Arrests after attack on Formula 1 legend Prost

The suspects, aged between 16 and 22, are accused of theft, kidnapping, deprivation of liberty and forming gangs, as the public prosecutor’s office in Pontoise near Paris announced on Monday. Prost was slightly injured in the robbery in May at his home in Nyon on Lake Geneva.

The perpetrators escaped with the contents of a safe, including several luxury watches, according to the prosecutor. Two of the suspects now arrested are still minors, the remaining three were taken into custody. The Swiss newspaper Blick According to reports, the number of burglaries among wealthy homeowners around Lake Geneva has recently increased sharply. The perpetrators are often gangs from neighboring France who target luxury watch collections.

Prost was active in Formula 1 between 1980 and 1993 as a racing driver for McLaren, Renault, Ferrari and Williams. In 1984, the Frenchman finished runner-up to Niki Lauda, ​​half a point behind Niki Lauda. The sporting rivalry with the Brazilian Ayrton Senna, who died in 1994, remains unforgotten.