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Williams' Guy Martin experiment a perfect advert for Formula One

Related Topics: Williams F1, Channel 4, Guy Martin

Channel 4's recent 'Speed with Guy' follows the story of bike racer Guy Martin spending the Belgian Grand Prix as a working member of Williams Martini Racing. Although this was never the intention, the hour-long programme actually works as a F1 recruiting campaign for prospective fans and employees alike.

They could not have chosen a better candidate; Martin looks like he's walked in from central casting. Here is a fully qualified mechanic willing to see if he's got what it takes to be chosen as a member of the crack pit stop crew.

Having parted company with his bike, frequently at high speed and occasionally on fire, simply pulling off a rear wheel would appear to be child's play to a man of Martin's track record for putting his neck on the line.