The track invader in love with Ferrari – F1 Chinese Grand Prix. When a man crossed the main straight during FP2 to ask for a chance to drive a Ferrari..

What happened?
Anyone reading the pages of our website on the morning of Friday, April 10, 2015, during the second free practice session for the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix would have come across the following update: “Meanwhile, the broadcast has replayed the images of a man who ran across the start-finish straight and climbed onto the pit wall. He was neither a marshal nor a team staff member but a spectator who invaded the track before being tackled and arrested by the police.”

Some may have rubbed their eyes, thinking they were hallucinating at 8:21 in the morning, but it had really happened: drivers on the main straight suddenly found themselves facing a man cutting across the track to jump onto the pit wall.

He was a Chinese fan who got up from the grandstand—for which he had a valid ticket—climbed over the three-meter fence, and ended up on the circuit between a passing Sauber and a Force India that had just completed the final corner.

Fortunately, there were no issues for the drivers, as the man quickly leaped onto the pit wall, determined to reach the garages.

The track invader wanted Ferrari
After climbing over the pit wall, he headed straight for the Ferrari garage and—according to eyewitnesses—shouted in Chinese that he wanted to drive a Formula 1 car. However, he did not get the chance to challenge Ferrari’s drivers at the time, Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Räikkönen, as he was swiftly apprehended by security personnel and handed over to the police.