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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
John Siddle

Jaguar racing mechanic fired after saying 'cyclists should be run over' in online rant

A racing mechanic was axed over a foul-mouthed call to run over cyclists.

The comments appeared on the Facebook account of Charlie Forkner, lead mechanic with Formula E outfit Jaguar TCS Racing, under a police safety ­poster.

It read: “If there is a cycle lane and they are not using it, they shouldn’t be run off the road by anyone. They should be ran [sic] over in the road, dragged on to the path and p***ed on by everyone!

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