Tewin Displaying none of his son’s sure touch in handling a car, Anthony Hamilton, the father of the Formula One driver Lewis, careered into a children’s playground yesterday 200 metres from his home.
A witness said that Mr Hamilton tried in vain to reverse the high-performance Porsche, right, back on to the 30mph road near Tewin, Hertfordshire, but succeeded only in raising dirt and his blood pressure.
“He was really trying to get it out of there,” the bystander said. “In the end his wife walked back to the house and picked him up in another car. She came back a couple of times but we never saw him again. He was really embarrassed.”
Mr Hamilton is a driving force behind his son and gave