23-9-61 Frank Shuter's Ferrari was wrecked when it left the track and hit an occupied parked car. Fortunately there was no serious injury to anybody. The pictures show the wreckage of Shuter s and the private car, shortly after the crash. Lucky Escapes From Injury To add to the drama on the At Wigram back straight, Jim Clark, who driving the Lotus brilliantly As Smith's car tumbled into position behind Brabham, Although it was one of the control of his car while streakthe ditch, it also landed on most interesting and incident- Mansel's car. Mansel received ing along the back straight at flled events held on the cir- a heavy blow on the back of more than 120 miles an hour. cuit, the seventh Lady Wig- the neck and was lucky not minute I ram international trophy race 'to have suffered serious in- straight line and the next I jury as the heavy Ferrari was on the grass, completely on Saturday will also go down lout of control," said Clark. in history as having the worst Plunged along the ditch. Man- sel's machine was badly dam- just missed a car sitting close record for accidents. On a aged by the time it was towed to the track and must have circuit made treacherous by back to the pits. spun almost half the length Smith and Blackburn of the straight before my car heavy rain and pools of water, not injured, but Mansel was came to resi. It was not a four bad accidents occurred, taken to the emergency first- very pleasant experience." and there were several other aid tent for examination. He Clark's car would not start dangerous high-speed excur. was found to be suffering from after this mishap, and he was sions from the track as cars Superficial cuts and bruises. forced to retire from the race Cars Wrecked after one of the best showings snaked and slithered out of The worst accident day was also the most poign- Joachim Bonnier, the Swedish Few of the thousands of the lant, for it occurred to the local spectators would have cared driver who has been striving champion who provided the only real threat to the Cooper ivers as they serve to ne for years for success in major Brabham drivers events, Frank Shuter. Shuter trol their cars on the greasy McLaren, also had some excit. recently took possession of the ins moments at the wheel of The spray from , the big 3-litre Ferrari formerly tyres blinded owned by P. M. Hoare, and Credit Cooper. the back straight, and on the made a great impression with corners the cars took up the his first drive at the Blenheim swerved to avoid another car whole track as the rear wheels motor races in November. and began an alarming slide sought vainly for traction. Shuter was handily placed in along the infeld. His car was Dariy in the day, three of the race when his car veered the starters for the main race from a straight line in goggles plastered with grass. were eliminated back straight and Almost blinded, Bonnier called tacular pile-up in the main into the pits and threw his John Mansel. who spin. The car careered crazily off the track, slithered across goggles to the pit crew, and highly-favoured the grass on the infield the next lap he retrieved! good placing with his new them, cleaned. Tec-Mec arrived re-several yards His renewed effort to catch cently from Italy, had the mis-sideways into a parked car lose control of thebeside the track. not last long car just as he was leaving the The parked car was occu- He lost control of the Cooper Bomb Bay bend and was en-pied by officials of the Can- again and took to the grass, tering the back straight. Man-erbury Car Club who were narrowly missing a sel's car skidded out of con-sperating electronic a parked car, but immetrol on to the grass and plum- quipment on the back straight diately rejoined the circuit as metted into a deep ditch, over-to the nighest speeds though nothing had happened turning on driver. This eached by cars. Bonnier's was Mansel's first major drive Mr C. W. Dorn and Mrs treatment, of his new car, and he hadorn, who were the occu- however, and was soon among completed only one or twolants, were thrown from the the retirements. laps before the accident. ar by the force of the impact. "I like driving in the rain, Three in Ditch shuter had to be lifted from and this circuit is really not at As Mansel clambered fromhe wreckage of his Ferrari by all dangerous," said Bonnier wreckage of his car, ambulance men. Apart from "However, I think it is car left the track and leg injury, Shuter was found a bad mistake skidded suffering fast cars mixed up with slower over the top of Mansels car.bock, and Mr and Mrs Dorn It is terribly slippery It was B. R. Blackburn's Mas-rere taken home. out there once you lose conerati d CLI,, 'which came to Shuter's car was extensively i trol of the car you lose everyrest further along the ditch amaged, with the chassis torn thing, steering, badly damaged. Mansel recov-, half and the whole of one|all," Bonnier said it was bad: only de stove in. Mr Dorn's cario have cars parked too close momentarily before yet an-as also badiy damaged along t, the track on the infield. other car left the tarmac and le side, with both doors torn bounced heavily into the ditch. I. There were other mishaps. McLaren This time it was the Super Squalo Ferrari of R. H. Smith, alarming slide as he tried to endeavoured to get past Jack Brabham; Mal-l avoid Blackburn's spinning car colm Gill hit the marker/ and taken to the grass. drums at the S-bend and broke said later that he had taken two spark plugs; and Stirling to the grass on purpose, but Moss was involved in a colhad not realised the ditch was ¡McLaren's Cooper,