Hamilton's car impounded

**liveseytowers** · 26th March 2010

This made me chuckle. I'm liking Hamilton more and more these days. Showing he's a bit of a bad boy on the sly

Lewis Hamilton apologises after car impounded by police

British driver Hamilton won the world title in 2008
Lewis Hamilton has apologised after his Mercedes road car was impounded by Melbourne police on Thursday evening.
The 25-year-old, who set the fastest time in Friday's practice for the Australian Grand Prix is expected to be charged with improper use of a vehicle.
The 2008 Formula 1 world champion admitted: "I was driving in an over-exuberant manner and, as a result, was stopped by the police.
"What I did was silly, and I want to apologise for it."
More to follow.

**liveseytowers** · 26th March 2010

HOME � LEWIS HAMILTON GET’S CAR IMPOUNDED UNDER ANTI-HOON LAWS

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Lewis Hamilton get’s car impounded under anti-hoon laws
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Last night shortly after recording the fastest laptime around the Melbourne circuit in his McLaren-Mercedes racing car, Lewis was was caught driving in “over-exuberant” manner on the local Victoria roads in a Mercedes road car.

Hamilton apparently performed a burnout and then power-oversteered his 2010 silver Mercedes along Lakeside Drive at around 9:15pm last night – in front of a local Police van, which subsequently pulled him over. Oops..

He will be charged with improper use of a vehicle on the road after the Mercedes sports car he was driving was towed to a police pound, where it will be held for 48 hours under ‘anti-hoon’ laws.

The Senior Constable who caught the ex-F1 champion said that “..he stopped right away and was extremely co-operative.”

“It would have been fair to say he was fairly disappointed with the incident,” he said.

Hamilton was interviewed and routinely breath-tested and was said to be ‘visibly upset’ that his car had been towed away – he is understood to have told policeman at the scene that he was worried that the incident might damage his reputation.

Damage his reputation? I can’t imagine any of his fans or enthusiasts would expect anything less from an F1 driver, what do you think?

Lewis made a statement late on Friday evening to say that he was sorry for what he considered to be a ’silly’ mistake. “This evening, I was driving in an over-exuberant manner and, as a result, was stopped by the police,” said Hamilton.

“What I did was silly, and I want to apologise for it.”

**dpSparhawk** · 26th March 2010

LOLOL Superb.

He should have just told the officer that he was making the road surface safer by applying a layer of rubber for extra grip.

Doing the community a service