhhh Jinxy's online!
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15 Jul 2003, 22:34
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Lewis
Jensen wrote:
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if it's true it just proves that all the testing, set-ups etc etc etc are no match for a class driver
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Come off it!! How come he was 1.5 seconds slower than Ryan Sharp at Hockenheim the other week? Was Lewis not a class driver then?? He's a damn good driver with the best-sorted car on the grid at this moment. It's up to the other teams to match or beat that Manor car's handling and performance.
As to Alex Lloyd's newly-liveried car, it is, as Paul said, the Isle of Man colours - white on red. Not strictly the Tourist Board, a little more than that, but an interesting new initiative which is set to go live very soon, hopefully next week. Will keep you informed.
Here's a couple of pics, taken by the infuriatingly-talented Jakob Ebrey:
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