It happened in 1998 at the Fuji International Speedway (Japan) during the warm up lap.
Thats incredible but both drivers survived.
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It happened in 1998 at the Fuji International Speedway (Japan) during the warm up lap.
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Tetsuya actually sued the JGTC on a case about safety, and how he wasn't rescued quick enough during the incident. He won his case by the way, earning well over $800,000 worth of yen.
It must have been torture in those flames. On the bright side, he got all the suntan he'll ever need! Seriously though, I heard that he had to withstand high-temperature flames for at least 5 full minutes. Then he sued the shit out of the guys in charge! ROFL
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Because of the poor response that ended a drivers career that could've been prevented.
for more info type Tetsuya Ota into wikipedia