During the China GT Championship event at Shanghai International Circuit, British driver Ollie Millroy crashed heavily, rupturing fuel lines and igniting a high-intensity fire. Dutch competitor Loek Hartog, following immediately behind at 185 km/h, executed emergency braking, jumped out of his vehicle, and pulled Millroy from the flames before official marshals or the safety car could traverse the circuit.
Standard FIA track intervention rules target a 45–60 second medical car and marshal arrival for circuit incidents. In fuel-fed GT3 fires, thermal exposure calculations show driver race-suit threshold limits (800°C outer layer resistance) diminish in less than 15–20 seconds. Hartog's split-second instinct converted what would have been a catastrophic safety deficit into a successful rescue.