Following his appearance on BBC's Top Gear in November 2007, Lewis Hamilton was scheduled to return to the driver's seat of the legendary 'reasonably priced car' next Wednesday, 29th July. On his first visit the youngster came tantalizingly close to topping the Formula 1 drivers' leader board as on a wet and greasy track, narrowly missing out on beating the fastest time of 1:44.6s, set by 1992 World Champion, Nigel Mansell on a dry track.

With the less than glorious British summer promising more rain next week, the production team has taken the decision to postpone Hamilton's appearance, with the BBC wanting him to do a dry lap to show what he could really do with the 'reasonably priced car'! Unfortunately, next Wednesday is the last day of filming prior to the end of the current series of the show.

On hearing the news out in Hungary, Hamilton said: "I'm totally gutted, I was really looking forward to getting back out on the track, but Top Gear felt the chance of rain was too great and have rescheduled me for another show.

"It is a huge shame and completely out of my control. I am sorry if any of the fans and viewers were looking forward to it. I am not sure how we will find a date that works with the filming schedule that will not be affected by the great British weather, but I will do everything I can to get back there either in the winter filming season or next year. I think everyone wants to see a dry lap rather than another wet one, so fingers crossed we can make it happen in the not too distant future."