Comments on: F1 links: Alguersuari takes Hartley’s place

By: TommyB

TommyB — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:58:39 +0000

RIP Liam

Jaime Alguersuari, who replaces fellow Red Bull Young Driver, Brendon Hartley

I met both Hartley and Jaime at World Series this weekend. Both signed my ticket so I hope they end up at Toro Rosso one day

By: Striay

Striay — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:06:04 +0000

R.I.P.

By: Gman

Gman — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:04:46 +0000

I’m very sorry to hear about Liam’s passing- I was able to read about his trips to the MTC in some recent issues of Racing Line Magazine. My thoughts and prayers go out to his family at this most difficult time.

By: Bigbadderboom

Bigbadderboom — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:12:44 +0000

Brave kid, well done Ron and McLaren, I’m sure his time at Mclaren was one of his lifes highlights. RIP Liam.

By: Sush Meerkat

Sush Meerkat — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:06:45 +0000

wow, he helped raise 320,00 quid?. thats astonishing.

By: wasiF1

wasiF1 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:21:48 +0000

SORRY FOR Liam Fairhurst.
Hope your spirit live well

By: Becken

Becken — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:46:57 +0000

A very sad history in James Allen´s blog, Keith:

You’ve probably not heard of Liam Fairhurst but he was a mad keen F1 fan and he died this week.

But there’s more to it than that. Liam was only 14 and he had been battling against cancer for four years. He thought he’d beaten it, but it turned out he hadn’t.

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Liam had an indomitable spirit. Despite being wheelchair bound and through frequent rounds of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and operations, Liam went to a lot of fund raising events. He won a Pride of Britain award.

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He was crazy about Formula 1 and was desperate to visit the McLaren factory, which he ended up doing more than once, because Ron Dennis got involved in a bet with him to see how many fish he could catch in the lake at the factory.