EX-FORMULA ONE driver Eddie Irvine has been sentenced to six months in prison for brawling over a woman in an Italian nightclub.
The incident, for which Gabriele Moratti, the son of the then-Milan mayor, also received a six-month sentence, took place in December 2008, when the two men came to blows at the city’s Hollywood night spot, a court was told.
Irvine claimed Moratti struck him first while the Italian alleged the former F1 driver had smashed a glass in his face.
However, Irvine will not serve any of his sentence as in Italian law all sentences under two years are automatically suspended.
Irvine retired in 2002 after 10 years as an F1 racer, including a four-year spell at Italian team Ferrari.
Well done! I love the comment that he gave everything and nothing was left in the tank! Because he he gave his all he was content with the result. Great philosophy, you don’t always have to win to be content!
@Con Cussed: precisely, give of your best and you can have zero regrets. All champs in my eyes, just the effort and dedication it takes just getting to the starting line of the biggest event in Paralympic sport……
@Con Cussed: it’s great to see so many athletes putting in season’s bests and personal bests. To win a medal is obviously fantastic but to go and give your all, challenge and peak at the Olympics and Paralympics must be an amazing feeling.