Martin Brundle stands by condemnation of British GP protesters who would have been "atomised"
dailystar.co.ukZhou Guanyu's horrifying crash, but a number of cars still sped by the protesters, who had sat down in the middle of the track before being dragged away by marshals.
In the wake of the incident, Match of the Day host Gary Lineker defended the protesters' actions, tweeting: "If it's not already too late, history will look back very favourably on these people." READ MORE: Jeremy Clarkson wades in as F1 fans back Martin Brundle amid Gary Lineker Twitter spat That prompted Brundle to hit back, saying: "Gary please don’t encourage this reckless behaviour.
They'd have been sliced into 100 pieces and fans, marshals and drivers were wholly at risk of injury and death. We already had one lucky escape.
I totally 100% support freedom of speech and opinion, but do it responsibly."And in his post-British Grand Prix column for the Sky Sports website, Brundle said only a "twist of fate" prevented a tragedy."Thank goodness his [Zhou's] car didn't catch fire otherwise the consequences would have been dire.
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