Tom Pryce, a driver of prodigious talent taken too soon, claimed his last F1 podium at Interlagos OTD in 1976. In today's Great Read, Marcus Simmons tells the tale of a Welsh country boy with amazing racing abilities
Jansen van Vuuren is loving this. Usually he works as a booking clerk at Jan Smuts Airport, but this week the 19-year-old from Johannesburg has taken up station at the nearby Kyalami circuit for the 1977 South African Grand Prix as a fire marshal on the pit straight. Suddenly, at the end of lap 21, he has a job to do. Backmarker Renzo Zorzi parks opposite the pits with mechanical failure, a small fire licking around the rear of his Shadow DN8. Van Vuuren, who is carrying a 40lb fire extinguisher, and a fellow marshal run across the track.
Tom Pryce is loving this. At the age of 27, he's now in his third full season as a Formula 1 driver with Shadow, his dream job with a team that cherishes him...
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