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MPX5166039: Cars and bits of cars litter the Silverstone track. Rescuers struggle in the smoke to free drivers. Women in the nearby grandstand were screaming and crying. This was the scene just over a minute into the 1973 British Grand Prix race. South African Jody Schekter lost control and spun across the track after the tyre burst on his McLaren at Woodcote Corner. Drivers crashed together at a combine speed of 170 mph. Miraculously only one driver was hurt - a broken ankle. Our Picture Shows one of the Surtees Cosworths following the accident Spoort Motor Sport Accident Ambulance Crash July 1973 1970s Free Lance 4 Mirror 73 5871 14/7/1973 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images