Jean Alesi busted for speeding en route to Nurburgring

Jean Alesi

It's got to be tough for a retired racing driver. You spend your whole life training to go faster and faster, then your career is done and you have to keep within the confines of the same speed limits as everyone else. That is, at least, the challenge to which Jean Alesi has apparently struggled to rise up.

The former F1 driver was reportedly caught driving more than 35 miles per hour above the speed limit in Germany. Which is a funny place to get busted for speeding, considering that some of its highways don't have speed limits altogether – but that evidently wasn't one of the sections on which Alesi was busted. He was reportedly on his way from Avignon, France, to the Nurburgring to watch his son Giuliano undergo a test session for Formula Renault when he was pulled over by police. He was handed a fine in excess of $1,000, talked racing with the officers, and then went on his way. But that may not be the end of the matter as the infraction may result in Alesi being banned from driving on German roads for two months.