Biography
Roger Williamson was born on 2 February 1948 in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. He won the British Formula 3 Championship in 1971 and again in 1972. In 1973 he was given a drive with the works March team in Formula One. He made his debut in the British Grand Prix, the ninth round of the season, but was out of the race after a first-lap pile-up involving nine cars.
Just weeks later he started the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, his second and final World Championship race. On the eighth lap a suspected tyre failure sent his car over, and it caught fire. Williamson died in the accident at the age of 25. His friend David Purley abandoned his own race and tried to rescue him, and was later awarded the George Medal. In the years that followed, fire-resistant clothing became compulsory for trackside marshals. A bronze statue of Williamson was unveiled at Donington Park in 2003.
Source: Wikipedia, “Roger Williamson”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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