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F1 driver Adrian Sutil to stand trial in Germany over Shanghai bar fight

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An impending court trial in Germany is shaping up to be the largest parade of Formula One drivers since the 2011 season wrapped up in Brazil this past November. The proceeding pits one Eric Lux (CEO of Genii Capital that owns part of Lotus Renault GP) against Adrian Sutil (a veteran grand prix driver who most recently drove for Force India) over an alleged fight in a Shanghai night club.

Now, most of us have been there and done that, but the details of this particular incident remain scarce. Apparently, during the altercation, Sutil cut Lux's neck with a broken bottle. Over what they were fighting, exactly, we don't know, but the fight apparently broke out after the end of the Chinese Grand Prix last April. According to ESPN, a number of F1 personalities - drivers, managers, team owners - were present and celebrating together, lending to the likelihood that some of the world's hottest of hot shoes could be called to testify at the trial scheduled for the end of this month.

Whether Sutil is found guilty of any wrongdoing or not, it seems the incident has all but completely scuttled any chance he had of returning to the grid for the upcoming season: Force India has already replaced him and Williams (his other prospect) went with Bruno Senna, leaving only HRT with a seat open.F1 driver Adrian Sutil to stand trial in Germany over Shanghai bar fight originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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Rockstar should field an F1 team and hire Sutil because he apparently parties like one
Then we'd need monster too! I bet it'll happen one day, it's only a matter of time.
nascar and keep one hour energy and perky jerky ;)
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