Following his accident in the Interserie Revival race at the Brands Hatch Masters Historic Festival on Monday.

I would like to express my most heartfelt thanks to everyone who was involved in looking after me at Brands Hatch on Monday after my accident in the Masters Interserie Revival race. This was an enormous accident, and my survival with such modest personal damage is down to many different people.

I would particularly like to express my gratitude to the fast-acting marshals who were on the scene immediately and who displayed the tremendous professionalism in dealing with the accident which we have come to expect in the UK, but which was particularly in evidence on this occasion.

The medical team was brilliant and deserves praise for the reassuring and meticulous way in which I was looked after. I would also like to thank the members of the fire brigade who helped to extract me from the car so carefully, the Kent Air Ambulance Service who transported me so efficiently to hospital and the wonderful staff at King’s College Hospital who put me back together so promptly and have looked after me so well in the subsequent days.

In addition, I would like to recognise the successful efforts of RLR MSport in preparing a car strong enough to withstand this huge impact.

Finally, I would like to thank everyone who has sent their best wishes to my wife and me, all of which are very much appreciated.

John Grant