Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton might be skilled at handling fast cars, but his father could certainly do with a few driving lessons after crashing his Porsche into a children’s playground. Anthony Hamilton was just 200 metres from his home in Tewin, Hertfordshire, when he lost control of the £330,000 vehicle and ploughed across a grass verge, leaving deep tire tracks, before crashing through a hedge. The accident left the silver Porsche Carrera GT with a broken rear light and two large cracks in the body work below it. To make matters worse the car does not even belong to Mr Hamilton, he was merely borrowing it for the day. He refused to reveal the identity of its owner. (more…)