Lewis Hamilton the F1 racing driver who has kicked off his debut season with podium finishes in his first seven races has sold one of his karts on eBay. Hamilton is a racing sensation with his last two races in Canada and the US being first past the post. He is set to be a contender at the end of the season for the Driver Championship and is currently 10 points ahead of his nearest rival Fernando Alonso. Alonso the more experienced driver is his team mate at the McLaren-Mercedes F1 team based in Woking.
Hamilton sold his cart, along with three chances to meet him in London and drive a kart, through eBay for Charity, on behalf of Tommy’s, a charity which funds research into the causes and prevention of miscarriage, premature birth and stillbirth.
The auctions were run to raise publicity for one of McLaren-Mercedes team sponsors – Vodafone, who launch their Vodafone Mobile Internet service on Thursday 21st June 2007 where the karting event will take place and the winner will be given one of the karts which launched Hamilton to fame.
In addition to the £42,100 raised for the Kart the other auctions raised £1,251.00, £1,171.00 and £1,169.00 raising a total of £45,691.00 for the Tommy’s charity.
