Maylander on 24 years in F1’s safety car

At the 1973 Canadian Grand Prix, a Porsche pace car intervened for the first time after a collision between Francois Cevert and Jody Scheckter.

The FIA’s 50-year safety car anniversary is somewhat misleading, however, as further appearances were few and far between. The safety car as we know it has only been a regular fixture since the 1993 season.

One man has been at the wheel for 24 of those 30 years. Former DTM and sportscar racer Bernd Maylander was entrusted with…