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Irvine's still on the run

Former runner-up F1 champion Eddie Irvine is still on the run - from the law. The Ulsterman skipped town to avoid an arrest warrant issued last month that'll see him jailed for speeding on a scooter and failing to turn up at court. Irvine's in Miami (USA), where he has a residence, and told RTE's 'The Late Late Show' that he had indeed 'done a runner' while his lawyers sort out the mess.

'I was out with a friend on the back of my scooter and we were just going past Buckingham Palace and he was taking a photo of the two of us,' he said. Irvine added: 'As soon as the photo had been taken and we looked straight ahead there was the police waving us over and I had no ID or anything with me.'

The 38-year-old, who finished second to Mika Hakkinen in a 1999 Ferrari, said he was leaving for Miami the day after the incident so couldn't produce documents. 

'I said my Dad would produce them,' he concluded, 'but they say 'no, you've got to produce them yourself'. I couldn't do it, so I went to Miami.'

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