Czech police lastly meet up with 'phantom racing automotive driver'

[ad_1] Police within the Czech Republic have lastly arrested the driving force of a Method 1-type racing automotive which had been noticed on the motorway on quite a few events since 2019.

The purple racing automotive, decked out in full Ferrari livery, was adopted to a property within the village of Buk, some 60km (37 miles) south-west of Prague, after the newest sighting was reported to police.

Video emerged on Sunday morning displaying the distinctive automotive driving alongside the D4 motorway and stopping for petrol.

The motive force - a 51-year-old man - was arrested at his dwelling and brought into custody after briefly refusing to get out of the car.

Video footage captured by native media confirmed him sitting within the automotive in entrance of his storage, arguing with officers and saying they have been trespassing on non-public property.

Ultimately he relented and agreed to be taken to a police station for questioning - nonetheless sporting his purple racing driver's outfit and helmet.

Based on subsequent media stories he refused to reply any questions when he received there.

A person recognized as his son instructed native media that the home had been surrounded by a number of dozen police automobiles and a helicopter, in what he mentioned was a disproportionate response "to a supposed visitors violation of ours."

He mentioned police "allegedly noticed us towing a Method 1 automotive which they claimed had been rushing alongside the motorway a couple of minutes earlier - in fact we all know completely nothing about this."

Police first managed to talk with the phantom F1 driver in 2019, when photographs and video of the automotive on the motorway first began to seem on-line.

They tracked down the car and questioned its proprietor, who denied ever driving it on the motorway. It's unclear if that's the similar individual police have now arrested.

As a result of the driving force wore a helmet within the movies and pictures, they might not be recognized and police have been unable to take the matter any additional.

The car has often been described as "a Ferrari Method 1 automotive".

Nevertheless, in line with the web site auto.cz it's in reality a Dallara GP2/08 - a racing automotive developed by the Italian producer Dallara to be used within the GP2 Sequence, a feeder collection for Method One.

The competition has since been rebranded because the FIA Method 2 Championship.

No matter its precise provenance the proprietor now faces a high-quality for driving a car on the motorway with out headlights, indicators or quantity plates, and will have his driving licence suspended.