Spent a very warm and enjoyable day at the World Touring Cars at Brands Hatch the weekend before last, as a guest of Chevrolet. The racing was good, though a little too much of a procession for most fans’ liking. We left after the second touring race ended, which I suppose was about 3.30pm… and of course missed the most dramatic moment of the day. If you’ve not seen the crash in the SEAT Leon Eurocup I recommend you take a look. It’s all over YouTube so not hard to find. Go have a look. How lucky is the marshall with the cap on? Half a second later moving away from the Armco barrier and he wouldn’t be alive. Also lucky is driver Francisco Carvalho; what with this cartwheel and Mark Webber going airborne in the F1 recently, and both emerging with nothing more than dented pride, you’ve got to be impressed with motorsport vehicle safety. There’s a time not that many years ago when both of these people would be brown bread. And it’s a good reminder that marshalling isn’t just about getting close to the action without having to buy a ticket. These people genuinely risk their lives.
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