Lewis Hamilton will get slammed all around the web after complicated public roads with the racetrack. The seven-time F1 World Champion rented a Nissan Skyline GT-R and drove it like he stole it round Tokyo. JDM a lot?
No, girls and gents, this isn’t The Quick and the Livid: Tokyo Drift. It’s simply Lewis Hamilton pondering he’s a stuntman for the film. Properly, not everybody appreciates such stunts, because the Mercedes-AMG Petronas driver is now going through backlash for irresponsible driving.
The late-night drive passed off in Tokyo and ended up on Instagram, posted by the professional driver himself. “I solely prefer to drive on monitor, however I make exceptions.” The exception was a 1998 R34 Nissan Skyline GT-R with a handbook. One which appears to have blown up in smoke whereas Lewis was doing donuts in a closed automotive park. He then laughs on the digicam held by his private photographer, Timothy McGurr. 1.7 million folks reacted to the video. Most feedback are optimistic, however there are folks slamming the 37-year previous British driver.
Snapshots from the video present up the speedometer going all the way in which to 160 km/h (99 mph) on public roads whereas he’s plowing an categorical street. That might be 60 km/h (37 mph) over the velocity restrict. Just some sectors of that street permit driving at 120 km/h (75 mph).
He received away with it this time. However he’s received fairly some tales with the police. Again in 2007, received a one-month driving ban in France, after police caught him doing 198 km/h (123 mph) in a Mercedes-Benz CLK and began chasing him.
Three years later, following a donuts session in a parking lot in Melbourne, police impounded his automotive. “I used to be foolish,” Lewis Hamilton admitted after the incident. Talking of that “I don’t like driving” half… Can’t idiot us with it, champ!
One factor is for positive. The costs of the Nineties Nissan Skyline GT-Rs on the second-hand market will now be skyrocketing.