Peckish python nips in for a quick bite of six-times racing champ
Six-time V8 Supercars champ Jamie Whincup, 32, was bitten while posing with the 3ft black-headed python
Bitten: Jamie Whincup
A racing driver gets a nasty puncture when a python sinks its fangs into his hand.
Six-time V8 Supercars champ Jamie Whincup, 32, was bitten while posing with the 3ft black-headed python and the series trophy he is defending this season.
He said: “It was pretty painful. The snake just wanted to get out of there. It was getting rowdy then had a go.
"We pushed the friendship a little bit.
"We decided to have the snake round the championship trophy and we moved around a few times and it wanted to get out of there."
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The non-venomous reptile was dislodged a few minutes later at a zoo in Sydney.
Jamie was left bloodied and bruised after the python’s antics.
But thankfully his injuries are only superficial.
