LIGHTS TO FLAG: Alex Wurz on his unusual journey to F1, surviving one of the sport’s fastest ever crashes and leading the GPDA

Alex Wurz represented a number of the largest groups in System 1 historical past throughout his time within the high echelon, whereas incomes a popularity as a formidable take a look at driver when the position concerned racking up hundreds upon hundreds of kilometres. In our newest Lights to Flag characteristic, the Austrian talks about swapping two wheels for 4 as a teen, his recollections of racing for Benetton, McLaren and Williams, in addition to what he’s been as much as since – which incorporates serving to the present crop of F1 racers…

Beginning out on a BMX bike

Wurz was uncovered to motorsport from a younger age, together with his father, Franz, incomes a popularity for his rallycross abilities and the host of driving colleges he established alongside that success. Nonetheless, it was not within the automotive world that the subsequent racer within the household began out.