REPORT: David Coulthard gets a speeding ticket. In an F1 car.
10-27-2009, 12:59 PM
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REPORT: David Coulthard gets a speeding ticket. In an F1 car.
10-28-2009, 10:17 AM
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the plot thickens...
60mph was part of the agreement, and the driver knew that.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...ntingPage=true
Authorities in India have launched an investigation after David Coulthard admitted speeding during a Formula One exhibition in Mumbai.
The ex Formula 1 driver apologised after he was clocked driving at 160mph - nearly three times the prearranged speed limit - in a specially prepared section of public road.
However authorities failed to see the funny side and demanded an inquiry that could see Coulthard fined, banned from driving in India or both if he is convicted.
David Coulthard
Row: David Coulthard hurtles past in the F1 car during the exhibition at Mumbai's Bandra-Worli Sea Link
The event's organisers also stand to forfeit a £20,000 deposit being held as insurance against any possible speed violations.
Coulthard was in Mumbai with his former team, Red Bull Racing, to help build up appetite for an Indian race on the Formula One calendar.
He had joked beforehand that he planned to ignore the 60mph speed limit and go flat out on the newly-opened three-mile stretch of road as he didn't intend to drive in Mumbai again.
Satish Gavai, managing director of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, said: 'I have asked my officers to submit a report on the event.
'Action will be considered only after it is established that the vehicle went beyond permissible speed limits on the sea link.'
David Coulthard during F1 exhibition in Mumbai
Speed limit: Coulthard, seen waving at the crowd during the event, was clocked at 160mph on the stretch
Responding to speculation that Coulthard could be banned or fined, he added: 'We will come to that after we receive the report.
'If there is anything incriminating it will be handed to the appropriate authorities.'
Coulthard covered the Bandra-Worli sea link, which spans the Arabian Sea and connects different parts of Mumbai, back and forth in an impressive three minutes.
A passenger car would have taken close to seven minutes to go just one way at the official speed limit of 30mph, which had been temporarily doubled for the F1 exhibition.
After getting out of the car, Coulthard said: 'I was trying to judge what 60mph would be but I have no speedometer on the car.
'I spent my career driving over 200, so I am sorry if I went over the speed limit.'
David Coulthard during F1 exhibition in Mumbai
The former F1 driver apologised for speeding on the brand new three-mile stretch. He could be fined or banned from driving in India if convicted
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worl...ntingPage=true
Authorities in India have launched an investigation after David Coulthard admitted speeding during a Formula One exhibition in Mumbai.
The ex Formula 1 driver apologised after he was clocked driving at 160mph - nearly three times the prearranged speed limit - in a specially prepared section of public road.
However authorities failed to see the funny side and demanded an inquiry that could see Coulthard fined, banned from driving in India or both if he is convicted.
David Coulthard
Row: David Coulthard hurtles past in the F1 car during the exhibition at Mumbai's Bandra-Worli Sea Link
The event's organisers also stand to forfeit a £20,000 deposit being held as insurance against any possible speed violations.
Coulthard was in Mumbai with his former team, Red Bull Racing, to help build up appetite for an Indian race on the Formula One calendar.
He had joked beforehand that he planned to ignore the 60mph speed limit and go flat out on the newly-opened three-mile stretch of road as he didn't intend to drive in Mumbai again.
Satish Gavai, managing director of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, said: 'I have asked my officers to submit a report on the event.
'Action will be considered only after it is established that the vehicle went beyond permissible speed limits on the sea link.'
David Coulthard during F1 exhibition in Mumbai
Speed limit: Coulthard, seen waving at the crowd during the event, was clocked at 160mph on the stretch
Responding to speculation that Coulthard could be banned or fined, he added: 'We will come to that after we receive the report.
'If there is anything incriminating it will be handed to the appropriate authorities.'
Coulthard covered the Bandra-Worli sea link, which spans the Arabian Sea and connects different parts of Mumbai, back and forth in an impressive three minutes.
A passenger car would have taken close to seven minutes to go just one way at the official speed limit of 30mph, which had been temporarily doubled for the F1 exhibition.
After getting out of the car, Coulthard said: 'I was trying to judge what 60mph would be but I have no speedometer on the car.
'I spent my career driving over 200, so I am sorry if I went over the speed limit.'
David Coulthard during F1 exhibition in Mumbai
The former F1 driver apologised for speeding on the brand new three-mile stretch. He could be fined or banned from driving in India if convicted
Last edited by BrianCunningham; 10-28-2009 at 12:22 PM.
10-28-2009, 10:34 AM
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10-28-2009, 11:21 AM
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sounds like his visit to India was similar to my experience there...ain't going back!!