We use cookies on whatcar.com to improve your browsing experience and to provide you with relevant content and advertising, by continuing to use our site you agree to this. Please see our privacy policy for more details. Continue

Driver fined £182,000 for speeding

11 January 2010

  • Driving a Ferrari Testarossa
  • Switzerland's record fine
  • Driver lists Schumacher as a 'friend'

Ferrari Testarossa

A Ferrari driver has been fined £182,000 for speeding in Switzerland.

The millionaire was caught driving a Ferrari Testarossa through a village in the east of the country.

According to the court’s website, the driver — a repeat offender — was driving at 137kmh (85mph) in a 50mph zone.

The huge fine was based on the unnamed motorist's personal wealth – believed to be in the region of £14 million – and previous offences.

Judges at the court in St Gallen said: 'The accused ignored elementary traffic rules with a powerful vehicle out of a pure desire for speed.'

It is more than double the amount of Switzerland's previous record speeding fine of €74,000 (around £66,000), which was imposed on a motorist driving a Porsche in 2004.

Fast friends
The Swiss daily Blick newspaper revealed the fined motorist's Facebook page lists former F1 champions Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen among his friends.