(AFP) – Jun 5, 2008

LONDON (AFP) — Lewis Hamilton's father showed none of the Formula One star's skill behind the wheel as he crashed a Porsche worth 330,000 pounds.

Anthony Hamilton, 48, lost control and skidded into a hedge and an empty children's playground near his home in Hertfordshire on Wednesday.

No one was hurt but thousands of pounds-worth of damage was caused to the Carrera GT convertible.

Hamilton, who helps manage his son, told The Sun: "This is my first crash in almost 30 years and it had to happen in someone else's car.

"Thankfully the only thing hurt was the car and a bush fence, for which I am extremely sorry."

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