I just come up with what I think the best drivers excuse will be, ahead of the series opener on Sunday.

"I was dazzled by the paint job on the other car and swerved into him...!"

"Because of the petrol drivers strike we had to go carefully to make sure we finished the race."

"If I didn't have a turbo, like last year, I wouldn't have been going so fast, and, therefore I could have avoided the crash."

"Oi, you little toad, come back here with my walking frame."

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