The owner of a yellow Ferrari valued in the seven-figures captured on video speeding through stop signs and blazing past pedestrians in the wealthy city is Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad al Thani of Qatar’s ruling family.
Al Thani has been dubbed the “patron sheikh” of drag racing by the press.
But over the weekend, the twenty-something was just a guy driving a very fancy car very fast, police said. Al Thani denied to officers who investigated the incident that anyone was driving recklessly. He also said he had diplomatic immunity, Beverly Hills police said.
After discussing the matter with the U.S. State Department and the Qatar consulate, authorities concluded the sheikh did not have such immunity … More
An entitled Qatari speed demon who drag raced a Ferrari and a Porsche through a quiet Beverly Hill neighborhood claimed he was protected under diplomatic immunity — and then threatened to have an onlooker killed and yelled “F–k America,” witnesses said.
Police are investigating video from the harrowing Saturday night drag race between a yellow Ferrari LaFerrari with a Qatar license plate and a white Porsche 911. The wild ride ended in front of a $10 million rental home.
Freelance video journalist Jacob Rogers filmed … More