SKY SPORTS F1 presenter Karun Chandhok was lucky to escape injury after his car burst into flames during a race.
Chandhok was in seventh place in the Lavant Cup revival at the time of the incident, which forced him to abandon.
But it could have been a lot worse for the driver as the rear of his car caught fire without warning.
The explosion caused the car to spin out but Chandhok, 39, managed to maintain enough control to steer onto to grass and out of danger.
He quickly stepped out without injury and only suffered some damage to his boot.
Reflecting on the incident, Chandhok wrote on Twitter: "Lucky to get away with that with nothing more than a melted boot.
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"Something went bang and seized up the back wheels and sent me spinning.
"Such a shame to end a race in my dream GT car like that but happy to get out ok!"
His brother Suhail, who is also a presenter, shared a clip of the incident on social media and praised Chandhok for his composure.
He wrote: "Scary moment.
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"Most importantly just really glad he's ok but I have to say that save, car control and presence of mind to quickly get it off circuit and onto the grass was IMPRESSIVE👏🏼
"We thought we were done with stressful moments as a family of a racing driver but guess that's the nature of the beast🙏🏽😇"
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