Posted Tue Dec 18 2007 5:43 PM by Viknesh Vijayenthiran
McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has been caught speeding on a French highway. The 22-year-old rookie was clocked by radar on the A26 motorway, linking the towns of Calais and Reims, at 196kmh at the wheel of a Mercedes CLK, the news agency EFE reported.
It is claimed that French police suspended the Briton’s license privileges for a period of one month and fined him 600 euros.
The car was also confiscated, but police gave Hamilton a lift to his hotel, the reports added.
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