Since 2019, a mysterious hero from the Czech Republic has been exercising his libertarian right to absolutely send it down the D4 motorway in what appears to be a Formula 1 race car. Occasionally going head-to-head with a Lamborghini or the odd Bugatti Chiron.
Featuring a classic livery modelled after Scuderia Ferrariโs F2004 (Marlboro, Acer, Vodafone sponsorship decals, and all) โ the one piloted by Michael Schumacher back in โ04 โ the open-wheeler in question is actually a Dallara GP2/08; originally manufactured for competition in the GP2 Series, which itself has since been rebranded as the FIA Formula 2 Championship.
But those distinctions seem trivial now (either way, this s**t isnโt road legal) as our phantom driverโs long-standing evasion of local authorities officially comes to an end.
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According to the BBC, Czech police have finally arrested the yet-to-be-named driver โ reportedly a 51-year-old man who was taken into custody while still dressed in racing overalls and a helmet โ after his race rig was followed from the scene of its latest sighting to a property in the village of Buk (approximately 60 kilometres south-west of Prague).
Footage has emerged of the driver once again tearing it up along the D4 before stopping for petrol; as well as the same operator sitting in the cockpit by his garage, arguing with law enforcement about whether they were trespassing on private property, before eventually surrendering himself for further questioning at the local police station.
A man identified as the driverโs son revealed that the house had been surrounded by several dozen police cars and a helicopter, in what he framed as a fairly disproportionate response to a โsupposed traffic violation of ours.โ
He also noted police โallegedly saw us towing a Formula 1 car, which they claimed had been speeding along the motorway a few minutes earlierโฆ of course, we know absolutely nothing about this.โ
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Czech authorities had supposedly tracked down the guilty party years ago, as per iNDES.cz: the suspect was then believed to be a 45-year-old man after the same Formula 1 tribute car appeared on the same highway between Pลรญbram and Dobลรญลก, circa September 2018. But given the bloke had the good sense to wear a helmet, he was able to deny all charges, thereby avoiding the hefty fine and year-long driving ban.
โWe can immediately [suspend the criminal proceedings], because no one stopped the vehicle in question. So it cannot be said unequivocally that it was really illegal,โ said Tomรกลก Blecha, CEO of Driversโ Protection Law, which represented the ungovernable GP2 bandit.
Currently, itโs unclear whether the suspects are identical or what the extent of their punishment will be (if indeed the charges manage to stick this time around).
