Watch An Ultra-Committed Rally Driver Race To The Finish As His Car Is Engulfed In Flames

This is the onboard footage of driver Robert Consani and co-driver Maxime Vilmot at Rally Ypres, as their car becomes a fireball at the finish line. Here’s Consani’s account, as told on his Facebook page:

The rally is finished for us.

At the start of Special Stage 6, a piece broke at the rear of the car and we were in two-wheel drive. 3/4 of the way through the stage, the rear began to catch fire and we stopped to extinguish its start of the blaze. After consultation with the team on the phone, we decided to leave, but 500 m before the arrival, flames sprung up in the car, we made the decision to go to the stop point in order to have all possible fire extinguishers.

Between arrival and the stop point it was unsustainable and we had great difficulty in getting out of the car. We did our utmost to extinguish the fire. We thank all present commissioners as well as all the drivers who stopped by to give us their fire extinguisher.

We are a little burnt and have breathed some smoke, but nothing serious.

Thanks to all the marshals and drivers who stopped helped us today, we owe you one, guys.

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