Sebastian Vettel in the preview of the Spanish GP. Photo: EFE/Alejandro Garcia.
The four -time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel suffered a robbery this Monday morning in Barcelona. As confirmed by sources close to the investigation, the incident took place around 8 (Spanish time) when he was walking in the city center with his family.
He was there after competing in the Spanish Grand Prix, where he was eleventh behind the wheel of an Aston Martin. He parked his private car in front of a downtown hotel, got out and left a door open for a few seconds, what the thieves used to take a backpack inside the car.
Vettel is 14th in the overall F1 classification. AFP/Getty Images/Jared C. Tilton.
It has not yet been determined how many criminals, who quickly fled. The German, knowing that inside the bag he had “airpods”, with geolocation, star in a movie scene through the streets of Barcelona and he chased them with his electric skateboard.
theAt the same time he called the agents of Mossos d’Esquadra, the Catalan police, who unsuccessfully tried to convince him to stop chasing him and file a formal complaint. Vettel clarified to them that he was not following the thieves, but the GPS indication, and proceeded.
As a result, Finally got the headphones as well. He found them inside a vase that was in a business in the Ciutat Vella district. Criminals surely realize that those devices can be tracked and get rid of.
In any case, the backpack, with important pilot documentation inside, still doesn’t appear and, according to sources close to the case, he filed a complaint and that’s it. there is an ongoing investigation.
Leclerc had to leave the Spanish GP due to a breakdown. AP/Manu Fernandez.
This isn’t the first time a Formula 1 driver has suffered theft when he was traveling to compete in one of the Grand Prix that the busy calendar of the top motorsport category has.
Exactly one month ago, in dealing with Emilia Romagna GP, Charles Leclerc had a luxurious Richard Mille watch worth $ 320,000 stolen from him when he was taking photos and signing autographs for a group of fans who approached him somewhere unkindly. lit.
The Monegasque driver, along with his coach and friend Andrea Ferrari, complained immediately, but the thieves have not been identified. The main suspicions suggest that it may have been an organized theft involving the “Camorra”.
This mafia criminal organization, with the most influential group in the city of Naples, runs illegal businesses that consist of taking watches and other luxury items and reselling them at exorbitant prices at international fairs.
Source: Clarin
