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Count on a deranged clergyman to spice up a race!

Phillip van Osten 20/07/2025 at 12:1520/07/2025 at 11:23 On this day in 2003, Father Cornelius Horan - a rebel and defrocked Roman Catholic priest without much of a cause - was looking to generate some good exposure for the Bible and himself, and he certainly got it when he ran down Silverstone's Hanger Straight in the middle of a pack of F1 cars! While his waving banner, "Read the Bible - The Bible is always right", was hardly noticed, his antics did succeed in spicing up the race after a Safety Car period reset proceedings. Horan was removed from the track, arrested and sentenced to two months in jail. Meanwhile, Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello went on to take the checkered flag...
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