Former Formula 1 champion, Lewis Hamilton stormed the streets of Mumbai with his McLaren-Mercedes F1 race car. The British driver flew down as part of Vodafone’s speed fest and drove around the streets of Bandra-Kurla Complex. The turn around was good with the company claiming 60,000 people attended the event to watch Lewis burn the roads of Mumbai. Unfortunately though, Hamilton did not get a chance to show the true potential of his Formula 1 car on the 1.5 kms stretch.
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We arrived at the venue at 5:30 PM. The roads were blocked and everything was set in place for Lewis to drive his fans crazy with the V8 power of his car.
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But before the McLaren race car arrived on the road, it was the regular Police vehicle which went around the track to do the necessary checking.
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Three lucky winners got a chance to ride alongside Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes C63 AMG.
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Some live performances to cheer up the crowd as they waited patiently for the drive to start.
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Meanwhile a few birds flocked together, hoping for Lewis to arrive soon.
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Instead it was Zoozoo who arrived, waving and kissing to the crowd.
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The regular E350 CDI with AMG plates went around to do the final checking before Lewis could fire up 750+ horses of his McLaren.
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Hamilton was supposed to drive at 6:50 PM but there was some delay, due to which he only got into his McLaren by around 7:30 PM. It started raining by them. Intermediate tyres were used for the first run and Lewis hardly drove at speed.
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Lewis did do a few 360s but there was no smoke due to the wet road. He did revv the car and the fans went crazy to the sound of a Formula 1 car.
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After the track went dry (by then most of the people had left), Lewis did another run, this time on slick tyres, hitting 220 km/h and shifting at high revvs to give the audience a close feel of what a Formula 1 car is all about.
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