Lewis Hamilton Takes F1 Driving Panache to French Highway -- Gets License Yanked
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Lewis Hamilton Takes F1 Driving Panache to French Highway -- Gets License Yanked
Mercedes-Benz CLK was too tempting for Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes rookie F1 sensation, on the civilian highways of France.
PARIS — Lewis Hamilton, rookie star for the McLaren-Mercedes Formula 1 team this year, has had his driver license suspended in France after being stopped for speeding at 123 mph on the northern French A26 highway last weekend.
Hamilton was driving, bien entendu, a Mercedes-Benz CLK, which was confiscated by the police officers who stopped him near Laon, about 85 miles northeast of Paris. His speed of 196 km/h (123 mph) was well above the posted speed limit of 130 km/h (80 mph). He was driven back to his hotel by police and received a mandatory fine of about $865 and had his license to drive in France suspended for a month.
A McLaren spokesman was quoted by the Times of London today as saying Hamilton's professional driving would not be affected by the penalty.
What this means to you: A commenter on the London Times Web site said it best: "I can see it now: 'Oo do you sink you are? Lewis 'amilton?'" — Laura Sky Brown, Correspondent
Hamilton was driving, bien entendu, a Mercedes-Benz CLK, which was confiscated by the police officers who stopped him near Laon, about 85 miles northeast of Paris. His speed of 196 km/h (123 mph) was well above the posted speed limit of 130 km/h (80 mph). He was driven back to his hotel by police and received a mandatory fine of about $865 and had his license to drive in France suspended for a month.
A McLaren spokesman was quoted by the Times of London today as saying Hamilton's professional driving would not be affected by the penalty.
What this means to you: A commenter on the London Times Web site said it best: "I can see it now: 'Oo do you sink you are? Lewis 'amilton?'" — Laura Sky Brown, Correspondent
I wonder how the European driver's license system works. Do they have a universal license issued by the EU as a whole, or does each country have they own standards and regulation. In other words, if his license is suspended in France, would that be the same case in Germany?
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His speed of 196 km/h (123 mph) was well above the posted speed limit of 130 km/h (80 mph).
A McLaren spokesman was quoted by the Times of London today as saying Hamilton's professional driving would not be affected by the penalty.
Let him walk or ride a bicycle for a while. He'll learn to control that heavy right foot.
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I wonder how the European driver's license system works. Do they have a universal license issued by the EU as a whole, or does each country have they own standards and regulation. In other words, if his license is suspended in France, would that be the same case in Germany?
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