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The driver whose career-ending accident partly inspired the plot for F1: The Movie is to bookend the season his crash left him unable to finish.
The Formula 1 driver Martin Donnelly, whose career-ending accident inspired part of the plot for F1: The Movie, will be at the beginning and end of the season he couldn’t finish due to his crash.
Donnelly’s horrific shunt during the 1990 Spanish Grand Prix qualified him as a contender for the film, with footage of his crash used to explain Sonny Hayes’ backstory, portrayed by Brad Pitt.
Despite a violent impact that caused the monocoque to separate from the car, Donnelly miraculously survived with the help of FIA medical delegate Professor Sid Watkins.
Although he never returned to F1 due to his severe injuries, Donnelly will participate in an exhibition run at the Adelaide street circuit, the final race of the 1990 season.
At the Adelaide Motorsport Festival, he will drive the Hesketh 308, the car that won the 1975 Dutch Grand Prix, a moment that Donnelly never got to experience due to his career-ending accident in 1990.
