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Originally Posted by EdM5
Thanks for sharing Artemis. The video of the original Olav Mol live commentary on Dutch TV once again brought tears to my eyes.
Still a nightmare after all those years.
RIP Ayrton.
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I saw it live on TV. Devastating.
The point I tried to make: true that Russell may have lost a chance to get Silverstone race points by leaving his damaged car (DNF) to check Zhou, but that was absolutely the right thing to do. Regardless the presence of marshals nearby Zhou and regardless whether Russell could (not) do anything specific for Zhou, those first moments are usually crucial. Those moments were not broadcast for privacy reasons (unlike the fatal Senna crash of 1994).
Just imagine for a moment that you were Zhou, hanging inside your seat belts in the cockpit between the fence and barriers, likely dizzy and disoriented, unable to get out of the car on your own, with a full fuel tank (lap 1), hoping that the car would not catch fire (remember the Grosjean crash). And suddenly Russell pops up near your side to comfort you as best as he can. That's top class on a human level.
