Lewis Hamilton
On 18 December 2007, Hamilton was suspended from driving in France for one month. He had been caught speeding at  on a French motorway. His Mercedes-Benz CLK was also impounded. Two days before the  Australian Grand Prix, Victoria Police witnessed Hamilton "deliberately losing traction" in his silver Mercedes, and impounded the car for 48 hours. Hamilton immediately released a statement of apology for "driving in an over-exuberant manner". In May 2010, Hamilton was charged with intentionally losing control of a vehicle.