Bizarre GP2 Accident

[Robbie 733]

Originally Posted by Mookistar

no, but i think you are thinking of the same thing

basically marshall carrying extinguisher crosses the track to reach a stopped car, tries to out run the F1 car, which collides with him at 170mph killing him instantly, tragically the extinguisher hits the driver (tom pryce?) in the face and near decapitates him

tragic

mook

Yup, Tom Pryce. Now buried in the same cemetery in Kent as my Mum.
Died in the 1977 South Africian GP.