Almost everything in the summer blockbuster F1 the Movie is fictional, but the protagonist’s visceral origin story really happened to former driver Martin Donnelly, exactly as it is depicted on ...

(CNN) — Almost everything in the summer blockbuster “F1 the Movie” is fictional, but the protagonist’s spine-chilling origin story really happened exactly as depicted on screen.

In 1990, Martin Donnelly was a promising British racing driver with the Lotus Formula One team, but a suspension failure in a practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix sent him hurtling into the ...

Former racing driver Martin Donnelly had a ‘reality check’ seeing his near-fatal crash recreated in F1 the Movie ...