Hamilton Berlatih Melalui PS3
Hamilton of Practise On the PS3
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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LEWIS Hamilton beralih ke PlayStation sebagai tanda perpisahan di akhir musim dengan McLaren dengan mengidamkan prestasi terbaik dan mencatat ´sejarah´ baru di Amerika Serikat.
Pebalap Inggris, yang akan mengawali musim depan dengan Mercedez, berharap menjadi orang pertama yang menang di sirkuit seharga 250 juta poundsterling ketika balapan F1 digelar di Texas.
Trek balap berjarak 5,5 km di Austin baru-baru ini telah rampung, berarti pebalap dapat menguji kemampuannya melintasi 20 putaran langsung.
Hamilton, karena itu, mengasah pengetahuannya dengan bantuan konsol game komputer.
Pebalap 27 tahun ini kepada The Sun mengatakan: "Saya hanya melintasi trek di PS3 melalui simulator, tapi saya pikir akan menjadi trek balap yang asyik untuk dilalui. Saya berupaya menjadi pemenang grand prix pertama di sana," seperti dilansir Daily Mail.
Balapan pada 18 November mendatang adalah pertama kalinya grand prix diselenggarakan selama lima tahun, ketika Hamilton menang di Indianapolis.
"Adalah ngelantur kalau ini grand prix di AS dalam lima tahun terakhir. Ini adalah balapan. Saya masih ingat seperti kemarin. Saya meraih kedua gelar grand prix saya dalam waktu seminggu."
"Itu adalah masa yang luar biasa dan saya ingin kembali ke Amerika Serikat."
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LEWIS Hamilton has turned to his Playstation as he bids to end his final season with McLaren on a high and make history in the United States.
The Brit, who will begin next season at Mercedes, hopes to become the first person to win at the new £250million Circuit of the Americas when the F1 bandwagon rolls into Texas.
The 5.5km track in Austin has only recently been completed, meaning drivers are yet to test themselves against the 20 turns and handful of straights.
Hamilton, therefore, has been brushing up on his knowledge with the help of his computer games console.
The 27-year-old said in The Sun: ´I´ve only driven the track on the PS3 and simulator, but I think its going to be a track that drivers enjoy. I´m looking to be the first grand prix winner there.´
The race on November 18 is the first time a grand prix to be held in the United States for five years, when Hamilton won in Indianapolis.
And it is with those happy memories still fresh in his mind that the Briton hopes to end a miserable run of form that has seen him forced to retire with a fuel-pressure problem twice in the last five races.
He added: ´It´s crazy to think the last US grand prix was five years ago. It´s a race I still remember like yesterday. I took my second grand prix win in the space of a week.
´Those were incredible times and I´m made up we´re going back to the States.´
