Ollie Millroy says he survived a violent China GT crash in Shanghai because rival driver Loek Hartog pulled him from a burning Ferrari. Millroy, speaking from hospital, described Hartog's intervention as the single reason he is alive.
Video and social media posts from both drivers show Hartog abandoning his own car, using a fire extinguisher on Millroy's stricken Ferrari, and dragging Millroy from the wreckage. Millroy wrote, "I am still alive tonight, entirely thanks to one man," and said he has no memory of the 30 seconds before the crash until an hour after it.
Medical updates list Millroy's injuries as five broken ribs, a broken collar bone, a broken hand, a broken finger and a bruised lung. He posted a photograph from his hospital bed alongside his wife, Fern, and warned the outcome could easily have been far worse without Hartog's actions.
AAI Motorsport issued a forceful statement announcing it "will no longer participate in any races organised by China GT." The team accused organisers of negligence, saying Millroy's car "continued to burn for more than a minute" and that there were not timely and effective firefighting and rescue operations.
Race organisers responded that they "will further review and investigate the accident and formulate more comprehensive plans to address shortcomings in competition organisation, support, emergency response, rescue and medical services." The language signals an internal probe and a commitment to revise safety procedures.
Hartog, in his own post, said when he saw the Ferrari erupt into flames "there wasn't really a decision to make," and described moments during the rescue when he feared he would not be able to free Millroy. He downplayed his role, saying many drivers would have acted similarly.
The immediate consequences are clear: Millroy is recovering in hospital, AAI Motorsport has withdrawn from China GT events, and organisers have opened a review of emergency response. How that review proceeds and whether the team's withdrawal prompts broader changes will determine the series' next steps on track safety and race-day rescue protocols.
