ADias:
What does it mean to be a professional driver? Was he a racing driver in a sanctioned racing series? Race drivers do not speed on public roads.
I think they frequently do.
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Lewis Hamilton was ticketed, and his license suspended, for doing 196 kmh in a 130 zone in France. (Not to mention his Australian burn outs.)
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Felipe Massa was ticketed for speeding and got 6 points on his license on the way to work (Italian Grand Prix) one morning.
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Kyle Busch was ticketed, and had his license revoked, for doing 128 mph near a day-care center. (Practically every driver in NASCAR has been ticketed for speeding.)
It's not surprising that people who like to drive fast so much that they do it for a living drive fast on and off the track.