Maybe his car looked like it was about to catch fire

Sorry about the bike!

But wow, what a bunch of un-prepared safety marshalls... They actually expected to put out the fire with those tiney extinguisers?

What if the rider was traped under the bike and couldn't get out? It took them way to long to get to the burning bike...

Felt kinda bad watching the vid. Luckily the rider is ok, though luck with the bike though :/

Quote from andybarsblade :

Maybe his car looked like it was about to catch fire

It's flame red.

Quote from ajp71 :

Are you sure your not talking about a test session? Track days don't normally require any safety modifications to cars, and unless it is properly secured a fire extinguisher is the last thing you want to have with you on a track.

I know when I did one, both in the USA and the UK, I didn't have to have a fire extinguisher.

It could be possible I guess for each track to set their own regulation, but I highly doubt it.