The former Finnish Formula One driver and Le Mans winner Jyrki Jarvilehto, who raced as JJ Lehto, has been sentenced to two years and four months in jail for a drunken boat accident which killed his friend.
Jarvilehto was drunk and speeding in his boat in June 2010, when it hit a bridge support pillar in a canal in southern Finland.
Jarvilehto denied he was driving the boat when the crash happened, although the court was told the victim's injuries indicated he was a passenger and Jarvilehto was the driver.
The 45-year-old, competed in Formula One between 1989 and 1994 and won Le Mans in 1995 and 2005.
