A mega rich car lover is facing a police investigation after driving at 260mph on motorway having posted the high-speed footage on YouTube.
Tycoon Radim Passer, 58, powered his Bugatti Chiron between Berlin and Hannover in July 2021.
He is accused of holding an illegal motor race after uploading a clip on the video-sharing website boasting about his early-morning stunt.
The Czech millionaire, who was lured by the lack of speed limits on German motorways, has got into trouble with police for his early-morning drive.
The prosecutor’s office in Stendal said it had launched an investigation after being made aware of the YouTube video.
Under German law, driving at such speeds is punishable even if roads have no set limits.
Authorities can act provided the driver was travelling “at an inappropriate speed and in a grossly irregular and reckless manner in order to achieve the highest possible speed.”
Mr Passer is the Czech Republic's 33rd-richest individual with a wealth of £226million, according to Forbes.
If found guilty, he faces imprisonment of up to two years or a fine, 7News reports.
German Transport Minister Volker Wissing slammed the driver's attitude and says vehicles should always be "under control".
The prosecution will investigate as soon as all documents have been received, a spokesperson for the public prosecutor’s office stated.
The millionaire's video has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times on YouTube.
The footage shows the speedometer of a Bugatti reach 417 km/h on the road which connects the Ruhr to Berlin.
In a statement, the transport ministry in Berlin said that it "rejects any behaviour in road traffic that leads or can lead to endangering road users".
They said: "All road users must abide by the rules of the road traffic regulations.
"Anyone participating in traffic must behave in such a way that no other person is harmed, endangered or obstructed or inconvenienced more than is unavoidable under the circumstances."
