Playboys who brought Piccadilly Circus to a stand-still with their supercars claim they are ‘responsible boy racers’
Brothers Kash and Shabs Ahmad insist public to blame for chaotic scenes at London landmark
THE ORGANISERS of the secret supercar club that brought Piccadilly Circus to a standstill on Sunday night has blamed the public for the gridlock.
Traffic around the busy central London landmark was halted for fifteen minutes after the Piccadilly Boy Racers group descended - showing off their £4million fleet of Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Mercedes.
Crowds swarmed the streets around the busy junction as they took selfies with the garishly-coloured cars that included a Lamborghini Huracán, Lamborghini Aventador, Lamborghini Gallardo, Nissan GTRs, a Ferrari 488 and a Ferrari 360 Spider.
The meet-up was the brainchild of brothers Kash and Shabs Ahmad who run the firm Kream Developments.
Shabs explained: “The public swamped the roads and we couldn’t do anything about it.
“We would have been passing through – it was gridlocked and we got out of our cars to clear the way.
'We have to keep everyone happy and not p*** them off so we can move on without someone getting upset or damaging the cars.
“We just turned off the engine and got out, mingled and enjoyed it.”
His brother Kash added: “We start revving the engines to give everyone a bit of a show, but all of us are hard-working individuals.
“We just entertain the crowds, and that is basically all it is.
“Obviously when it’s busy in central London the crowds swamp the roads. Then it becomes gridlocked so we can’t drive.”
He said the group have been meeting for similar supercar events over the last 15 years.
The event was billed as a "secret supercar meet" to avoid "riff-raff" and no "d*******" drivers".
Kash added: “We don’t want hooligans or riff-raff. People who don’t have a supercar so the only way get noticed is to show off, do burnouts and put people in danger – that’s not what we do.
He also denied the group were flash admitting: “When we were young it was our ambition to be "boy racers" – now we are men, we have achieved that and are proud we can afford these kind of cars.”
He added: “Some people like putting £200 behind a bar and get drunk – we work hard all week and at the weekends this is what we like to do”.
The chaotic scenes sparked long tailbacks, with the motors finally dispersing shortly before 7pm after a quarter of an hour.
Police confirmed they attended the scene but made no arrests.
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