Lewis, 1998, karting, heavy rain!

[stew-S160]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt_PJqM-sRc

found this nice little vid on youtube.

[Heebeegeetee]

That is brilliant, thanks very much for that. Just enjoyed a good scout around for Lewis clips on Youtube and enjoyed this http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DDjRdi5zv-w

and that pass at Silverstone in GP2, christ, what aracer the guy is.

[tim the pool man]

Fantastic! How good was the karting commentator/ He should be replacing the cock, for sure

[RDM]

Is the commentator at Larkhall not an ex Radio 1 DJ, I can remember
the voice from Top of the Pops as a child.

It doesn't always rain at Larkhall by the way....it is God's own
country after all!

[woof]

It's David "Kid" Jensen
He ran a race team at one point - raced and think he's son was doing something as well

sorry - that's the guy that does the introduction
the commentator does World Motor sport - might be Mark Cole ?

Edited by woof on Saturday 27th October 10:16

[anonymous-user]

Great to watch!

[308mate]

The Karting commentator is Keith Huewen.

Very distinctive voice and style and the big clue is when the first guy introduces him as "Keith Huewen".

He commentates loads of bike racing.

[Heebeegeetee]

Had to smile though when the commentator says 'And Hamilton goes through, from Stevenage...'.

I thought blimey, i know Lewis can pass from way back but thats getting silly.

[stephen300o]

I might be biased but, did you see in the first "wet" clip they cut away just as Hamilton was forcing that other kid off the track.

Edited by stephen300o on Saturday 27th October 14:10

[FourWheelDrift]

stephen300o said:

I might be biased but, did you see in the first "wet" clip they cut away just as Hamilton was forcing that other kid off the track.

And if you look really carefully you will see it is actually Hamilton (number 44) being forced off the track by Fraser Sheeter (number 2) not the other way round. It's a clip from the race shown later, that Hamilton wins.

[stephen300o]

FourWheelDrift said:

stephen300o said:

I might be biased but, did you see in the first "wet" clip they cut away just as Hamilton was forcing that other kid off the track.

And if you look really carefully you will see it is actually Hamilton (number 44) being forced off the track by Fraser Sheeter (number 2) not the other way round. It's a clip from the race shown later, that Hamilton wins.

Appologies, I blame the popularity of Senna helmets

[Satsuma]

Does Anyone know wher Fraser Sheeter is now?

[FourWheelDrift]

Satsuma said:

Does Anyone know wher Fraser Sheeter is now?

Might have helped if I spelt it right, Fraser Sheader - http://www.driverdb.com/racingdriver4489.html

Guessing here now - http://www.maranellokartuk.com/servlets/sfs;jsessi...

[johnph]

I wonder what happened to that Alex Loyd fellow:

http://www.driverdb.com/racingdriver134.html

Recently signed for Ganassi :gr8:

[Zod]

Just remember that, according to 5.0% and the other Lewis detractors, he can't drive in the rain.

[stephen300o]

Zod said:

Just remember that, according to 5.0% and the other Lewis detractors, he can't drive in the rain.

Local karting, F1, same thing...not

[Heebeegeetee]

stephen300o said:

Zod said:

Just remember that, according to 5.0% and the other Lewis detractors, he can't drive in the rain.

Local karting, F1, same thing...not

Er, what you are seeing in those clips, is absolutely, emphatically, and definitely not local karting. Its national championship karting which is very expensive to participate indeed, and extremely competitive. When you go international, the whole ball game steps up into another gear entirely, both cost and competition wise.

At a junior world champs meeting last year (in portugal, i think), the little Dutch lad who won had had the sole use of Jos Verstappen for the entire week.. He trained, mechaniced and managed the lad. I don't know how much it costs to rent a former F1 driver for the week.

[SuperKartRacer]

stephen300o said:

Zod said:

Just remember that, according to 5.0% and the other Lewis detractors, he can't drive in the rain.

Local karting, F1, same thing...not

Karting is harder in the wet, so no not the same thing ;-)

[Andy47]

I remember watching these Champions of the Future and Stars of Tomorrow races on ITV back in the day. I also remember Paul Di Rista being a rival to Lewis at one point - he's done alright for himself this year as well!

[Marki]

a great clip

Thank you