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F1 Medical Car driver Van der Merwe explains crucial role
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Alan van der Merwe, who serves as the official Formula 1 Medical Car driver on grand prix weekends, says his role is about being quick “while maintaining a huge margin of error to deal with the unexpected”. The South-African has been on duty since 2009, rushing doctors and their equipment to the scene of an accident in seconds at the wheel of the Mercedes-AMG C 63 S Medical Car 2017 F1 tech preview: the Tyres Talking to the official F1 website in a wide-ranging interview, Van der Merwe explains what it takes to occupy this crucial position. “The most important factor is not that you can drive a car fast: there are millions of people who could drive the car fast...
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