F1 lookalike driven on Public roads.

[stevo qld]

[moved from F1 thread.]

Mysterious Ferrari Formula 1 Car Spotted Again On Czech Highway
Jacob Oliva - Yesterday 9:48 pm

The driver risks getting banned from the road and tens of thousands of dollars in total fine.
Formula 1 is back in the Czech Republic, and no we're not talking about a Grand Prix schedule in the nation located in Central Europe – something that has never happened before.

We're talking about the infamous Formula 1 car that's being driven on public roads. A few years ago, a red Ferrari F1 car was seen coasting on the D4 highway between Příbram and Dobříš.

The Czech police asked for help then to track down the driver, which they did. The 45-year-old suspect escaped the penalties since he wasn't clearly identified, thanks to the helmet he was wearing. The penalties would have involved getting banned from using the thoroughfare for up to one year, plus tens of thousands of dollars in total fines.

Those penalties appear to have no effect on the offender as he's back on the road again. This time, he was captured on an up-close video by one of the readers of iDNES, embedded atop this page.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/mysterious-ferrari-formula-1-car-spotted-again-on-czech-highway/ar-AA10Eesy?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=8620bdaa90de440f95b7d0cece8d74b0

However, learned observers suggest that the car is actually a 2008 GP2 car stickered as an F1 Ferrari. It would be powered by a V8 and be a lot less technical to maintain. Apparently he was driving at normal road speeds.

Police are hunting the driver.

[Trevor]

did the article say 'a few years ago'

[stevo qld]

did the article say 'a few years ago'

https://www.drive.com.au/news/video-ferrari-formula-one-lookalike-stuns-freeway-traffic/

here is another reference and a video.

A daring Formula One fan has taken hooning to a new level in the Czech Republic by unleashing a Grand Prix replica that pays tribute to fallen hero Michael Schumacher.

Running without any of the remotest essentials for legal motoring — headlights, mufflers or treaded tyres — the driver ran the single-seater racer in everyday traffic on a stretch of the D4 freeway south of the capital city of Prague.

And it's not the first time.

The same car was spotted on a similar piece of road during 2018 but frustrated police were not able to press charges.

A 45-year-old driver suspect was tracked down but could not be positively identified because they were wearing a helmet while driving the Grand Prix replica.

Now, despite potential penalties of several thousand dollars and a one-year-driving ban, the stunt has happened for a second time — with frustrated police again searching for the culprit and the Youtube accomplice who filmed the rogue race car on public roads.

Footage of the stunt was first shown on the Czech website idnes.cz under the headline 'The infamous formula raced down the highway again'.