After driving superbly to his first ever victory in the Formula Palmer-Audi championship, Tavistock racing driver Jordan Williams had his world turned-up upside down the very next race — literally.
Jordan, 19, from Milton Abbot, had beaten an international field in the first race of the FPA at the Snetterton racing circuit in Norfolk last week but in the second race French driver Maxime Jousse controversially moved into Jordan’s path when the British driver was about to overtake him at 155mph — in the collision Jordan’s car was flipped airborne and rolled five times, hitting a barrier, and landing on concrete before eventually coming to rest.
Thankfully Jordan was able to walk away from the wreckage and bravely decided to race again the next day in a borrowed car.
Jordan said: “I’ve raced karts from the age of eight to 15 and had a few bumps but nothing major; in Formula BMW I had one incident on a dry track when it rained and there was no grip, had an accident and there was damage to the car, but I have never experienced anything like this.” Recalling the crash at Snetterdon he said: “When I was in the air I was not thinking about what was going to happen but I knew that I was going to get hurt — luckily I didn’t and I was able to walk away.” Okehampton Times
“I didn’t get such a good start. I was pulling out to overtake the leader and he swerved in front of me. I went up over his rear wheel, then my car went up into the air backwards. The rear of my car hit the ground and I did five barrel rolls, sliced through the fence at the side of the track and hit a bridge. At that point, I would have been doing up to 155mph.”
Williams said he was lucky to have escaped from the crash unscathed.
He said: “While it was happening, I let go of the steering wheel, squeezed my knees together and closed my eyes. I am one very lucky boy to walk away from it unhurt and I’m very lucky to be here and talking about it today. It’s a real pity, because for the first time I felt unbeatable.” The Herald
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