between us. the king of shaves is closing in on the front runners with four laps to go. we were catching the leaders at about 1.5 seconds a lap and there was enough time in the race. i mean, we were only about 200, 300 meters behind them. 3.11 seconds and that s almost a second quicker than the race leader. it came across james wife is standing there thinking, oh, my god, this is amazing. he s doing really well. let s keep our fingers crossed. i knew he would be so thrilled as to how they were doing. the king of shaves makes a final bid for first place, but something doesn t feel right. get in! get in. she s loose.
the next minute, absolute terror under water. i thought the boat had gone over and over. it just felt like you were in a bit of a washing machine. a dash cam in a cockpit shows the pilots trapped upside down. king of shaves has crashed. liz and will are desperate to know what s happening. i guess time just froze. all i could say to will was, can you see their helmets? can you see they re out? there weren t any safety boats in the immediate vicinity. it was just a silence. i just thought, james, are you okay? but james is not okay. the pilot s oxygen valves are flooding and they have to reach the surface fast in order to survive. the drill was that chris goes out through the floor of the boat first. which is now the top of the boat. they can barely see each other and communication is
as soon as i saw his helmet i thought, that s great, we re both out. i remember swimming over to chris and grabbing hold of him. moments later, a rescue crew arrives. james and chris make it out alive, but the boat is totaled. here we have blown up this 2 million pound power boat. the twin lamborghini engines and all the electronics would have all been ruined. king of shaves finishes second to last beating only a disqualified boat. king of shaves have won driven by british guy shepherd at the grand prix, fantastic. it s not the result they d hoped for, but they walk away with their lives, able to sail another day. you know, accidents happen. so, we get on and rebuild for the next race. that s all. we were lucky that day.
it was a very high-speed crash. james is out. but where is chris? james looks around in the water. as soon as i saw his helmet i thought, that s great, we re both out. i remember swimming over to chris and grabbing hold of him. moments later, a rescue crew arrives. james and chris make it out alive, but the boat is totaled. here we have blown up this 2 million-pound powerboat. half of one hole is ripped out. the twin lamborghini engines and all the electronics would have all been ruined. king of shaves finishes second to last beating only a disqualified boat. of course, you know, it would have been great if king of shavs had won driven by british gooi shepherd at the grand prix, fantastic.
the fact they re the only british boat in the race amps the pressure up even higher. they were so fired up because it was a home race, and i really just wanted them, a, to enjoy the day and b to come out on the podium would have been fantastic. the boat was probably ranking in third or fourth in terms of speed. you think starting at the back will be terrible or all right? we ll sit there and we ll get a good shot at it. by the first corner, the king of shaves has moved up from 12th position to 6th. we were driving it. we had a few discussions as to how to make some of the corners. crank it down! just keep going. chris and i disagreed for the first couple of laps, but we worked that out by lap number four. it was good racing conditions, and things were going according to plan. the two-man team must maintain a delicate balance at high speeds. won t think about what we re doing. slow your turn, slow your turn!