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Originally Posted by Delta Whiskey
Wandering through the BBC archive I came across an article about Tom Pryce the only Welsh F1 driver to take pole position.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/waleshist...stest_man.html
"Thirty-five years ago: the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. A dashing young chap from north Wales sits in his Formula One car at the front of the grid. A Welsh speaker on pole position, a Welsh flag emblazoned on his crash helmet." |
A very good driver who was tragically killed far too young.
IIRC it was because a marshal ran over to eager to help another driver and he ended up crashing into the marshal walking across the track