7:50 Felipe Massa was very VERY lucky to survive that. He missed the rest of 2009 and had tohave a metal plate fitted to repair a fractured skull from the spring hitting him and partially ripping his visor off. And yes he was knocked out by the spring. I remember it when it happened.
2014's worst accident was actually Jules Bianchi hitting a recovery crane and while it was not immediately fatal, he died from his injuries 9 months later. It is F1's only death since Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna died at Imola in 1994. (Although Antoine Hubert died in an F2 crash at Spa in 2019) 2018 is the same Marcus Ericsson that won this year's Indy 500.
Was a massive loss to f1 was the bianci crash you the new generation of f1 drivers had massive respect for him. He was a prospect that we all never got to see. RIP Jules Bianci
I wish you had gone onto 2021, Grosjean's crash last season was a fireball and the technology for him to survive the fire was just incredible. The full video seems not to be available now, dunno why.
Can't believe you ended the reaction right before Grosjean's 2020 horrific fireball crash. (Although that would worth a video on its own.) I was unfortunate to see that on live television. I felt sick, because for like 20 minutes they didn't show any replays..... tha usually means the driver is badly injured or dead. It was a freak of an accident but fortunately he was okay. That crash demonstrates how far F1 safety improved.
Yeah that one I missed the race on the day and I skipped out seeing the crash for a year from how bad it was. Even knowing Grojean was fine in the end....when I did see it I was like "He is dead...." even knowing 100% he is fine...it is just so horrific with that pause from impact to coming out of the fire it feels so long.
@@jimwatson1013 He suffered burns on his hands and feet, especially one of the hands. i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/01/12/15/37913812-0-image-a-9_1610465388007.jpg
A year after the crash, the right hand had clearly recovered but the left hand was still badly burned. Will he/ has he race again? I don't know, but not in F1. BTW, that crash showed the value of both the halo and the fire suit. Without them both, he would be dead.
@@ChrisJones-hv7mo Romain is currently racing in IndyCar Series. I saw a video where he says that his left hand still hurts when weather change or when there's a lot of heat, like during hot weather.
@@phaenius that's typical for deep burns. They'll probably try to remove some scar tissue hoping improves the situation, but if the issue doesn't come from scar tissue being rigid and pressing on places it shouldn't, it's likely nerve damage and to get rid of that is more difficult. But these guys have serious health insurance on top of what their home countries already provide, so he'll be fine.
Notice the difference between pre 2010 and a bit later? The wheels, they stay on alot better even if the entire suspension is destroyed while before they usually popped off and went rogue as they had been injuries to not only drivers due to wheels but also to the crowds. A very important safety feature.
The cars breaking up during a crash are a design feature (thats not a joke either). The parts they shed disapate energy away from the crash cell reducing the impact on the driver.
I think that's why most people like them, because they look incredible and exciting, but we know that is all the "Carnage" designed to protect the driver.
Kubica 2007 Canada crash @5.55 resulted in nothing worse than a concussion and a sprained ankle. He skipped one race and came back after that, but was seriously injured in an off season rallying crash which effectively ended his F1 career.
It was so sad he had that rally crash, he really could have gone far without those injuries. To be able to get back into F1 with effectively 1 arm is an incredible feat in itself.
To the previous commenter,you are actually wrong since Michael Schumacher did break his legs in a crash at the 1999 British Grand Prix and missed 6 races as a result.
Concerning the 2007 crash, Robert Kubica: "Reports from late evening on race day, directly from the hospital, confirmed that Kubica had suffered a light concussion alongside a sprained ankle. After being kept in overnight for observation, Kubica left hospital the following day."
...and then, the next year, he won at the same venue. Still, despite the minor injuries he suffered in that crash, Kubica wasn't allowed to race in Indy and made his return in France.
Hey Ian, "backup cars" used to exist, but now teams are limited to a spare chassis/monocoque, only one per team. So if there's a big crash during practice/qualy that compromises the monocoque, they can rebuild a car for the race or rest of the weekend. Sidenote, in Supercars, and most Aussie motorsport, the only part you can't replace during a weekend is the chassis. The video says it goes to 2021, which means it would probably include Grosjean's monster fire ball crash at Bahrain in 2020, probably one of the scariest F1 crashes I've watched. There's been some monster crashes at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, both F1, and support races. Brundle's crash in 1996, Alonso's crash which is in your video, Percat (supercars) had a big one a few years back. And I can't recall which driver, but a Williams driver had a big one out of turn 6. And a few others. The worst weekend in motorsport was surely May 1994, when the F1 lost Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna, the footage of both crashes is horrifying. Safety in F1 has come so far, and the introduction of the 'halo' has already proven itself at least twice that I can recall. And yes, open-wheelers are inherently dangerous when the interlock wheels.
4:40 that’s the rear-left tire failure happened to Ralf Schumacher during practice session that made every team with Michelin tires withdrew from the race in 2005 Indianapolis Grand Prix. Only 6 car with Bridgestone tires started the race.
Also you can actually see his feet hanging out the front of the safety cell as the frontal crash structure has been completely obliterated. Once his eyeballs had stopped spinning, he was fine.
11:05 You're not wrong that was a scary accident. Alonso (in the red Ferrari) essentially had Grosjean drive straight over the top of his car. F1 missed a death by inches. This is one of the crashes which caused the FIA to start thinking about improved head protection for the drivers and led to the introduction of the halo the cars now have.
Which has resulted in some significant lives being saved, if not then major injuries. The Halo as funky as it is cannot argue with the good it has done.
You should probably react to Grosjean's 2020 crash. It's probably the most horrific non-fatal crash I have ever seen. I saw it live and it instantly made me sick. I was convinced the guy was dead. The fact they didn't show any replays for probably 20 minutes was a bad sign. That he actually made it out alive and was able to walk to the medical car was unbelievable. If you see the state of the wreck... it's airplane crash levels of damage. Goes to show how far safety has gone in the sport.
Was the same with Zhou Guanyu this year - saw that live, was pretty harrowing when there was nothing for 20-30 minutes while they un-wedged the car to get him out
That Massa accident was bad to the point where he had to basically learn how to drive again, as his sense of distance got messed up. This affected his breaking a lot, because he couldn't know exactly where the breaking points were. It took a while for him to get used to how his vision became, as even after he got "fully recovered", his vision never went back to the way it was before the accident.
That 2003 Interlagos was more than a bit crazy. All that carnage happened on the main "straight" which in reality is a long sweeping flat left over a crest with a dip in the middle. Massa 2009: The spring was from a car that had been on the track a bit earlier. The spring actually punctured his helmet so it could've been worse. He was lights out after the hit. Perez 2011: Karl Wendlinger went *sideways* there in 1994 (soon after Imola, where, you know). There were supposed to be water filled barrels but they were empty, so his head hit the barrier and he was in a coma for weeks. Ericsson 2018: IIRC his DRS (drag reduction system) stuck open, so he didn't have proper downforce in the rear, so rears didn't bite properly, and we have liftoff! F1 cars are actually hugely draggy compared to road cars. They will *not* travel far in one piece after an accident.
here's a summary of what happens after an F1 crash: it's either a virtual safety car (every one slow down to 40% race pace), Safety car (Pace Car), or red flag. this allows the marshalls to clean the debris and get the cars on the cranes then the teams have to repair the same car before the next race, which sometimes has to be done within a few days, while the car is being transported thousands of miles in those same few days the shortest time required to repair it and get it to the next track is sometimes just monday - thursday
You have to watch a full video of Romain Grosjean's 2020 crash. The fact that he is still around and racing in Indy Car is a testament to the safety features of modern race cars.
The worst ever accident I saw was none of these, check out the 1998 Belgium F1 crash. It is estimated the damage to the cars involved totalled $13 Million back then ( Roughly $24 million today)
Nowhere near being a worse crash than for example Kubica in Canada 2007. That was just a bunch of cars getting wrecked. All the drivers climbed out and walked away, some even taking the restart. Kubica went head on into concrete with no retardation then barrel rolled down the straight. It was a miracle he walked away.
The worst crash by far if you go by the total amount of money lost in the crash. it DWARFS any other crash I've ever seen. In terms of it being the worst crash by any other measurement, it is honestly incredibly tame. It is a similar crash to The Big One that occurs at Daytona, where it's loads of small bumps across an entire field
In quite a few of these the loss of downforce when being close behind an other car is the reason they crash... When braking with 50% less downforce you can't brake as hard as the car in front of you... Also all the start crashes are with maximum fuel-loads. That's also a factor to take into consideration when applying the brakes...
The worst crash is 2014 in Sazuka where F1 driver Jules Bianchi made contact with tractor that was removing another crashed car…sadly Jules passed away from brain injury
5:54 - Kubica is - in my opinion - one of the most wasted talent in F1 history. He could achieve a lot in this sport, but he sufferd a major injuries in rally crash. He get back to F1 after 8 years, but in a very uncompetitive car. Unfortunately there's not much video on UA-cam about Kubica's story. I think this one is pretty good, so if you want you can react to it too: ua-cam.com/video/zI15almq9Xo/v-deo.html
The 2007 one with Kubica was scary, but you saw whats going on the whole time. The 2016 one with Gutierrez and Alonso was completly different. The TV broadcast followed to other cars, when they cut back to this, you only saw Gutierrez car in the sand and was like "yeah he lost it" But thn...the frame opend up and behind him in the wall you saw that small compresse piced of metal and you suddenly realized thats a car or whats left of it and moments later Alonso stood next to him asking if he was alright....thats was scary
There is a documentary called F1: The Killer Years. If you want to learn about how the sport has developed, how bad it was even until very recently, and the big leaps it's made in driver safety, watch that. It's possibly one of the best films on this aspect of F1 made.
Regarding F1 there are two movies you simply MUST watch: Senna and Rush. The first is, of course, about Ayrton Senna and the second is about Niki Lauda vs James Hunt, a classic rivalry.
Amazing fact about the R. Schumacher crash. His brother was in that race as well. He had to pas his brothers crashed car every single lap behind the savetycar. He was (understandebly) worried about his younger brother. It was the first time 2 different teams shared information over the radio. His brothers team kept him updated on his health/progress the intire race. It was bonechilling to see and hear. I remember it so well even if tho I was verry young at the time. Regard from the Netherlands!
so in the early 2000s they had actual backup cars in F1 that where ready to race immediatly. this is not allowed anymore. Now teams just have spare parts basicly and important, they have 1 spare chassis at each race to build a replacement car if a crash happens on friday or saturday. engine, gearbox and all the rest they have anyway multiple units at each race if something happens. maybe a interesting thing is also. If the Chassis does not get destroyed over the season. its standart to only use 2 over the whole year. so most of the time around the halfway point of the season teams take a new chassis. but its important to state that they take this cars ompletely apart after each race anyway so, technicly its always a new built car just with "used" parts if they dont have damaged it or built new once that are different.
Really enjoying your videos. I’m from Scotland and started in motorsport as an F1 and rally fan, I’m now into nascar and Indy amongst others. Really interesting to see your point of view on European motorsports
Gravel pits have their advantages and disadvantages. In case of a car that's already relatively slow it can definitely help slow them down. But if the cars go fast it doesn't really help at all and basically makes the brakes non-functional. It can also result in a car getting launched into the air like what happened to Guanyu Zhou in the British GP a few weeks ago.
As a long time American F1 fan it's great to see a fellow American start to appreciate all the complexities of the sport (commenting on all F1 Videos posted). Great Work!
There was an f1 crash in the Australian gp that actually unfortunately took the life of a volunteer even though he was behind the safety fence. A wheel went through an observation opening in the fence and the volunteer was struck by the tyre at around 150 miles an hour
Gladly they left out the Most devastating ones Like Jim Clark at Hockenheim 1968 Jochen Rindt at Monza 1970 François Cevert and Helmut Koinigg at Watkins Glen in 1973 and 1974 And Most famously Niki Lauda at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in 1976 and Ayrton Senna in Imola 1994
You will notice almost can't see the drivers helmet they raised the sides of car and wheels are made to detach when hit to take impact out but teacher to the vehicle these days for safety and larger side pods on them the latest improvement is called the halo the have a hoop around the top of drivers head with bar in middle to prevent larger items hitting and killing drivers and roll overs it takes most of impact
I also find it really fascinating to watch the cars/drivers that "got away" and did not crash. We are talking reaction times of a fraction of a second (and ok, sometimes a little luck). I am surprised there are not MORE accidents.
I came here after seeing your video on the Grosjean flaming crash, and immediately wanted to recommend the 2007 Kubica crash in Canada as an example of one of the most horrific but thankfully non-fatal crashes in modern times. I'd also recommend watching Niki Lauda's crash in the 1976 Nurburgring race, which ended with him in the hospital with people wondering if he'd survive, but he not only survived but came back a few races later and even went on to win another championship a few years later. It's a really horrific crash, but such a landmark event in F1 history that every motorsports fan should know about it.
The crash involving Felipe Massa and the spring was very scary. The fact that the impact knocked him unconscious instantly and the engine continued to rev due to him being unconscious and having the throttle depressed (similar to Erik comas in 1992) was hugely dangerous as there was a risk of the engine exploding. Also, the force of the spring of that side hitting his head at that speed was likened to the force of a shot from an AK47 (although I'm not too sure how true that is, so take it with a grain of salt). Sucks that Massa was never quite the same after the crash, considering the talent he'd displayed in 2008
This is one of the few channels where I'll hit the like button before watching the video because I know it's going to be good and will deserve it. Plus after I've watched a channel for a while, feel comfortable with the person on the other side of the screen and most importantly feel they're a good person (which carries a lot of weight with me) it doesn't matter if the odd video isn't to my taste or liking, I'll hit like button anyway because I know it helps them make money and if they don't make money they'll stop making videos to entertain us.
i started to watch this channel due to rally reacts of a nascar Fan, and i must admit it, i been watching a lot! As an european i really like your vibe, idk how many of us watch you, but as i always say, you should visit one of ours countries.
It always amazes me how many F1 drivers walk away from pretty insane crashes. I remember that with Massa, it messed him up pretty bad I think it broke through his helmet, I'm pretty sure he wasn't racing for a few years after that. Going back to the early 90's and before, F1 wasn't anything like as safe as it is now. I think Senna's death was a game changer for safety in F1.
In 2018 there was a similar crash to the 2012 shown in that video. 2018 saw the introduction of the Halo, the roll hoop thing over he cockpit. It quite possibly save Charles Leclerc's life. ua-cam.com/video/fuRRLkc4qUo/v-deo.html The Halo did save Grosjean's life in his 2020 crash. The guy in the crash for 2018 was Marcus Ericsson, the 2022 Indy 500 winner.
6:21 if you look closely at the nose you can see his feet dangling out, luckily that part of the car didn't anything after the initial contact. He only suffered minor injuries from this crash and won at the same track a year later, his only F1 victory.
7:35 Alonso was UNCONSCIOUS as soon as that spring (from another car) hit his helmet at 200 mph, so from that moment until the impact with the wall he was just along for the ride. I was surprised they SKIPPED the Martin Brundle accident in Melbourne, Aust in 1996, as he went airborne for 50+ meters, landed upside down then rolled several times. There wasn't much left of the car afterwards yet he walked away without a scratch
There is a rollbar directly behind their head, they have the necbrace to "stiffen" that area and they are pretty tightly fitted in the tiny cockpit. I'd suspect there is far bigger "freedom to go places" inside a Nascar cockpit.
in 1977 English F1 driver David Purley had a monumental crash. During pre-qualifying for the 1977 British Grand Prix Purley sustained multiple bone fractures after his car's throttle stuck open and he crashed into a wall. His deceleration from 108 mph (173 km/h) to 0 in a distance of 26 inches (66 cm) is one of the highest G-loads survived in a crash (180 G).
Hi, F1 doesn't have spare cars (used to have 1 spare per team (of 2 cars) but they stop that about 20 years ago. There have been crashes in practice, where the mechanics have rebuilt the car overnight, but if it needs a new engine or gear box there is a starting position penalty (I think its 10 places for each) On safety improvements, I think the main one is a safety cage over the drivers head. The crash where Massa just kept going, was ,I think, he was hit by a spring which came off the car in front, it weighs about 2 pounds, and hit his helmet, he was knocked out, and had a skull fracture. He did drive again, don't remember how soon after.
F1 crashes are neither fun nor funny. I’ve seen too many drivers killed for the crashes to ever be entertaining. I hold my breath and pray for their survival!
Regarding rolling start (NASCAR) and standing start (F1) in my modest opinion,a rolling start doesn't require any driving skill,while a standing start requires focus (to get rolling inmediately the light is green) and perfect driving skill to accelerate the car and put it in 8.000 rpm while switching gears at the exact moment
Kubica crash was only (saying "only" makes it sound small 😂) 75-G The highest ever recorded in F1 goes to Jules Bianchi which was 254-G. He sadly passed away 9 months later due to this crash
What a lot of people forget when they talk about safety needing to improve in motorsport is that you have a much higher chance of dying on the road on any given journey than a racing driver has of dying in an actual accident. it really is that safe now.
the 2007 crash of kubica you can actually see his feet when he comes to a stop. he was unconcioss and he missed only 1 race after that crash tho. 2009, the massa crash is exactly what you said, he got knocked out and then just stood on the break and throttle. he missed some races after that. 2010, Perez also was knocked out unfortunatly and missed i think atleast one race. those side hits are pretty much the worst and in that chicane in monaco that very crash happened twice before with also hurt drivers unfortunatly. 2016 Alonso had broken rips and missed I think one race. interestingly, the sensor had picked up 3 different 50+ G hits, the first in the wall and then twice seperatly when he rolled.
I do a bit of F1 league racing and one thing is, that it doesn't matter where you start it's where you finish, and to finish you have to patient in turn 1, lap 1. Went to every Adelaide F1 race and the first 2 in Melbourne. Standing starts are good, NASCAR and Indy do rolling starts because they're so hard to get off the line...half the grid would probably stall anyway. In yesteryear they used to have a second car they could jump in to but not for the last hmmm 10 years they don't have back up cars, if you're out, you're out.
You guessed right with the spring hitting Massa's helmet. He was knocked unconscious and nearly lost his life from a skull fracture. The spring came from Barrichelo's car if I remember rightly.
"after I learned how expensive f1 cars are, this hits a lot harder" I was waiting for you to see the Spa 1998 Belgian Grand Prix start crash, but that was just before this video. You should check it out.
The Driver safety cell is the most advanced piece of tech in F1, the car is destroyed but the driver is very well protected. Deaths are so rare compared to the 70's to 90's
I remember the crash at 7:04 and that Felipe was never the same driver after it (he was driving for Ferrari so you know he was good) but I don't remember all the details well enough to give a proper account of it, so I looked it up and found a good description that I've pasted below (ok it was the first article I saw 😉). The Brazilian was knocked unconscious when a spring, which had become detached from the rear suspension of Rubens Barrichello's Brawn, struck Massa on the head as he reached 175mph on one of the fastest sections of the Hungaroring. I hope that helps someone.
The spring hitting Massa knocked him out and he needed surgey and a long time to recover, so he was totally out of it - which is why both feet pressed down on the pedals and he just went straight on in to the wall. He doesn't even take his hands of the wheel which is rule number one of avoiding a broken wrist.
Massa got in a comma for some months in the 2009 crash. The spring hit his helmet so hard it created pressure on his brain against his skull. Thankfully he recovered without side effects, but he was never as fast as he used to be (he lost the 2008 wdc in the last corner sadly)
They used to have spare cars in F1 but they could only be used if there was a red flag on the first lap and there would only be one per team, so you could have two drivers crashing on the first lap and only one got to restart. They don't have them now due to cost cutting.
The Indianapolis 500 was a Formula One race for ten years back in the 50's. Sir Jack Brabham was the first to race a rear engined car. As with many car races we all benefit from racing. with new materials and components such as brake linings always being tested.
I was at the Canadian GP for the Perez and Massa crash, we were sat on that corner...my sister was casually filming Vettel go past when she caught that on camera.
F1 cars nowadays a much much more safer than any roadcar. You can see lots and lots of part just flying off. That is by design, to dissipate the energy. Massa did get knocked out by that spring and if I'm not mistaken they banned the use of springs the next year
I just heard, that some Monocoques, maybe most, used again. They x-ray them, and if there is no crack visible in the strukture, they just build it up again. Also there is a concept in throwing away all the wheels and other stuff, the car looses that much weigt, that the impact energy is significant lower.
the one at 7:25 is Barrichello and he was hit from a spring on the head. he was knocked out! the spring came from Alonso's Car. Horrible accident to watch at the time! Ruebens was very lucky to survive!
There are no spare cars in F1 anymore . Nowadays, the head and neck has a device to stop their head from flopping about like that. It's called the HANDS Device and saves a lot of lives.
Kubica's 2007 crash (6:10) was devastating to his career, but not his worst in racing. He later had a near death experience in rally cars that took many years to recover from. He has limited use of one hand. Yet, he is such a highly skilled driver that he's back in F1 as a back-up driver and raced for a full season recently.
what are you on about? This crash from 2007 did nothing to his career, if anything made him stronger as he was a real title contender in 2008. The only thing he suffered from this crash was twisted ankle and minor concusion. he skipped one race and won in the same place year later
These days in F1 they usually try to avoid showing the crashes until they know the driver is ok. If the driver is seriously hurt they won't show the crash or a replay unless the cameras picked it up live. People still die from these though. The last F1 driver to die in an F1 crash was in 2014 but another driver died in the F2 junior series as recently as 2019.
Formula 1 had an infamous race at Indianapolis in 2005 when two severe accidents occurred in the bit of banked track F1 uses. The crashes were both caused by tire failure, with Michelin, who provided most teams' wheels at the time, saying they can't guarantee that their new/current tire can take the unusually high forces of the turn (F1 usually doesn't run banked turns on tracks). Thus, in protest over supposedly insufficient testing, all cars lined up for the warm-up lap, but all Michelin-wheeled teams called their cars to the pits at the end of the lap, leaving only 6 bridgestone-wheeled cars on the now very empty-looking grid. The race ran with six cars, infuriating fans and confusing commentors. Some fans demanded ticket-refunds and eventually the cops were called to keep things peaceful. Photos from the six-car grid went around the globe and still circulate today.
Speaking of F1 car size, Driver61 on UA-cam put a video out recently with a good reference for how large F1 is nowadays. The current cars are about the length and width of a F150. A fracking full size truck..... And they still literally fly, thats the most mental thing to me. The tiny turbo or V10 days were fast looking, the cars now look slow and are unrecognizeably fast. Like near teleportation speed. Breaks my tiny little brain.
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7:50 Felipe Massa was very VERY lucky to survive that. He missed the rest of 2009 and had tohave a metal plate fitted to repair a fractured skull from the spring hitting him and partially ripping his visor off. And yes he was knocked out by the spring. I remember it when it happened.
Was in a coma for a while to wasn't he ?
@@Alberthoward3right9up yeah he was in a medical educed coma after they operated on him
It also led to the helmet designs being changed to make the chance of debris getting in lower.
@@tigerman1978 and possibly contributed to the halo being introduced.
@@Alberthoward3right9up doubt
2014's worst accident was actually Jules Bianchi hitting a recovery crane and while it was not immediately fatal, he died from his injuries 9 months later. It is F1's only death since Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna died at Imola in 1994. (Although Antoine Hubert died in an F2 crash at Spa in 2019)
2018 is the same Marcus Ericsson that won this year's Indy 500.
Nah. He was pretty much gone the second it happened .. they kept him alive by machine. Massive head trauma like that isn't survivable.
@@wilkowilkins363Yeah artificially alive in a coma
Was a massive loss to f1 was the bianci crash you the new generation of f1 drivers had massive respect for him.
He was a prospect that we all never got to see.
RIP Jules Bianci
@@wilkowilkins363 still he survived the crash
I wish you had gone onto 2021, Grosjean's crash last season was a fireball and the technology for him to survive the fire was just incredible. The full video seems not to be available now, dunno why.
that was 2020
I just watched the original video without an issue
He’s done a reaction to that video I’m 99% sure
@@archieeast1477 Damn, was it that long ago? I suppose it was in November 2020, but I stand corrected. Damn... 2020, what happened to 2021, lol.
ua-cam.com/video/ZQ7_En2xEm4/v-deo.html - Here’s a link to one, if you can view it in your country without a vpn.
Can't believe you ended the reaction right before Grosjean's 2020 horrific fireball crash. (Although that would worth a video on its own.) I was unfortunate to see that on live television. I felt sick, because for like 20 minutes they didn't show any replays..... tha usually means the driver is badly injured or dead. It was a freak of an accident but fortunately he was okay. That crash demonstrates how far F1 safety improved.
Yeah that one I missed the race on the day and I skipped out seeing the crash for a year from how bad it was. Even knowing Grojean was fine in the end....when I did see it I was like "He is dead...." even knowing 100% he is fine...it is just so horrific with that pause from impact to coming out of the fire it feels so long.
@@jimwatson1013 He suffered burns on his hands and feet, especially one of the hands. i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/01/12/15/37913812-0-image-a-9_1610465388007.jpg
A year after the crash, the right hand had clearly recovered but the left hand was still badly burned.
Will he/ has he race again? I don't know, but not in F1.
BTW, that crash showed the value of both the halo and the fire suit. Without them both, he would be dead.
@@ChrisJones-hv7mo Romain is currently racing in IndyCar Series. I saw a video where he says that his left hand still hurts when weather change or when there's a lot of heat, like during hot weather.
@@phaenius that's typical for deep burns. They'll probably try to remove some scar tissue hoping improves the situation, but if the issue doesn't come from scar tissue being rigid and pressing on places it shouldn't, it's likely nerve damage and to get rid of that is more difficult.
But these guys have serious health insurance on top of what their home countries already provide, so he'll be fine.
Notice the difference between pre 2010 and a bit later? The wheels, they stay on alot better even if the entire suspension is destroyed while before they usually popped off and went rogue as they had been injuries to not only drivers due to wheels but also to the crowds. A very important safety feature.
Tethers were a thing even before that, since the 90s. They did uprate the strength of the tethers though.
The cars breaking up during a crash are a design feature (thats not a joke either). The parts they shed disapate energy away from the crash cell reducing the impact on the driver.
I think that's why most people like them, because they look incredible and exciting, but we know that is all the "Carnage" designed to protect the driver.
Also, when you want to minimize weight aero bits tend to be thin.
Kubica 2007 Canada crash @5.55 resulted in nothing worse than a concussion and a sprained ankle. He skipped one race and came back after that, but was seriously injured in an off season rallying crash which effectively ended his F1 career.
Also indirectly started the career of F1 4 time WC Seb Vettel
It was so sad he had that rally crash, he really could have gone far without those injuries. To be able to get back into F1 with effectively 1 arm is an incredible feat in itself.
Michael Schumaker participated in 306 races with no injuries, was taken out by a tree several years after his retirement.
To the previous commenter,you are actually wrong since Michael Schumacher did break his legs in a crash at the 1999 British Grand Prix and missed 6 races as a result.
5:55 - this guy, year later (2008)- won that GP in Canda - Robert Kubica.
Concerning the 2007 crash, Robert Kubica: "Reports from late evening on race day, directly from the hospital, confirmed that Kubica had suffered a light concussion alongside a sprained ankle. After being kept in overnight for observation, Kubica left hospital the following day."
...and then, the next year, he won at the same venue.
Still, despite the minor injuries he suffered in that crash, Kubica wasn't allowed to race in Indy and made his return in France.
Hey Ian, "backup cars" used to exist, but now teams are limited to a spare chassis/monocoque, only one per team. So if there's a big crash during practice/qualy that compromises the monocoque, they can rebuild a car for the race or rest of the weekend. Sidenote, in Supercars, and most Aussie motorsport, the only part you can't replace during a weekend is the chassis.
The video says it goes to 2021, which means it would probably include Grosjean's monster fire ball crash at Bahrain in 2020, probably one of the scariest F1 crashes I've watched.
There's been some monster crashes at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, both F1, and support races. Brundle's crash in 1996, Alonso's crash which is in your video, Percat (supercars) had a big one a few years back. And I can't recall which driver, but a Williams driver had a big one out of turn 6. And a few others.
The worst weekend in motorsport was surely May 1994, when the F1 lost Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna, the footage of both crashes is horrifying.
Safety in F1 has come so far, and the introduction of the 'halo' has already proven itself at least twice that I can recall.
And yes, open-wheelers are inherently dangerous when the interlock wheels.
Ratzenberger is that the one that got
Cut in half
Nevermind that never happend i think
4:40 that’s the rear-left tire failure happened to Ralf Schumacher during practice session that made every team with Michelin tires withdrew from the race in 2005 Indianapolis Grand Prix. Only 6 car with Bridgestone tires started the race.
It turned into an absolute farce of a race
Fun fact the Robert Kubica Impact at Montreal were 75g Just for Imagination how hard they hit
Also you can actually see his feet hanging out the front of the safety cell as the frontal crash structure has been completely obliterated. Once his eyeballs had stopped spinning, he was fine.
11:05 You're not wrong that was a scary accident. Alonso (in the red Ferrari) essentially had Grosjean drive straight over the top of his car. F1 missed a death by inches. This is one of the crashes which caused the FIA to start thinking about improved head protection for the drivers and led to the introduction of the halo the cars now have.
Which has resulted in some significant lives being saved, if not then major injuries. The Halo as funky as it is cannot argue with the good it has done.
You should probably react to Grosjean's 2020 crash. It's probably the most horrific non-fatal crash I have ever seen. I saw it live and it instantly made me sick. I was convinced the guy was dead. The fact they didn't show any replays for probably 20 minutes was a bad sign. That he actually made it out alive and was able to walk to the medical car was unbelievable. If you see the state of the wreck... it's airplane crash levels of damage. Goes to show how far safety has gone in the sport.
Was the same with Zhou Guanyu this year - saw that live, was pretty harrowing when there was nothing for 20-30 minutes while they un-wedged the car to get him out
That Massa accident was bad to the point where he had to basically learn how to drive again, as his sense of distance got messed up. This affected his breaking a lot, because he couldn't know exactly where the breaking points were. It took a while for him to get used to how his vision became, as even after he got "fully recovered", his vision never went back to the way it was before the accident.
Looking forward to your thoughts on Grosjeans fireball. That he survived this is insane.
Not to mention Niki Lauda in 1976
@@karstenbursak8083 Niki Lauda technically died from it in the end...
@@pistonburner6448 tEcHnIcAlLy
That 2003 Interlagos was more than a bit crazy. All that carnage happened on the main "straight" which in reality is a long sweeping flat left over a crest with a dip in the middle.
Massa 2009: The spring was from a car that had been on the track a bit earlier. The spring actually punctured his helmet so it could've been worse. He was lights out after the hit.
Perez 2011: Karl Wendlinger went *sideways* there in 1994 (soon after Imola, where, you know). There were supposed to be water filled barrels but they were empty, so his head hit the barrier and he was in a coma for weeks.
Ericsson 2018: IIRC his DRS (drag reduction system) stuck open, so he didn't have proper downforce in the rear, so rears didn't bite properly, and we have liftoff!
F1 cars are actually hugely draggy compared to road cars. They will *not* travel far in one piece after an accident.
here's a summary of what happens after an F1 crash:
it's either a virtual safety car (every one slow down to 40% race pace), Safety car (Pace Car), or red flag. this allows the marshalls to clean the debris and get the cars on the cranes
then the teams have to repair the same car before the next race, which sometimes has to be done within a few days, while the car is being transported thousands of miles in those same few days
the shortest time required to repair it and get it to the next track is sometimes just monday - thursday
You have to watch a full video of Romain Grosjean's 2020 crash. The fact that he is still around and racing in Indy Car is a testament to the safety features of modern race cars.
The worst ever accident I saw was none of these, check out the 1998 Belgium F1 crash. It is estimated the damage to the cars involved totalled $13 Million back then ( Roughly $24 million today)
Nowhere near being a worse crash than for example Kubica in Canada 2007. That was just a bunch of cars getting wrecked. All the drivers climbed out and walked away, some even taking the restart. Kubica went head on into concrete with no retardation then barrel rolled down the straight. It was a miracle he walked away.
The worst crash by far if you go by the total amount of money lost in the crash. it DWARFS any other crash I've ever seen. In terms of it being the worst crash by any other measurement, it is honestly incredibly tame. It is a similar crash to The Big One that occurs at Daytona, where it's loads of small bumps across an entire field
@@Jb33124 the worst crash on every level is the le mans 55 crash killing 83 people
@@Querientje simply put, yes. It is easily the worst crash to have ever occurred
Spa, wet, T1, crash, name a more iconic combo.
The massa crash at Hungary was crazy. Dude was an extremely fast driver, but was never the same after that wreck
That spring incident with Massa was gnarly. The pictures of his helmet and face afterwards made it clear the dude survived within an inch of his life.
In quite a few of these the loss of downforce when being close behind an other car is the reason they crash... When braking with 50% less downforce you can't brake as hard as the car in front of you... Also all the start crashes are with maximum fuel-loads. That's also a factor to take into consideration when applying the brakes...
The worst crash is 2014 in Sazuka where F1 driver Jules Bianchi made contact with tractor that was removing another crashed car…sadly Jules passed away from brain injury
5:54 - Kubica is - in my opinion - one of the most wasted talent in F1 history. He could achieve a lot in this sport, but he sufferd a major injuries in rally crash. He get back to F1 after 8 years, but in a very uncompetitive car.
Unfortunately there's not much video on UA-cam about Kubica's story. I think this one is pretty good, so if you want you can react to it too: ua-cam.com/video/zI15almq9Xo/v-deo.html
‘Went up that red car” 😂 tell me you don’t watch F1 without telling me you don’t watch F1🤣.
you _need_ to see Zhou Guanyu's crash from silverstone this year, one of the scariest we've had in a long, long time.
The 2007 one with Kubica was scary, but you saw whats going on the whole time.
The 2016 one with Gutierrez and Alonso was completly different. The TV broadcast followed to other cars, when they cut back to this, you only saw Gutierrez car in the sand and was like "yeah he lost it" But thn...the frame opend up and behind him in the wall you saw that small compresse piced of metal and you suddenly realized thats a car or whats left of it and moments later Alonso stood next to him asking if he was alright....thats was scary
There is a documentary called F1: The Killer Years. If you want to learn about how the sport has developed, how bad it was even until very recently, and the big leaps it's made in driver safety, watch that. It's possibly one of the best films on this aspect of F1 made.
Regarding F1 there are two movies you simply MUST watch: Senna and Rush. The first is, of course, about Ayrton Senna and the second is about Niki Lauda vs James Hunt, a classic rivalry.
You missed the most spectacular scary crash ever in f1 romain grosjeans in bahrain in 2020 how tht man survied is a miracle
Amazing fact about the R. Schumacher crash. His brother was in that race as well. He had to pas his brothers crashed car every single lap behind the savetycar. He was (understandebly) worried about his younger brother. It was the first time 2 different teams shared information over the radio. His brothers team kept him updated on his health/progress the intire race. It was bonechilling to see and hear. I remember it so well even if tho I was verry young at the time. Regard from the Netherlands!
so in the early 2000s they had actual backup cars in F1 that where ready to race immediatly.
this is not allowed anymore.
Now teams just have spare parts basicly and important, they have 1 spare chassis at each race to build a replacement car if a crash happens on friday or saturday. engine, gearbox and all the rest they have anyway multiple units at each race if something happens.
maybe a interesting thing is also. If the Chassis does not get destroyed over the season. its standart to only use 2 over the whole year.
so most of the time around the halfway point of the season teams take a new chassis.
but its important to state that they take this cars ompletely apart after each race anyway so, technicly its always a new built car just with "used" parts if they dont have damaged it or built new once that are different.
Really enjoying your videos. I’m from Scotland and started in motorsport as an F1 and rally fan, I’m now into nascar and Indy amongst others. Really interesting to see your point of view on European motorsports
Gravel pits have their advantages and disadvantages. In case of a car that's already relatively slow it can definitely help slow them down. But if the cars go fast it doesn't really help at all and basically makes the brakes non-functional. It can also result in a car getting launched into the air like what happened to Guanyu Zhou in the British GP a few weeks ago.
you know I'm glad that a nascar fan is learning and respecting F1, its nice to hear, good work man :)
3:35 they usually have spare parts for everything so they just rebuild the whole car, replacing every single broken part.
As a long time American F1 fan it's great to see a fellow American start to appreciate all the complexities of the sport (commenting on all F1 Videos posted). Great Work!
There was an f1 crash in the Australian gp that actually unfortunately took the life of a volunteer even though he was behind the safety fence. A wheel went through an observation opening in the fence and the volunteer was struck by the tyre at around 150 miles an hour
Wow you definitely missed the scariest accident I've ever seen. Grosjean in 2020 was heart stopping
in F1 when your car is destroyd, there are no replecement cars, you are out of the reace and your team has to build a new car in 2 weeks our less
Just checking in to say I really enjoy your vids. You know enough to have the basics and are respectful enough to not guess things.
2007 Canadian Grand Prix. I was watching that one live, Thank God Kubica survived.
Gladly they left out the Most devastating ones
Like
Jim Clark at Hockenheim 1968
Jochen Rindt at Monza 1970
François Cevert and Helmut Koinigg at Watkins Glen in 1973 and 1974
And Most famously Niki Lauda at the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in 1976 and Ayrton Senna in Imola 1994
You will notice almost can't see the drivers helmet they raised the sides of car and wheels are made to detach when hit to take impact out but teacher to the vehicle these days for safety and larger side pods on them the latest improvement is called the halo the have a hoop around the top of drivers head with bar in middle to prevent larger items hitting and killing drivers and roll overs it takes most of impact
I also find it really fascinating to watch the cars/drivers that "got away" and did not crash. We are talking reaction times of a fraction of a second (and ok, sometimes a little luck). I am surprised there are not MORE accidents.
I came here after seeing your video on the Grosjean flaming crash, and immediately wanted to recommend the 2007 Kubica crash in Canada as an example of one of the most horrific but thankfully non-fatal crashes in modern times.
I'd also recommend watching Niki Lauda's crash in the 1976 Nurburgring race, which ended with him in the hospital with people wondering if he'd survive, but he not only survived but came back a few races later and even went on to win another championship a few years later. It's a really horrific crash, but such a landmark event in F1 history that every motorsports fan should know about it.
Zhou Guanyu had a pretty nasty crash not that long ago, car flipped & slid across the road upside down, only thing that saved him was the Halo.
Silverstone 2022
The crash involving Felipe Massa and the spring was very scary. The fact that the impact knocked him unconscious instantly and the engine continued to rev due to him being unconscious and having the throttle depressed (similar to Erik comas in 1992) was hugely dangerous as there was a risk of the engine exploding. Also, the force of the spring of that side hitting his head at that speed was likened to the force of a shot from an AK47 (although I'm not too sure how true that is, so take it with a grain of salt). Sucks that Massa was never quite the same after the crash, considering the talent he'd displayed in 2008
I'm shocked they didn't have the 2001 Australian Grand Prix crash between Villeneuve and R. Schumacher
This is one of the few channels where I'll hit the like button before watching the video because I know it's going to be good and will deserve it.
Plus after I've watched a channel for a while, feel comfortable with the person on the other side of the screen and most importantly feel they're a good person (which carries a lot of weight with me) it doesn't matter if the odd video isn't to my taste or liking, I'll hit like button anyway because I know it helps them make money and if they don't make money they'll stop making videos to entertain us.
i started to watch this channel due to rally reacts of a nascar Fan, and i must admit it, i been watching a lot! As an european i really like your vibe, idk how many of us watch you, but as i always say, you should visit one of ours countries.
It always amazes me how many F1 drivers walk away from pretty insane crashes. I remember that with Massa, it messed him up pretty bad I think it broke through his helmet, I'm pretty sure he wasn't racing for a few years after that.
Going back to the early 90's and before, F1 wasn't anything like as safe as it is now. I think Senna's death was a game changer for safety in F1.
Massa missed the rest of 2009 but he made his comeback at 2010 and stayed in f1 till 2017
@@henry247 I didn't realize it was that soon. Such a freak accident though, the odds of it happening must've been so low.
I have seen all of those. Started watching F1 1994 in fulltime, missing maybe 5 live race after that, but seen those as reruns later.
You experience something like 3g just lifting off the throttle in these cars, as a result of the extreme down force.
In 2018 there was a similar crash to the 2012 shown in that video. 2018 saw the introduction of the Halo, the roll hoop thing over he cockpit. It quite possibly save Charles Leclerc's life.
ua-cam.com/video/fuRRLkc4qUo/v-deo.html
The Halo did save Grosjean's life in his 2020 crash.
The guy in the crash for 2018 was Marcus Ericsson, the 2022 Indy 500 winner.
2:30 When the underside of Ralph S' car hit the top of Rubens' tire it was catapulted into the air and forward.
True testament to the engineering of these cars that the drivers survive.
Open wheelers have a problem when the wheels touch. One behind climbs very rapidly up the leading wheel launching the car.
6:21 if you look closely at the nose you can see his feet dangling out, luckily that part of the car didn't anything after the initial contact. He only suffered minor injuries from this crash and won at the same track a year later, his only F1 victory.
7:35 Alonso was UNCONSCIOUS as soon as that spring (from another car) hit his helmet at 200 mph, so from that moment until the impact with the wall he was just along for the ride.
I was surprised they SKIPPED the Martin Brundle accident in Melbourne, Aust in 1996, as he went airborne for 50+ meters, landed upside down then rolled several times. There wasn't much left of the car afterwards yet he walked away without a scratch
There are many worse in the last 30 years, glad there was no fatalities on this vid. Thanks Wrock
There is a rollbar directly behind their head, they have the necbrace to "stiffen" that area and they are pretty tightly fitted in the tiny cockpit.
I'd suspect there is far bigger "freedom to go places" inside a Nascar cockpit.
In Zhou's crash the rollbar snapped. That's how bad it was.
standing starts, definitely. all down to reflexes and throttle control. the battle into turn 1 is always exciting this way
Just stumbled across your channel. I appreciate your manner in commenting and honesty.
Nice.
Glad you’re here, thanks and welcome 🎉👍
in 1977 English F1 driver David Purley had a monumental crash. During pre-qualifying for the 1977 British Grand Prix Purley sustained multiple bone fractures after his car's throttle stuck open and he crashed into a wall. His deceleration from 108 mph (173 km/h) to 0 in a distance of 26 inches (66 cm) is one of the highest G-loads survived in a crash (180 G).
Hi, F1 doesn't have spare cars (used to have 1 spare per team (of 2 cars) but they stop that about 20 years ago. There have been crashes in practice, where the mechanics have rebuilt the car overnight, but if it needs a new engine or gear box there is a starting position penalty (I think its 10 places for each)
On safety improvements, I think the main one is a safety cage over the drivers head.
The crash where Massa just kept going, was ,I think, he was hit by a spring which came off the car in front, it weighs about 2 pounds, and hit his helmet, he was knocked out, and had a skull fracture. He did drive again, don't remember how soon after.
F1 crashes are neither fun nor funny. I’ve seen too many drivers killed for the crashes to ever be entertaining. I hold my breath and pray for their survival!
Regarding rolling start (NASCAR) and standing start (F1) in my modest opinion,a rolling start doesn't require any driving skill,while a standing start requires focus (to get rolling inmediately the light is green) and perfect driving skill to accelerate the car and put it in 8.000 rpm while switching gears at the exact moment
Check out this F1 Romain Grosjean CRASH from 2020 (the man was over 20 sec in FLAMES): m.ua-cam.com/video/zdfkM5p9-Ng/v-deo.html
6:10 I believe that is the highest G impact in recorded F1 history
Edit: I believe he pull something like 140G
yeah and he only suffered a sprained ankle.
here he is years after on the nordschleife, this guy knows how to drive
ua-cam.com/video/GwCIEjdzvCk/v-deo.html
and he wanted to start in the next week, but got a nono from the docs :D
Kubica crash was only (saying "only" makes it sound small 😂) 75-G
The highest ever recorded in F1 goes to Jules Bianchi which was 254-G. He sadly passed away 9 months later due to this crash
as far as I'm aware the highest was 170g by David Purley in 1977(?) Broke both his legs and ended his racing career
What a lot of people forget when they talk about safety needing to improve in motorsport is that you have a much higher chance of dying on the road on any given journey than a racing driver has of dying in an actual accident. it really is that safe now.
the 2007 crash of kubica you can actually see his feet when he comes to a stop. he was unconcioss and he missed only 1 race after that crash tho.
2009, the massa crash is exactly what you said, he got knocked out and then just stood on the break and throttle. he missed some races after that.
2010, Perez also was knocked out unfortunatly and missed i think atleast one race. those side hits are pretty much the worst and in that chicane in monaco that very crash happened twice before with also hurt drivers unfortunatly.
2016 Alonso had broken rips and missed I think one race. interestingly, the sensor had picked up 3 different 50+ G hits, the first in the wall and then twice seperatly when he rolled.
Kubica's crash was in 2007. He won the same race in 2008
@@ritchiesiepman5511 oh yeah, my mistake
I do a bit of F1 league racing and one thing is, that it doesn't matter where you start it's where you finish, and to finish you have to patient in turn 1, lap 1. Went to every Adelaide F1 race and the first 2 in Melbourne. Standing starts are good, NASCAR and Indy do rolling starts because they're so hard to get off the line...half the grid would probably stall anyway. In yesteryear they used to have a second car they could jump in to but not for the last hmmm 10 years they don't have back up cars, if you're out, you're out.
Great reaction as always brother
Keep up the good work!
You guessed right with the spring hitting Massa's helmet. He was knocked unconscious and nearly lost his life from a skull fracture. The spring came from Barrichelo's car if I remember rightly.
The halo on F1 cars, introduced in 2018, helps keep your head protected, so it reduces the chances of injury in crashes such as 2012 Belgium
Of course they don't do the oval course at Indy
4:41 Yep, they purpose-built the Indy road course so that F1 could come race there. Didn't go very well in 2005 😅 I was there!
"after I learned how expensive f1 cars are, this hits a lot harder"
I was waiting for you to see the Spa 1998 Belgian Grand Prix start crash, but that was just before this video. You should check it out.
The Driver safety cell is the most advanced piece of tech in F1, the car is destroyed but the driver is very well protected. Deaths are so rare compared to the 70's to 90's
Not Kubica's worst crash, as it turns out. Have you done a reaction to his rally accident?
I remember the crash at 7:04 and that Felipe was never the same driver after it (he was driving for Ferrari so you know he was good) but I don't remember all the details well enough to give a proper account of it, so I looked it up and found a good description that I've pasted below (ok it was the first article I saw 😉).
The Brazilian was knocked unconscious when a spring, which had become detached from the rear suspension of Rubens Barrichello's Brawn, struck Massa on the head as he reached 175mph on one of the fastest sections of the Hungaroring.
I hope that helps someone.
The spring hitting Massa knocked him out and he needed surgey and a long time to recover, so he was totally out of it - which is why both feet pressed down on the pedals and he just went straight on in to the wall. He doesn't even take his hands of the wheel which is rule number one of avoiding a broken wrist.
Massa got in a comma for some months in the 2009 crash. The spring hit his helmet so hard it created pressure on his brain against his skull. Thankfully he recovered without side effects, but he was never as fast as he used to be (he lost the 2008 wdc in the last corner sadly)
accidents like the ones in the frist clips were partially the Reason for introducing the HALO-System for the Cockpit, if i remember correctly.
They used to have spare cars in F1 but they could only be used if there was a red flag on the first lap and there would only be one per team, so you could have two drivers crashing on the first lap and only one got to restart. They don't have them now due to cost cutting.
The Indianapolis 500 was a Formula One race for ten years back in the 50's. Sir Jack Brabham was the first to race a rear engined car. As with many car races we all benefit from racing. with new materials and components such as brake linings always being tested.
I was at the Canadian GP for the Perez and Massa crash, we were sat on that corner...my sister was casually filming Vettel go past when she caught that on camera.
F1 cars nowadays a much much more safer than any roadcar. You can see lots and lots of part just flying off. That is by design, to dissipate the energy. Massa did get knocked out by that spring and if I'm not mistaken they banned the use of springs the next year
I just heard, that some Monocoques, maybe most, used again. They x-ray them, and if there is no crack visible in the strukture, they just build it up again. Also there is a concept in throwing away all the wheels and other stuff, the car looses that much weigt, that the impact energy is significant lower.
the fan video of Max V. crashing last year gives a great idea of the speed involved. It was something like a 60G impact
9:00, mark webber has flown a car 3 times lol, the other 2 times was the famous LeMans incident with the flying mercedes.
7.04 is Felipe Masa. A spring from another car hit his helmet, cracked the visor and knocked him unconscious.
the one at 7:25 is Barrichello and he was hit from a spring on the head. he was knocked out! the spring came from Alonso's Car. Horrible accident to watch at the time! Ruebens was very lucky to survive!
There are no spare cars in F1 anymore . Nowadays, the head and neck has a device to stop their head from flopping about like that. It's called the HANDS Device and saves a lot of lives.
Kubica's 2007 crash (6:10) was devastating to his career, but not his worst in racing. He later had a near death experience in rally cars that took many years to recover from. He has limited use of one hand. Yet, he is such a highly skilled driver that he's back in F1 as a back-up driver and raced for a full season recently.
what are you on about? This crash from 2007 did nothing to his career, if anything made him stronger as he was a real title contender in 2008. The only thing he suffered from this crash was twisted ankle and minor concusion. he skipped one race and won in the same place year later
@@roberto5455 He probably mixed it up with his rally crash years later.
These days in F1 they usually try to avoid showing the crashes until they know the driver is ok. If the driver is seriously hurt they won't show the crash or a replay unless the cameras picked it up live. People still die from these though. The last F1 driver to die in an F1 crash was in 2014 but another driver died in the F2 junior series as recently as 2019.
Formula 1 had an infamous race at Indianapolis in 2005 when two severe accidents occurred in the bit of banked track F1 uses.
The crashes were both caused by tire failure, with Michelin, who provided most teams' wheels at the time, saying they can't guarantee that their new/current tire can take the unusually high forces of the turn (F1 usually doesn't run banked turns on tracks).
Thus, in protest over supposedly insufficient testing, all cars lined up for the warm-up lap, but all Michelin-wheeled teams called their cars to the pits at the end of the lap, leaving only 6 bridgestone-wheeled cars on the now very empty-looking grid.
The race ran with six cars, infuriating fans and confusing commentors.
Some fans demanded ticket-refunds and eventually the cops were called to keep things peaceful.
Photos from the six-car grid went around the globe and still circulate today.
Speaking of F1 car size, Driver61 on UA-cam put a video out recently with a good reference for how large F1 is nowadays.
The current cars are about the length and width of a F150.
A fracking full size truck.....
And they still literally fly, thats the most mental thing to me. The tiny turbo or V10 days were fast looking, the cars now look slow and are unrecognizeably fast.
Like near teleportation speed. Breaks my tiny little brain.