Marc Surer – Vintage Photograph

Swiss driver Marc Surer, from Kidlington.Swiss driver Marc Surer, from Kidlington.

Dimensions: 15.6 x 20.4 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-NQOX-04885185

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OCR computer generated text:

JOCHEN Mass, the Ox- fordshire-based racing driv- er, has spoken for the first time about the horror crash which resulted in the death driver Gilles of young Villeneuve. Mass Bicester-based March in Belgian Gr Zolder whe.. Villeneuve ran of him. was driving Rothmans r the at Fold Speaking to Mail yesterday the accident h about 170 mph. Track a front wheel of Vil- A leneuve’s car touched his rear wheel. The accident sent the Fer- rari somersaulting into the air and Villeneuve thrown on to the track. was Mass said he was forced to brake sharply to avoid hitting Villeneuve. Mass said: “It was no- body’s fault. It was a very unfortunate accident with a very severe outcome. Never- theless, racing is racing. is something we live with.” EXCLUSIVE From DAVID DUFFY in Belgium He said he was involved two years ago in a similar accident at Silverstone in which both drivers escaped unharmed. darker side of “It is the GILLES VILLENEUVE 10 MAY 1982 motor sport. It is part of it but not a major part of it, thank God.” Ironically, the French Canadian’s death and the subsequent withdrawal of the Ferrari team from the race gave Mass, who has been slow in qualifying, a chance to compete yester- day. “I really didn’t feel like racing but I felt I had to.” In the race, Mass looked set to take sixth place on his 100th Grand Prix but his engine seized after running out of oil with just eight of the 70 laps to go. A last-minute error cost Didcot-based Williams driv- er Keke Rosberg victory when he let Ulsterman John Watson get through to win. Legs Williams’s team-mate Derek Daly, making his de- but for Williams, also made a mistake while running fourth and went out. Swiss driver Marc Surer who lives in Kidlington, fin- ished eighth in his return drive in an Arrows after his legs breaking both earlier in the season. JOCHEN MASS ms x/1 2003