Lewis Hamilton, the former British Formula 1 world champion, was stopped by police on Friday for reckless driving just yards from the Australian grand prix racing track.
Lewis Hamilton being booked by Australian police.
March 27, 2010
The 25 year-old's silver Mercedes C63 sports car was impounded by police for 48 hours after he was caught deliberately swerving his vehicle across the streets of southeast Melbourne. The McLaren driver issued a statement apologizing for the "silly" incident and the "over-exuberant manner" which he drove through the suburbs of St Kilda. Police said officers witnessed him "accelerating heavily" through the streets just on the outskirts of the Albert Park racing track just after 9pm local time. He was not arrested or taken to a police station.
Reports suggested that the driver was generating clouds of smoke by spinning the wheels of his high-powered car and slewing the back wheels across the tarmac, manoeuvres known as a "burnout" and "fishtailing". Hamilton and his unnamed male passenger were then interviewed inside his car by police for more than 30 minutes as he tried to hide his face from the gathering crowd. He was then taken into an unmarked police car.
Source: The Daily Telegraph
Lewis Hamilton being booked by Australian police.
March 27, 2010
The 25 year-old's silver Mercedes C63 sports car was impounded by police for 48 hours after he was caught deliberately swerving his vehicle across the streets of southeast Melbourne. The McLaren driver issued a statement apologizing for the "silly" incident and the "over-exuberant manner" which he drove through the suburbs of St Kilda. Police said officers witnessed him "accelerating heavily" through the streets just on the outskirts of the Albert Park racing track just after 9pm local time. He was not arrested or taken to a police station.
Reports suggested that the driver was generating clouds of smoke by spinning the wheels of his high-powered car and slewing the back wheels across the tarmac, manoeuvres known as a "burnout" and "fishtailing". Hamilton and his unnamed male passenger were then interviewed inside his car by police for more than 30 minutes as he tried to hide his face from the gathering crowd. He was then taken into an unmarked police car.
Source: The Daily Telegraph
