It was a mystery which had been ongoing since 2019, but at last, police in the Czech Republic may have cracked the ‘phantom’ F1 driver case.

Driving a formula car decked out in a Ferrari Formula 1 livery (not one ever used by the actual F1 team), this phantom racing car driver had been spotted on the motorway and reported numerous times since 2019. Skip forward to 2025, and his career may be over.

Czech police arrest phantom Ferrari F1 driver

The driver in question had been driving a Dallara GP2 car in Ferrari F1 disguise. But, his latest race start could be his last. It will be of little surprise to hear that driving a formula car on public roads is not legal in the Czech Republic.

Police caught up with the formula machine and arrested a 51-year-old man.

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