Frentzen caught driving at 214 Km/h on a public road.

[Yperion]

Former F1 Driver Clocked at 214 Kph Driving to a DTM Test

Former grand prix winner Heinz-Harald Frentzen has lost his license after being clocked by French police doing 214kph.

The German, who last drove in F1 for Sauber in 2003, outdid even his mind-blowing 210kph effort of March, in Italy.

39-year-old Frentzen, in an Audi A4, was on his way to a DTM test at the Magny Cours track, but had to catch a train for the duration after his car and license were taken away.

He also had to pay a $900 fine and must appear before a French judge.

An Audi DTM spokesman denied that Frentzen had lost his license, but did confirm that Frentzen had been 'in a hurry'.

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[Zafiro]

Lol I was doing 200km/h on a public road the other day but I was never caught.

 

[dOmInIX]

My dad drives more than 200 km/h almost every time when we go on a longer trip (Italy, Austria...)...LOL..

 

[Centurion]

he is lucky the laws in France aren't the same as they are in Norway. There your fine is proportionate your wealth. 1-2 years ago a wealthy man got a 10k+ fine. Can't imagine how much Bill Gates would have to pay if he drove 260km/h in Norway.

 

[MikeJ]

he is lucky the laws in France aren't the same as they are in Norway. There your fine is proportionate your wealth. 1-2 years ago a wealthy man got a 10k+ fine. Can't imagine how much Bill Gates would have to pay if he drove 260km/h in Norway.

Amateurs... we have that system in Finland and the current record is, I believe, somewhere in the €170,000 range (for 80 km/h at 40 km/h zone).
I got my first speeding ticket a month ago and happily it wasn't quite that big.

 

[wltsm]

It seems a bit harsh, 214km/h isn't exactly that fast!

 

[YoungWarrior]

I was doin 125mph in france. Everyone speeds. Can frentzen still drive in non french countries?

 

[Giannis]

I believe that almost all of us have driven that fast, at least a couple of times in their driving life. Personally i reach more than 220km/h when there are the ideal conditions, and when i travel out of the city i always spead (not that much beyond the speed limit on a regular basis). I think that Frenzen had what i call bad luck.

 

[warot]

Amateurs... we have that system in Finland and the current record is, I believe, somewhere in the €170,000 range (for 80 km/h at 40 km/h zone).
I got my first speeding ticket a month ago and happily it wasn't quite that big.

That is hilarious and depressing at the same time. I've never had a speeding ticket in my life, one of the perks of having a diplomatic passport

 

[Giannis]

Warot, you worked for BMW, you have driven an M5, and now you tell us you have a diplomatic passport? Who the hell are you, James Bond (j/k)

 

[warot]

Warot, you worked for BMW, you have driven an M5, and now you tell us you have a diplomatic passport? Who the hell are you, James Bond (j/k)

Haha, there's a very good explanation for all this. My father's a diplomat for the Thai embassy in South Africa, so that's why I also have a diplomatic passport. I worked for BMW South Africa, which is why I had the chance to drive the M5... although it was more like a cruise rather than a proper test.

 

[Zafiro]

Haha, there's a very good explanation for all this. My father's a diplomat for the Thai embassy in South Africa, so that's why I also have a diplomatic passport. I worked for BMW South Africa, which is why I had the chance to drive the M5... although it was more like a cruise rather than a proper test.

I know this is way off-topic and I hope its okey I ask but is it true that people with diplomatic passport can take over drugs and forbidden stuff without showing it when they visit a new country?

 

[warot]

I know this is way off-topic and I hope its okey I ask but is it true that people with diplomatic passport can take over drugs and forbidden stuff without showing it when they visit a new country?

I think that might be going a bit too far. I still have to go through customs and what not, but not as bad as regular people I guess. The thing is that when you have diplomatic immunity, you can't get arrested by the local police. But you can certainly get deported from the country. In some places (probably not as much in EU and States), the cops won't bother with speeding tickets because it's quite minor (depends how fast of course).

 

[Matt]

The biggest speeding ticket ever given was a man who pulled 242mph in a koeniggsegg (sp?) in Texas....Thats pretty insane. I would hang that ticket on my wall, I would be so proud...lol!

 

[Giannis]

Warot, this is very interesting. It looks like it is very nice to be a diplomat's son. I have a friend who want do become a diplomat. He studies very hard for it.

Anyway, i drive fast, i speed many times, but i haven't got a speeding ticket. Only two parking tickets. The last one (two years ago) was a very funny situation. Before the cop took the licence plates of my Clio for 15 days we were fighting and saing bad words one to the other for like half an hour. It was very funny to look at us, while i had got out of my pants...

 

[MikeJ]

I speed all the time as well (conditions permitting) and have been doing so for the 10 years I've had my licence. I always knew I was going to get ticketed some day so I'm not really that pissed off or anything but the irony is that when I hit the radar trap I was going much faster than I usually do and doing it just for the hell of it - it's not like I was in a hurry.

As for the Finnish Highway Patrol setting up speed traps with several patrol cars (including their very nice Jag S-Type R), motorbikes etc. on a motorway on the quiet night of the most beautiful spring day ever... not very good use of resources if their intent really is to improve traffic safety, IMO.

 

[Giannis]

oh, you are talking about speedtraps and radartraps. I know where every radartrap or where the highway police likes to set speedtraps in the highways i use the most. So no problem with speedtickets.

 

[MikeJ]

oh, you are talking about speedtraps and radartraps. I know where every radartrap or where the highway police likes to set speedtraps in the highways i use the most. So no problem with speedtickets.

If only things were that simple in here, too. Usually you can drive half-way across the country without seeing a single cop car anywhere. Only during certain holidays when everyone heads to the country can you be sure the cops are out there to pick out the biggest idiots. However, this year that particular motorway where I was done (which, by the way, has an absurdly low speed limit) seems to be receiving special attention...