A former Formula 1 driver was acquitted over an "idiotic" prank which saw a firework used to blow up his brother-in-law's window.
Jean Alesi, 58, is iconic in F1 for a spell in Ferrari during which he won his first and only race. He and his son Giuliano, 23, were on trial at Nimes Magistrates Court in France on Thursday, where the former racer defended his actions as "a bad joke", reports the French news agency AFP.
It happened on December 19, 2021, at the architect's office of his brother-in-law in Villeneuve-les-Avignon, near Marseille in the south of the country. Police were called around 10pm that night after residents heard an explosion.