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Video: Hamilton drives his F1 car with a Blackberry

March 12, 2009 by George Skentzos  




In an online society, companies have been known to go to great lengths to advertise their products in clever new ways, but few could compare to this viral video of Lewis Hamilton behind the wheel of his McLaren F1 car in a way no one imagined possible.

The story goes two geeks who hacked the Blackberry Storm to control their R/C F1 car were invited by McLaren to view this same concept on a much larger scale.

After arriving at McLaren’s test circuit in Portugal they find the team has hacked into its own F1 car, creating the world’s fastest and most expensive R/C toy.

Naturally, this is all too overwhelming for the 2008 F1 Driver’s Champion who immediately takes his new toy for a quick lap using the phone’s built-in accelerometer to steer.

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Comments

9 Responses to “Video: Hamilton drives his F1 car with a Blackberry”
  1. Glen says:

    Thats just plain cool

  2. JEKYL & HYDE says:

    did anyone else just think of a new way to drive all the drunks home…the bartenders revenge.

  3. Frenchie says:

    Geek looks like Rik Mayalls younger brother.

  4. Golfschwein says:

    That really put a smile on my dial.

  5. G MAN says:

    That has got to be a G up?

  6. topdog says:

    Awesome what a great idea next time im bored at work and the booss is out lol

  7. Bavarian Missile says:

    hahaha yeah right-o………..

  8. Gibbo says:

    Thats the best. I want my phone to do that!

  9. Neo Utopia says:

    Cool, but even cooler if it was a hacked iPhone!

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