As Hamilton drove away from the circuit to his team’s hotel, police constable Scott Woodford said his rear wheels were skidding as he accelerated.
The Formula 1 racing driver, who was arrested on Friday, is expected to be charged with improper use of a vehicle.
Surely wheel-spinning is correct use of a car. I could imagine if Hamilton had tried to administer colonic irrigation to his wife, by ramming an Austin Allegro up her backside, then he could rightly be accused of ‘improper use of a vehicle’, but I think those Aussies are just bitter.
@Lewis Hamilton wrote:
What I did was silly, and I want to apologise for it.
If I was Lewis Hamilton I’d sack my PR guy. Here’s what he should have said:
@Lewis Hamilton wrote:
“What I did was silly, and… Oh who am I kidding I’m Lewis Fucking Hamilton. That’s right I’m a world champion racing car driver, not some pleb who drives a 1998 Honda Civic. The only thing I’m guilty of is being awesome and that’ll be a law that’ll only effect 0.00001% of the Australian population. So what I’m saying is don’t try driving fast, because let’s face it, you’re not me.”