Formula 1 ace Lewis Hamilton has been fined £288 for performing car stunts in Melbourne back in March. The McLaren driver, who won the Formula 1 World Championship back in 2008, was caught by police outside the Albert Park circuit executing some burnouts for his many fans, by spinning and skidding his wheels in a public place.
This sort of stunt may be allowed on a racetrack, but the Brit wasn’t going to get away with this kind of lurid behaviour on a public road and he was arrested, with his Mercedes car impounded in the incident. The fine he has received is the maximum that can be given for this kind of offense. Hamilton conducted this offense two days before the Australian Grand Prix, in a race which he finished in 6th position.
Lewis didn’t attend the hearing in Australia, as he is busy preparing for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps, where he will be looking to regain the drivers’ championship lead from Mark Webber. The Australian leads Hamilton by seven points in the standings. His lawyer was at the hearing though and admitted Hamilton had pleaded guilty to one charge of losing control of a vehicle. After the incident, Lewis, who is currently dating Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger, admitted his “embarrassment humiliation and distress” at the incident.
After the hearing, the magistrate Clive Alsop told the media that “This is somebody in a responsible position, who was behaving like a hoon.” Let’s hope Hamilton will be able to create some more positive headlines come the conclusion of the Belgian event on Sunday afternoon, the 13th race of a gripping 2010 season, which has five drivers covered by just twenty world championship points.
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