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.
chris and i are keep on it! 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 the 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 that they re out? there were no safety boats in the immediate vicinity and it was just a silence, and 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 impossible. james realizes that chris is still inside the cockpit. i realize that chris hadn t gone. i didn t want to pop my belts and go out for fear of chris then doing the same thing at the same time. as the water levels rise, there s no time to waste. james releases his safety belt and pushes the escape hatch open. a mounted exterior camera has survived the crash and records the desperate scene as james tugs at chris to follow him out. did have a hold on him as we came out of the cockpit and then i let go. after agonizing seconds, james reaches the surface. i was desperate to see that he d come out of the boat because, you know, you can imagine him stuck in a boat and maybe injured and can t get out, whatever. anything could have happened.
drive britain s only class one power boat racing team. pilots james shepherd and chris are racing king of shaves sponsored by the company of the same name which sells shaving products. powered by twin lamborghinis engines and it probably cost about $2 million pounds to build, and $ 4 million. ceo will king says driving the boat is like racing a ferrari on the water at 150 miles per hour, an intense thrill. and a dangerous one, too. skimming along at these speeds, things can go wrong fast. shepherd has won the honda formula 4 series several years running, but his first time competing at the british grand prix. any race you do in any series you want to make an impression. the fact they re the only british boat in the race amps the pressure up even higher.
steering wheel and the other person has the brakes and accelerator. it s a bit of a balancing act 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 minutes ahead of is 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.