Formula one drivers who have been caught speeding off track?

KillBoY_UK · 5 Dec 2017 at 11:11

I can think of a couple Lewis Hamilton, David Coulthard, Jenson Button and maybe Damon Hill? I presume there has been many more who have been caught and the rest of them who haven’t

It's to help settle a discussion with a friend.

gord · 5 Dec 2017 at 12:09

A few more for your list: https://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2007/12/19/speeding-hamilton-joins-fisichella-button-montoya/

Ceryndrion · 8 Dec 2017 at 23:25

I seem to remember that Ayrton Senna once got pulled over on a british motorway, the traffic cop asked him "who do you think you are.. nigel mansell?" to which he replied, with a perfectly straight face "no, I am Ayrton Senna"

Glaucus · 8 Dec 2017 at 23:43

Just read Jenson butyons book and he mentions it in there, that was some speed he was going and BMW didn't care they thought it was good publicity. As this was back when people though diesels were slow.

mattyg · 9 Dec 2017 at 00:13

Ceryndrion said:
I seem to remember that Ayrton Senna once got pulled over on a british motorway, the traffic cop asked him "who do you think you are.. nigel mansell?" to which he replied, with a perfectly straight face "no, I am Ayrton Senna"

Same rumour about J stewart and sterling moss.

Housey · 11 Jan 2018 at 14:20

Great stories from most eras of race drivers on the road and I have a few personal experiences too but one of the best is from Gerald Donaldson his book about Gilles Villeneuve. When at Ferrari with Didier Pironi they used to race from their homes in Monaco to the Ferrari test track and see who could hold their car flat out for the longest. The toll booth operators got used to them doing this and would see them coming, so would open the lanes at which point 2 Ferraris would come screaming through both drivers flinging coins out their cars flat on the boards.