Sutil will stand trial in a German court later this month

[The Black Knight]

Sutil is "extremely sorry"

Adrian Sutil 'extremely sorry' after Lux incident | Formula 1 | Formula 1 news, live F1 | ESPN F1

[BDunnell]

Sutil is "extremely sorry"

Adrian Sutil 'extremely sorry' after Lux incident | Formula 1 | Formula 1 news, live F1 | ESPN F1

Not only is he 'extremely sorry', nor does he deny anything. I don't mean to suggest any guilt on his part, but I do find it interesting.

[donKey jote]

apparently he wanted to pour his champagne in Lux's face after they both got loud at eachother, but he missed and glassed him instead :-/

Rennfahrer Sutil vor Gericht: "Ich wollte nicht, dass das passiert" - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Sport

Bei dem Versuch, Lux Champagner ins Gesicht zu schütten, habe Sutil ihn mit dem Glas am Hals getroffen. Die Wunde unterhalb des linken Ohres musste mit mehreren Stichen genäht werden. Lux hat eine Narbe am Hals zurückbehalten. "Es sind da zwei Alphamännchen aneinandergeraten, die sich verbal beharkt haben", sagte Sutils Anwalt Jürgen Wessing, der auf Freispruch plädieren wird.

[CNR]

F1 drives apologises in court for glass attack - ABC Grandstand Sport (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Sutil said Lux rejected his overtures but that they had discussed an out-of-court settlement in which the driver said Lux had made "strange offers" involving "a lot of money" and a hiatus from Formula One.
"He threatened me with 'destroying' me and ensuring that I go to prison for a long time," Sutil said.
Lux denied seeking advantage for Renault from the incident.

Q o what do you make of this ?

[The Black Knight]

Not only is he 'extremely sorry', nor does he deny anything. I don't mean to suggest any guilt on his part, but I do find it interesting.

Well, it is hard to imagine a F1 driver risking his career by trying to glass someone. I just can't imagine what would cause him to do that. Saying that, I find Sutil's version of events to be very implausible but, again, from a clip in a newspaper article it just is impossible to judge what really happened. We will probably not get all of the facts. Plus, if a trip to Luxembourg and a face to face apology woudl have sorted this all out, it makes one wonder why Sutil simply didn't do that. If he did, he'd probably have a drive for this season instead of now facing a year on the sidelines, unless he gets the final HRT seat or perhaps Trulli's Caterham seat, both which would be a serious step backwards in his F1 career.

[The Black Knight]

F1 drives apologises in court for glass attack - ABC Grandstand Sport (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)



Q o what do you make of this ?

Nicely worded article. Denying seeking an advantage for Renault from the incident is not at all the same as denying threatening to destroy Sutil's career, prison time or get him to take a hiatus from F1. It really wouldnt' surprise me if all the above was true. F1 is a business full of egos.

[Robinho]

BBC are reporting an 18 month suspended sentence has been given to Sutil

[CNR]

Sutil gets 18-month suspended sentence for brawl - Yahoo! Eurosport

Former Force IndiaFormula One driver Adrian Sutil was found guilty of bodily harm by a Munich court on Tuesday and given an 18-month suspended sentence and 200,000 euro fine for a night club brawl in China last year.

[The Black Knight]

I figured that he would avoid time in prison. Good for him. Now he can get back to concentrating on his dwindling racing career.

[Dave B]

UPDATE 1-Motor racing-Sutil handed 18-month suspended sentence

Another source if you want it.