The gossip that went away, came back and probably will come back round again.

So nearly nine months after the story broke.
We now have a resolution to the Sutil/Lux case.

Sutil was given an 18 months suspended sentence for the count of GBH and £160,000 fine to go to charity.

Now personally I'm glad justice has been done.

Nine months ago I wrote in my blog post. 

"All Formula One drivers have a right to a private life, this I agree on but these guys are role models to so many people. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with this kind of behaviour in public. If I "Unintentionally" hit someone. I could easily be done on an assault charge in the UK. Just because this happened in China, it makes no difference. A sorry by Sutil doesn't cover it, not by any stretch."

This isn't about who is wrong or right. This about showing the world that just because you drive Formula One cars, doesn't mean you can act irresponsibly.

You have a job not only has a driver but has a role model to Formula One fans and the general public alike. 

I'm glad that Sutil didn't go to prison. I don't think that would of helped anyone's cause.
Formula One needs decent promotion. A jailed driver would not have gone down too well. 

Sadly even with a resolution the case still hasn't been dropped.
Not with Sutil/Lux but with the case of the missing witness in Lewis Hamilton. 

So maybe in nine months time I may be writing my follow up to side of the case. 

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The gossip that isn't going away.

So after I wrote about this on Wednesday.

http://femaleformulafun.blogspot.com/2011/05/gossip-i-dont-want-to-go-away.html

I thought I should do a quick update on what has occurred since then.

Now I said I didn't want this story to die. Mainly because of how serious the claims were and mainly because there was still a lot of unanswered questions.

Like.

What actually happened?

What was said that caused the "Unintentional" accident?

What injuries did Eric Lux suffer?

And finally what's going to happen with this story?

So the details on this story still aren't clear but from what we roughly know.

We know that Eric Lux was injured by a champagne glass. Causing him to need stitches in his neck.

We still don't know what provoked this attack from Sutil.

But we do know that Eric Lux has filed charges for assault against Adrian Sutil. Not in China but in France. (That's complicated in itself)

The full story is here on this French website.

http://www.sport24.com/auto-moto/formule-1/actualites/eric-lux-attaque-adrian-sutil-en-justice-474734/

So since the story broke out today of criminal proceedings. Twitter and F1 website have gone mad.

I told you in the earlier post I wouldn't let the story drop. Yet it's taken nearly a week for the story to really hit big.

Seems like violence ain't a big story in the F1 world, so long has you drive well around a track.

But now it is finally out there. Thankfully.

One vital question remains.

What is going to happen to Adrian Sutil and his career?

Sadly no one knows the answer.

Mainly because we (F1 fans) don't have all the facts.

Because as much has we can be the jury. Only the court can give the verdict.

Until then Sutil's career is pretty much limbo.

Along with his reputation.

All I know is that this story needs a resolution and soon.

For the victims, the accused, the teams and the fans alike.

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The gossip I don't want to go away.

So a few days ago word was spread of a scuffle between Force India driver Adrian Sutil and McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton in a bar in China.

Nothing more was said really which left me and I'm sure a few other F1 fans slightly confused as to what actually occured.

Well today came the confirmation we needed.

442race.com got the exclusive. Has you can see here.

http://www.422race.com/2011/esclusivo-rissa-in-cina-tra-sutil-e-un-boss-renault/

But I will post the jist. (This was translated from Italian to English, so there might be a few spelling and grammar mistakes. Just like all my blog posts)

422race.com is now able to reveal the details of the event: the person involved in the brawl with the Force India driver is Eric Lux, the number two of Genii Capital, an investment fund that owns the Lotus team Renault GP and the right arm of team president Gerard Lopez. Observers have noted in the paddock several wounds on the throat of Lux at the last weekend in Istanbul and a team spokesman confirmed the incident.

"I can confirm that on the evening of Sunday after the Grand Prix there was an incident involving Eric Lux, Capital of the Genii," he told 422race.com. "Lotus Renault GP, however, not in a position to make any comment because it is a private matter between Eric and the other person. " And the other person to whom the spokesperson refers to, but being very careful not to name it, it's Adrian Sutil.

The brawl happened at the club M1NT Sunday night. Some people have noticed this in a hurry Lux make their way through the crowd coming out of a private with his neck bleeding and frightened expression. Seconds later, Lewis Hamilton emerged from the same small room, surrounded by his bodyguards. Our sources have not been able to confirm if his friend Adrian Sutil was with him but after a few seconds, entering the same VIP room, there was no sign of him.

Nothing is known about the reasons for the punch, even if Sutil would have run away from China shortly after to avoid legal problems in this regard. An official spokesman for the FIA, however, confirmed to 422race.com that the Federation is investigating the matter and that no action will be taken on in respect of Sutil. A substantial "no comment" even by the Force India, who have declared our microphones through a spokesman: "It 's a private matter between the parties involved and we have no information on it, so we do not intend to make any comment."

So Lewis wasn't the one in the fight at all. He just happened to be in the same room. (We all know Sutil and Hamilton are really good friends off track.)

It was this man. Eric Lux

So the teams aren't commenting on this. The FIA isn't getting involved and all we get is this statement from Adrian, which doesn't tell us much.

Firstly it has everything to do with Formula One.

Secondly how do you "Unintentionally" hit someone anyway?

So with a million questions unanswered. That apparently it.

But it definitely shouldn't be.

This can't be allowed to be forgotten. Not at least until we know all the facts has to why Sutil "Unintentionally" hit Eric Lux

All Formula One drivers have a right to a private life, this I agree on but these guys are role models to so many people. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with this kind of behaviour in public. If I "Unintentionally" hit someone. I could easily be done on an assault charge in the UK. Just because this happened in China,it makes no difference. A sorry by Sutil doesn't cover it, not by any stretch.

So until a proper reason breaks though for why this incident occurred. I promise to keep this in the public eye. Violence, doesn't solve anything and violence shouldn't be in Formula One. Full Stop.