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Lewis crowned F1's king of bling
Topic Started: May 17 2008, 04:44 AM (531 Views)
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Lewis Hamilton has been crowned F1's 'King of Bling', showing off his new diamond-studded helmet that he will be wearing in Monaco.

Presenting the helmet in all its glory at a Steinmetz press conference on Thursday, the British driver declared: "Bling, bling, I love it.

"Diamonds are a beautiful thing. I'm always racing but sometimes you get some of the nice quirks and bonuses and I guess this is it."

The McLaren duos' helmets, each with the drivers' signature traced out with hundreds of gems, are the creation of diamond company Steinmetz.

Hamilton and team-mate Heikki Kovalainen are also set to receive diamond rings form Steinmetz, one of McLaren's sponsors.

But more than being the 'King of Bling', Hamilton is hoping to be crowned F1's new king of Monaco, a grand prix that he bills as the "most exciting race of the year.

"It's the race to win, and for sure this year I want to make that step up."


I guess this will make his fans happy, Ali G Lewis?

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I is gonna B Champion of F1 Universe, boyacasha
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link to story

http://msn.foxsports.com/motor/story/81463...s-king-of-bling

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dazzerjp
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oh, bitchy...
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dazzerjp,May 17 2008
04:51 AM
oh, bitchy...

<devil> <roflmao>
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John
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Hardly big news... Hamilton wore a diamond studded helmet in Monaco last year... and Kimi had a diamond studded steering wheel in 2006...

Didn't Jaguar start this trend with a diamond on their nose cones which Klien crashed and lost... or something like that <think>
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I think Jaguar actually lost both of their diamonds in 2004, sitting as they were in the noses of the cars!
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Any Monaco road sweepers quit their jobs a week after the race... <think>
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Red Andy,May 17 2008
05:50 PM
I think Jaguar actually lost both of their diamonds in 2004, sitting as they were in the noses of the cars!

IIRC correctly it was one off of Klein's car.
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It was Keiln when he crashed at lowes. Mclaren have had a tie up with a diamond company for a few years now with the driver wearing diamond studed helmets for a number of years. Also Kimi's streering wheel went missing after his engine below and he had to retire back in 2005 or 2006 IIRC
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And Heikki's..... <think>
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Hekki is being presented with his at Monaco. Obviously the favorite son gets to open his christmas presents on christmas eve. I thought everbody knew that. <devil>
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I still don't see why McLaren have done this over the past few years. It just looks like F1 just wants to be expensive for the sake of being expensive.
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This is Monaco, where ludicrous expense for the sake of it is practically the state religion.
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Rob,May 19 2008
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I still don't see why McLaren have done this over the past few years. It just looks like F1 just wants to be expensive for the sake of being expensive.

Because they can. <roflmao>

Hey, if they can afford it, who cares.
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