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samantha1170
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JAY AT "DREAM MACHINE" CHARITY EVENT???
Hi everyone, here's an article that mentions Jay attending 'Dream Machine' charity event - not sure if Jay will definitely be there, but it was worth posting it 
mohammed bin sulayem to represent uae at exclusive driving event
Mohammed Bin Sulayem, Dubai’s own championship rally star, will be flying the flag for the Middle East this month, when he puts a series of high performance sports cars through their paces at a unique three-day charity event to be held in France. The Dream Machine programme, organised by luxury Swiss watch manufacturer TAG Heuer, will feature a host of celebrities and drivers from across the world, who have been chosen to take the wheels of a selection of 29 stunning GT cars at the Formula One proving track at Le Castellet, Provence. The event will mark the worldwide launch of TAG Heuer’s brand new high end watch range - The Grand Carrera Collection – and all proceeds from the sale of a specially commissioned photo-album recording the occasion will be donated to the Save the Children charity.
Burning rubber alongside Mr. Bin Sulayem at the programme will be a mixture of fellow race drivers and celebrity sports car enthusiasts, all of whom share a passion for fast cars. Representing the discipline of professional car competition will be F1 race leaders Fernando Alfonso and Lewis Hamilton and F1 Champions David Coulthard and Kimi Raikkonen. From the world of entertainment will be Hollywood actors Eric Bana and Timothy Dalton and Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan. Two self-confessed car addicts from the music industry who will be attending are Jamiroquai frontman, Jay Kay and Pink Floyd drummer, John Mason, who regularly participates in the Le Mans 24 Hours Race.
Over the course of the three days, Mr. Bin Sulayman - who is the current President of the Automobile and Touring Club of the UAE - will have the unique opportunity to apply his professional expertise to GT cars from the stables of the world’s most exclusive marques; names that include Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes Benz and Porsche. The 29 luxury sports motors will be raced around the Paul Ricard High Tech track at Le Castellet, where FI cars are regularly fined tuned by their teams during development testing season. The drivers will have the perfect opportunity to judge which of the machines are the best in their class for handling, roadholding, acceleration and all out pedal-to-the-metal top speed, on one of the rare occasions when the cream of the world’s automobiles are gathered together on a single occasion for comparison testing.
Mr. Bin Sulayem will also be able to participate in a series of workshops, from skid control and wet surface driving to car technology and competition racing; although as one of the world’s leading rally drivers, he is certainly no stranger to competitive driving. His personal specialist skills are in desert rallying and his premier event the FIA Middle-East Rally Championship; a race he first won in 1986 and which he has gone on to win 14 times, never being defeated whenever he has participated. This Dubai based expert’s capabilities at the highest level of motorsports is so well recognised that he has been appointed by the race governing bodies as the official representative to oversee all motorsports events across the UAE; a position that saw him become Chairman of the Organising Committee for the UAE Desert Challenge, a race that he himself launched in 1991 and which has gone on to be the final round of the FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup.
During the programme, professional photographs of the drivers and their cars will be commissioned and a unique record of the event compiled and stored in an exclusive photo album, titled; “Dream Machines driven by Generous Hearts;” a publication that celebrates the very special love affair between influential men and women and the cars that inspire them. All proceeds from the sale of the book will support Save the Children’s recreational and sports projects around the world, giving children the opportunity to learn, play and develop. Save the Children is the world’s leading independent children’s rights organisation and works tirelessly to improve the lives of children in more than 100 countries.
Source: http://www.albawaba.com/en/countries/UAE/214326
SAMANTHA
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Deja
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:31 |
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if I have understood correctly is for charity right?
when will this be?? ( doesn't say any date  )
Thanks Sam
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jameerica
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:09 |
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It's time for some writing to be done,Jay... 
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samantha1170
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It says its meant to be this month, but I think it means next month (July) as there's only a week left in June.
Also, Jay DOES deserve some time off, he just can't be writing and doing music all the time, he works hard so he has the right to have a break and relax and do what makes HIM happy
SAMANTHA
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Deja
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 12:23 |
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yes he can do whatever with his time 
Sam I was searching news about this Ferrari 60 realy birthday 'cause costumers are invited too...and Jay's a great costumer for them! but I can't find anything!! could you have a look around too? ( is ferrari 60 years birthday in maranello).
so this Dream Machine will be 3 days in France??
sound much better than Gumball...at least legal..which is good to do same legal stuff once in a while
Thanks Again
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samantha1170
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Haven't seen anything yet on the 60th birthday for Ferrari, there was some stuff written this week about Jay maybe attending the Le Mans 24 Hour race, but I can't find anything else on it so I don't think he went
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Deja
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ohh sadnes! I was all ready immagining him on his new Scaglietti ( not brown and black pleaseeeeee!!!).
we'll know in the next days...I'll check news on time by time and let you know!
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jameerica
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 13:11 |
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WORK WORK WORK!
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 21:34 |
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great news sam thanks
nice to see that there are people who care about the future of oders specialy kids . as we know jamiroquai played last year for children in need and that make me happy to see our boys workin for this emergency on planet earth.  |
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Oh, I just saw this topic when I came in here to post this. I got this today which basically says the same thing posted in the first one..
http://www.gulfnews.com/sport/Motor_Racing/10134753.html
Sulayem to put cars to test in France
Staff Report
Published: June 24, 2007, 23:30
Dubai: Fresh from competing in the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England over the weekend, Mohammad Bin Sulayem will now be heading to another exclusive celebrity event in France.
The 14-time Middle East rally champion will take part in a three-day charity event in France with the likes of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton to put a series of high performance cars to the test. Dubbed the Dream Machine programme and organised by Swiss watch manufacturer Tag Heuer, the event will see a host of drivers and celebrities from across the world trying out GT cars from some of the world's most exclusive stables including Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Mercedes Benz and Porsche.
The 29 luxury sports cars will be raced around the Paul Ricard High Tech track at Le Castellet.
Apart from the top-name drivers, some of the celebrities involved include actors Eric Bana and Timothy Dalton and Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan as well as Jamiroquai's lead singer Jay Kay and Pink Floyd drummer John Mason.
The event will mark the worldwide launch of Tag Heuer's new high end watch range - The Grand Carrera Collection.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:38 |
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Cool! I hope they'll talk about it on TV!
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