Lewis Hamilton won’t face charges

The Geneva justice authorities have decided not to take action against British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, who was accused of dangerous driving on Swiss roads.

RoadCross, the Swiss foundation for victims of road accidents, had asked that Hamilton’s driving licence be revoked after comments made to the Sun, a British tabloid newspaper.

Hamilton’s girlfriend, Pussycat Dolls singer Nicole Scherzinger, was quoted as saying that she and Hamilton would be kicked out of Switzerland if the authorities knew how fast they had been driving there.

RoadCross pointed out that Hamilton had already caused an accident in March 2009 because of his “irresponsible way of driving”. The racing driver had failed to observe a stop sign and hit the car of a woman and her child; no one was injured.

The Zurich-based foundation stressed that people in the public eye should be aware of their “role model” status; it filed its complaint last week.

However, the Geneva authorities announced on Wednesday that the evidence against Hamilton was too thin for them to pursue the case.

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