Russian Police Probe Bomb Attack On Ex-F1 Driver

Russian police have opened an investigation into the attempted murder of a former Formula One test driver.

Russian police have opened an investigation into the attempted murder of a former Formula One test driver after an explosion wrecked his car, local media reported.

A bomb detonated on Monday under a Mercedes-Benz sports utility vehicle owned by Sergei Zlobin, a former test driver with the Minardi Formula One team, Interfax news agency quoted a police source as saying.

Zlobin was slightly hurt. His car was badly damaged. Zlobin tested for the struggling Minardi team in 2002 as part of a sponsorship deal with Russian gas giant Gazprom .