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Former F1 driver Sutil convicted for fight

January 31, 2012 -- 5:57 AM
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Adrian Sutil

FILE - In this May 19, 2011 file photo former Force India driver Adrian Sutil of Germany reacts during an interview at the Montmelo racetrack in Barcelona, Spain. Sutil says Monday, Jan. 30, 2011, he tried to settle out of court following a dispute in which he allegedly attacked and injured a Formula One team owner with a glass during a nightclub fight in China. Sutil told a Munich district court that he

Tue, 2012-01-31 05:57

Former Force India driver Adrian Sutil was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm to a Formula One team owner in a nightclub confrontation in China and given an 18-month suspended sentence.

The Munich district court handed down the verdict and the sentence on Tuesday after a two-day trial. The prosecutors asked for a 21-month suspended sentence.

Sutil was charged with causing grievous bodily harm to Renault team executive Eric Lux at a party following Lewis Hamilton's victory at the China Grand Prix in Shanghai on April 17. Lux needed two dozen stitches after being cut in the neck by a broken glass.