Czech police finally catches up with “Phantom Racing Car Driver”

Police in the Czech Republic finally stopped the driver of a Formula 1 type racing car that had been spotted on the highway on numerous occasions since 2019.

The red racing car, adorned in full Ferrari livery, was followed by a property in the village of Buk, about 60 km (37 miles) southwest of Prague, after the last observation was reported to the police.

A video emerged on Sunday morning showing the distinctive car leading along the D4 motorway and stopping for petrol.

The driver – a 51 -year -old man – was arrested at his home and placed in police custody after briefly refused to get out of the vehicle.

Video sequences captured by local media have shown him seated in the car in front of his garage, arguing with officers and saying that they intrude on private property.

Finally, he gave in and agreed to be taken to the police station for interrogation – always carrying the outfit and the helmet of its red racing driver.

According to subsequent media reports, he refused to answer all questions when he arrived.

A man identified as his son told local media that the house had been surrounded by dozens of police cars and a helicopter, in what he said to be a disproportionate response “to a supposed violation of the circulation of ours”.

He said the police “we would have towed a Formula 1 car which, according to them, had accelerated along the highway a few minutes earlier – of course, we know absolutely nothing about this.”

The police first managed to speak with the ghost F1 Driver in 2019, when the images and videos of the car on the highway started to appear online.

They found the vehicle and questioned its owner, who denied having led him to the highway. It is not clear if it is the same person that the police have now arrested.

Because the driver wore a helmet in the videos and photos, they could not be identified and the police could not borrow the question.

The vehicle has often been described as “a Ferrari car Formula 1”.

However, according to the Auto.Cz website, it is actually a GP2 / 08 Dallara – a racing car developed by the Italian manufacturer Dallara for use in the GP2 series, a power series for Formula 1.

The competition has since been renamed the FIA ​​Formula 2 championship.

Whatever his exact provenance, the owner now faces a fine to drive a vehicle on the highway without headlights, indicators or digital plates.