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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.
Martin Donnelly, the Formula 1 driver whose career-ending accident inspired part of the plot for F1: The Movie, will be closing the season he couldn’t finish due to his crash. The film featured footage of Donnelly’s 1990 Spanish Grand Prix qualifying crash, where he hit a guardrail and the monocoque broke free. Despite being unconscious, thanks to quick medical intervention, he miraculously recovered. However, his injuries prevented his return to F1, meaning he missed completing the 1990 season. Donnelly will now have an exhibition run at the Adelaide street circuit in the Hesketh 308, the car that won its only race at the 1975 Dutch Grand Prix. Missing Adelaide in 1990 left a lasting impact on Donnelly, who now has a chance to symbolically finish the season.
