This Is The Best Part Of The Manic 2016 Spanish GP And Most People Probably Missed It

With some big names crashing out and Verstappen taking his debut win, the Spanish GP was an epic one. But its best moment was arguably this hilarious fire extinguisher fail from a marshall...

Matt Robinson

16 May 2016

Joking aside, the Spanish Grand Prix will be remembered - as well as Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg’s dramatic first-lap crash - for Max Verstappen’s dramatic debut win. The 18-year-old, who’s only just taken a seat at Red Bull Racing, clocked four F1 records at the race.

Hat tip to Jess

Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.

Comments

That fire extinguisher was no chill.

Error 69 marshall_training.exe failed to open

Don’t extinguish in the opposite direction to the smoke pouring out the back, you goon!

It was hot out he was just cooling the other geezer down

Error 69 resolved, please restart marshall_training.exe and try again.

no wonder that they are losing jobs in spain :D

Just to clarify, those marshalls don’t get paid, they are volunteers who give their best to make everyone safe. They have to pass tests and two years of experience in “marshalling” (yay! new verb) are mandatory, but when you rely on volunteers things like this happen, and they’re not to blame.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m spanish and I liked the joke, but you know, I thought I had to clarify this. In the end, they don’t get paid for risking their lives while the board get their pockets filled.

Chief Marshal: “Hey, you wanna be a race marshal this weekend?”
That Marshal: “Hell yeh I do!”
Chief Marshal: “Wait, you DO know how to operate an extinguisher, right?”
Marshal: