Tag: Lewis Hamilton

  • 28 November – 4 December: Motoring Milestones

    Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: Lancia, Schumacher, BMW,  Uniontown Board Speedway and VW Passat R36. 130 years ago this week, work on the first underwater highway tunnel in the United States began in Chicago, Illinois [30 November 1886]. Over a three-year period, workers and engineers tunnelled underneath the Chicago River,…

  • 1-7 August: Motoring Milestones

    1-7 August Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: the first British Grand Prix, Jeeps, Lewis Hamilton and  Britain’s first traffic lights. 90 years ago this week, London’s first set of traffic lights, a manually operated set of red, amber and green lights came into operation at the junction of St James and Piccadilly [2…