This is the first article I have seen that has Penske supporting Castroneves.
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081003/SPORTS16/81003053/1048/SPORTS
Friday, October 3, 2008
Bertrand Gachot
The second driver with legal troubles that I am profiling is Bertrand Gachot. Gachot, a Belgian driver with the Jordan F1 Team was arrested for spraying a London taxi cab driver with CS Gas, aka tear gas. Which apparently is a big No No in England. He served a two month prison term and upon his release the Jordan team had no interest in having him back. His arrest and prison term did however open the door for a young and unknown Michael Schumacher to take his seat and make his Formula One debut. Gachot was primarily a back marker for the rest of his F1 career, however Gauchot did have some success after F1 winning the 1991 24 Hours of Le Mans, for Mazda.
Tomas Scheckter
Before he started his topsy-turvy Indy Car career Tomas Scheckter was destined to be a Formula 1 driver. Son of the1979 World Driving Champion Jody Scheckter, Tomas was a test driver for the Jaguar F1 team when in 2001 Tomas was arrested for solicitation of a prostitute, and promptly fired. His F1 dream was destroyed.
Castroneves Indicted!!
I simply cannot believe that Helio Castroneves was indicted yesterday on Federal Tax Evasion and Fraud. These charges are very serious and it could jeopardize his driving career. There have been a few drivers in the past that have faced legal troubles while they were still active in racing and very few of them ever recovered. Over the course of the next few days I will highlight a few driver that have had legal troubles during there careers.
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