As part of that Vodafone taxi campaign you’ll have seen kicking about, Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen have done this ad, which is rather amusing. It’s a bit like that Lewis racing Fernando Alonso Hilton advert from a couple of years ago. But this has got Barry from Eastenders in it:
- Formula 1 Blog – BBC Top Gear
- Taxi for Hamilton
Taxi for Hamilton
- Posted by Jamie Hibbard
- 11:21 am on Wednesday June 17, 2009
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Ben Ashcroft commented on this article
Wednesday June 17, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Love it! Did anyone else notice what Top Trumps they’re playing? The TopGear ones!
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Tom McBirney commented on this article
Wednesday June 17, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Here is a crazy idea! Instead of making adverts like this why dont they actually improve their car and do what they are meant to be doing and improve their race car because its not like they are at the front so they have time to mess about with stuff like this
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Armpit commented on this article
Wednesday June 17, 2009 at 12:43 pm
Fantastic! Why can’t all adverts be like that? Would save you turning over to find a program that was still on…
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roland commented on this article
Wednesday June 17, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Funny advert, poor acting. Strange how Lewis beats Heiki even at top trumps and taxi driving.
Number 2 know your limits.
That place they drive around looks a test centre place near Reading.
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Jamie Hibbard commented on this article
Wednesday June 17, 2009 at 1:26 pm
@ Tom McBirney – the drivers would find it hard to improve the car outside of GP weekends, now there’s no in-season testing and very limited straight-line tests.
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Van Driver commented on this article
Wednesday June 17, 2009 at 4:47 pm
He he. If this season goes like that they might as well end up as a cab drivers.
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Gurinder commented on this article
Wednesday June 17, 2009 at 5:07 pm
acting is definitely not heikki’s thang
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matt commented on this article
Wednesday June 17, 2009 at 5:24 pm
That wasn’t as good as the Alonso one. It was pretty cheesey.
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PeterMann commented on this article
Wednesday June 17, 2009 at 5:43 pm
But guess who wins in Finland!
Matt’s right – it isn’t as good as the Alonso one, but that’s because the action takes place on public roads and PC demands no speeding or racing and giving way at traffic lights and pedestrian crossings.
A non-PC version would have had red light running, scattering pedestrians while driving down crowded pavements and them drenched them when the Terrible Two cut through puddles on their way to pick up Ron Denis…
Anyone for a spoof from O2?
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mr t's bodygaurd commented on this article
Wednesday June 17, 2009 at 5:48 pm
about average for an ad better than some though!
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mr t's bodygaurd commented on this article
Wednesday June 17, 2009 at 5:50 pm
hamiltons car was no 2
hekkis was no 1
ayone notice that?
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Andy000 commented on this article
Wednesday June 17, 2009 at 6:45 pm
They might as well race taxi’s in the GB race.. they have better aerodynamics that their F1 cars XD
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Zedd commented on this article
Wednesday June 17, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Nice one, but the one they did with Lewis and Alonso was much funnier
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Anonymous commented on this article
Thursday June 18, 2009 at 9:27 am
thats the worst advert ive seen no where near as good as alonso and hamiltons
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Dunc commented on this article
Thursday June 18, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Heikki is probably in the shortlist for most wooden acting of 2009 now.
And Barry from Eastenders! When will he get another part!
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Mikeado commented on this article
Thursday June 18, 2009 at 3:42 pm
That was actually quite good. Although it wouldn’t hurt to polish up on their acting…
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Mikeado commented on this article
Thursday June 18, 2009 at 3:51 pm
Who else could sell mobile phone tarrifs? …
Brawn could sell Virgin mobile. Then the driving might be a bit faster *nudge nudge*.
And er, that’s about it.
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Slickrubber commented on this article
Thursday June 18, 2009 at 6:54 pm
If i had made this spot, it had included Ecclemoseley, crossing the streets while talking in a cellphone, and “accidentally” being driven over by Heikki or Lewis. :evillol
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Mikeado commented on this article
Thursday June 18, 2009 at 8:03 pm
^ Nice touch. Could be made better by using cars from Death Race.
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OldFart commented on this article
Thursday June 18, 2009 at 10:38 pm
I think Heikki did quite well, English not being his native language which adds difficulty to acting casual etc.
Besides, Heikki was faster than Lewis in almost every qualifying in 2008, which proves his acting should not be criticized.
(Fuel loads considered, according to Martin Whitmarsh.)
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H commented on this article
Friday June 19, 2009 at 9:21 am
has anybody else noticed that elephant, the one right there?… no, just me then.
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bushmann commented on this article
Sunday June 21, 2009 at 4:34 pm
f1 champion to taxi driver.. goes to show how much essence there is to these guys now-a-days… ps don’t give up your dayjob doesn’t apply ion this case
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CAR MAD! commented on this article
Tuesday June 23, 2009 at 7:19 am
weird race!Who won?
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