Hamilton Looses Licence after Speeding

[Nodz86]

Hamilton looses licence after speeding

Eurosport - Tue, 18 Dec 11:28:00 2007

 

Formula One sensation Lewis Hamilton had his driving licence suspended for a month after being caught speeding on a French motorway, police said.

The British driver was at the wheel of a Mercedes when he was clocked at 196 km/h near the northern town of Laon on Sunday.

Police stopped him, detained the car and fined him 600 euros (£429).

"He was very polite and cooperative," said a police spokesman, who added Hamilton had since had the car collected for him.

The McLaren driver, 22, finished runner-up in his rookie season to Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen in the 2007 world championship.

Reuters

[hesonly5]

Good, serves him right. Although, I did read on the BBC site that his licence has only been taken away in France, he can drive in other countries.

[Pherelas]

Yer only banned in France, French motorways are great though, emtpy and quite large, can see why he did it.

[HavockJoker]

He did deserve getting his license getting taken away because he wa breaking the law.

 

But I don't know why people hate him. He is a good F1 driver and has done nothing to anger people.

[Mb]

Yer only banned in France, French motorways are great though, emtpy and quite large, can see why he did it.

Maybe he thought he was in Germany!?:eek::cool:

[hesonly5]

Maybe his Geography isn't as bad as yours and knew he was in France :p

[Blazingfirespeed151]

I swear U can go very fast in Japan and the police dont care If you die!?

[CarboyZR1]

When they mean Mercedes, Do they mean his Mercedes GL420 Diesel!?!?!?!?!

[hesonly5]

He drives for McLaren Mecedes Formula1 team, and they give him a GL? Diesel? Nice :p Even so, I expect that'll easily go 120mph...

[Pherelas]

4.3 litre I take it? That'll eaasily go 120, deasils aren't that slow.

[CptDarknuggets]

I know. I had a diesel 306 a while ago and it pulled like a train. Plenty of low end torque.

[Car Freak]

Well there's a real big load of irony...