Former F1 champion ‘endangered passengers’ in high-speed train stunt

A Czech railways inquiry has judged that former F1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi endangered the lives of passengers on a high-speed train between Prague and Brno. The Brazilian double world champion was travelling to a motorbike race in October when the incident happened. Fittipaldi had been allowed in the train driver’s compartment for publicity shots by Ceske drahy – the Czech rail operator, but fell foul of the rules when he ‘moved without permission a lever influencing the functioning of the passenger train’, the rail inspectorate said in a statement. The 60 year old Brazilian will find out later what punishment he faces.