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Originally Posted by Jez

got my fingers burnt at bury last year by f1 driver,kept revving while trying to turn car over.my request to back off throttle was returned by a barrage of abuse by his dad.wouldnt mind if i was slow due to me being a fatty n all but it was right in front of me and i was a volunteer marshall!!!! i complained to my regional rep only to be shrugged at.later found out he was good friends with said drivers dad.case closed.

I think I saw this. He was in the A final and he crashed into your legs. His car banging into your legs spinning round as you tried to marshall it. He wouldn't come off the throttle, you shouted and his dad told you to "f**cking marshall it then". He didn't just say it either, everyone heard it. He's lucky you were pretty cool about it. I know what I'd have said/done.

Cos he was an F1 'face' I think he thought he could do what he wants. Dont get me wrong, most F1's are v helpful. Most, not all