How Sophia Floersch came back from her 170mph crash | Rebels | BBC Sport
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- Опубліковано 28 жов 2019
- In 2018 F3 driver Sophia Floersch almost died after her car hit a fence at 170mph during a race. It was a miracle she survived but only a year later she was back in a car, determined not to let anything get in the way of her dream of becoming the first female F1 champion.
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The fact that she survived a crash like that at 170mph says a lot about how far we've come with safety
They didn't have the HALO yet either.
And my mom still says "Nah, you're not gonna be a race driver. it's too dangerous!", meanwhile I'm like "Yeaaahh you don't have a single clue, do you?" xD
@@dergreg_ Anthoine Hubert died this year in f2. The person who don´t have a clue is you.
@@foxerboxer93 There is more to it, the way the impact was and much more was the course of his sad death, but Motorsport has become much more safer.
Of course there is more to it. I just stated the fact that he died this very year and that the coment about it´s not a dangerous sport is extreamly disrespektful.
The safety features that has come during the last years are great but the thing is you can´t expect them to withstand everything.. Look at jules, there you have another "there is more to it". so when there are a death in racing guess what.. it´s always "more to it".
And she's still only 18, incredible
Seb Kennedy verstappen was 17 when he had a seat in f1
@@patrykkuca5685 and could be the last driver to enter f1 at that age because of the super licence.
@@patrykkuca5685 Stroll was 18 what's your point
@@denja964 That's my point you can start at 18 and be shit or start at 24 and be great
@@denja964 everyone buys there seat these days.
how many god damn times are f3 drivers gonna fly in the air
Going back to italy 2019
Yes
They're called pilots for a reason
/s
good point tbh..
As match as they god damn please
Incredible recovery. Glad to see it didnt knock the passion out of her. One of the few sports where women and men can actually compete on the same terms. Rock on Sophia!
I just gotta say when I saw the crash months ago was wondering how that driver ended up, didn’t even know it was a young woman, and the more you see the more surprising the story gets really, she survives it, with multiple fractures in her spine, then not only is she getting back to being healthy but also racing again. Extraordinary.
Amazing that she survived that crash. Safety has come a long way. Best of luck in her future in racing!!
This driver has the heart to drive in F1.
And the drive.
Well done.
Just a shame she doesn't have the talent.
schumifan78 lmaooo
@@schumifan78
Bs
@@biscuitcase83 have you seen her f2 results she has no talent behind the wheel
@@ashton_does_gacha20
I disagree
It was from your big crash that I learned of you and now I follow you, I wish you all the best with your racing, looking forward to seeing you get better and rise through the ranks. Good luck mate.😊❤️👍
Extremely talented, extremely dedicated, extremely resilient and an inspiration to all. Don't let them mention your gender next to your accomplishments, you don't need the asterisk next to your name. Way to go!!
Amazing character, inner power, full of passion
Good. Keep on going. And congrats on the recovery, that crash was hard-core. Much love
I'm so glad she is ok and hope she pushes ahead and would love to see her fighting in the top end of F1, needs to be more good drivers coming through the ranks no matter the sex.
Well done Sophia Floersch for your recovery and positive mental attitude.
Wish you well in the future racing career!
im glad shes back behind the wheel. that crash was crazy, she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.. cant wait to see more of her on the track
isshyfux - Wrong place at the wrong time except where she landed... Probably saved her from far worse possible consequences...
I feel like junior formula cars are far less safe then F1. In Formula 1, a driver crashes at 170 mph, more often then not, you’re confident they’ll be okay. In junior formulas, I can’t say the same.
Yes but in this situation her car was airborne and went over the fences at 170 which descent really happen in f1
f3 cars are lower than f2 and f1 cars, so they are more likely to hit something and go flying
think it has to do whit the cars being lighter also, even if they do not have the same speed as an F1 car, they also do not have the same aerodynamics, to keept the car to not get airborne, F1 cars even if they get air, most of the time comes down fast, due to their design, you can even se this when they jump, where they literaly gets pulled back down, this doesnt happen whit F3 cars at all, when they get airborne, they function more like a kite.
@@Weffi76 she was going backwards aero was nullified
This also has to do with the skill that the formula 1 drivers have. For example, problem drivers like the one that braked in front of sophia dont really exist in f1 because all of those drivers where filtered out in the feeder series.
Incredible, his love at this sport is amazing
bawTz *her
@@bendover4208 thx
Awsome just awsome story may your carrier be long and very prosperous go girl
Shes one tough lass. I never fully recovered from a massive karting accident at Buckmore. 74 mph head on into a tyre wall. Broke both my legs. My left knee was never the same.
That is great news and I wish her continued success.
Hope you make it to F1, Sophia!
Nice to see her getting back at it
Jesus christ she sling-shotted into that wall. That almost looked like a cartoon sequence that was insane...
That was actually a box for photographers! The main reason why she's still alive, is because her cockpit went precisely into the gap where they look out from. (no Halo back then!)
But yeah! That was horrifying!
Just about the craziest and most spectacular crash I think I've ever seen. And to think she came through it alive.
Similar in some respects as to the fatal Dan Wheldon crash where he went flying through the air, smashing into structures off the track. Tragically, front of car went into the concrete wall. She is so fortunate to have cheated death here
170mph to zero that quickly, at that angle. it's a miracle she survived at all. I don't know how she was capable of racing again.
A true race driver.. I bet we'll see her in F1 by 2024.. 👍😊
What a queen
And to emphasize just how driven and fearless she is....
This crash happened at the Macau GP 2018, fractured several vertebrae and made a narrow escape!
A year of training and she gets back in an F3 racecar for her first race since the accident a year earlier.
Where? Macau GP 2019!!
Yes she's a girl, but she's got "cohones" the size of baseballs.... made from titanium!!! Chapeau!!!
It would have been impossible to survive a crash like that even just few years ago.
Really...want to see some similar footage from decade`s ago? Not of my smash, there is none of that, but if we`re talking miracles, as the heading suggests...and lucky to survive, then being lucky to survive , usually refers to not dying from one`s injuries, as I didn`t.
A Champion, in the making... 🏆💪
Unreal crash. Was so fast. Will be rooting for her.
Holy shit amazing she is still alive.
Es perfecta, le gusta los autos de carrera y es hermosa. Espero verla en la F1.
Her will to drive again reminds me of Nikki Lauda after his awful crash at the Nurburgring. And of Barry Sheene getting back on his bike and racing again every time he broke a few more bones.
In 2021, she's driving an LMP-2 car in the WEC, and driving in DTM too.
hope she's good enough to get to f1. it would be awesome if she does.
I don't think she will make it. She became 22nd in the German F3 championship with only 1 point.
@@Maenfy Well she's clearly not fast enough for any formula class but thats fine. Her teamm8s got 2 podimus while her best placing was 12th averaging at 20th. I think its not sexist to have sepperate classes. Lets be honest here. Not 1 single female has come close to the absolute top and it surely has to do with gender advantages.
Awesome woman!
but mediocre pilot
She is so fine, i am glad shes in the sport. Keep it up love 💘
2:27 as a kart driver I can say that things got wayyy to much grip look how much it’s jacking
Trav dogidy dog yeah I think that’s a bit too much as it’s only supposed to be ur back inside tyre that’s supposed to lift up a small bit I know since i also do karting in the junior tkm class
Stealth tron hahah yeah one time in my x30 it jacked so hard in the corner it actually lifted both inside tyres off the ground about 5cm. It was crazy. But now I race shifters instead and because they got 4 wheel brakes the don’t jack as much. It’s more straight line to the apex
I already knew her before the big crash... was my favorite driver in a race manager game that I play... but lets admit that the crash was the best publicity ever for her
Yeah in a weird way your right. She'd never of got this much publicity without it
@@christycullen2355 in a much weirder way I believe that the crash got her closer to F1 than ever hahahha... but hey... some people has dad money, why not crash money.
Got the right attitude to succeed!
I wanna see you in F1, I wish you the best. And I hope you are better after the crash.
depois de Leclerc da f1' você vai ser minha piloto preferida da f2!
Best of luck to her.
Miracles happen!
Is their simulator rFactor PRO?
Fyi, I am commenting in December 2020 and I don't see her listed in the standings anywhere in F3 or F2...and she obviously has not made F1...so is she even in any F series still? The tenor of this video made it sound like she was on the cusp of greatness.
She finished 29th in the f3 standings had to actually search for her
keep in mind everyone, she's 19. that's freakin awesome, and great for her!
Max Verstappen won his first F1 race at 18
@@drakeferrill7628 and max also has the ability to produce children from his uterus
Have been following F1 since 1968, and open wheel racing for that matter, and if I were to rank the most dramatic crashes properly filmed, I would have to place this one on top, because the flying projectile was mind blowing. If I were to risk the next ones, I'd have say Alonso's, Kubica's, that horrible one in Spa last year, and, of course Grosjean's.
Same. Almost 30 years of following.
I recorded Imola '94 on VHS... I WAS 13. I knew it straight that no one can survive with that impact.
But thing that killed Senna was bit bizarre.
@@valleyofk.yu.s.s.inmyhead8359 Senna did not die from the impact; he died from the freakish event of a suspension rod penetrating his helmet in the most unlikely of places (under the rubber gasket just above the lid), and hitting his head. otherwise he would have likely walked away from the accident with a few bruises only.
@@josedacunhafilho I know. That suspension system. But... 300km/h to wall. Right side, without helmet-belts... Here Keke Rosberg was on live broadcast and he ORDERED that live-film has to be cut righ after... ads, youknow.
He knew Very well that G-force-consequences.
Without any visible damage on TV-screen.
That was damned weekend.
I was 13... but I remember that impact forever (without that VHS)... And Ratzenbergers neck turnings ...and Barriccellos accident.
Damn.
@@josedacunhafilho - yes the Rubens Barrichello accident a couple of weeks later looked so much worse from the outside. He escaped with minor injuries
Sophia hardcore and I'm ok will that. Interesting she got the goods to make in F1. I admire her spirit get back into the car after such horrifying crash at Macau.
Good luck 🍀🍀🍀🍀
I hope she makes it to F1 🤞
Very unlikely
Worst racing crash I've ever seen. Glad she's healthy and very positive in her attitude.
You Go Girl!! Break down those barriers of an incredibly male dominated sport 👏
You can do it sofi! Anticipating your arrival in Formula 1!
Maree - You can always hope, I respect women's talents but F1 is a very demanding discipline, very few men in ALL the world can drive at that level, she would have to be vastly superior and dominate all her counterparts in lesser series to even have a chance to join the club, I remember all the hype Danica Patrick caused in 2005 when she did so well in her first Indy 500, that was a long time ago and no women really emerged to the top series since, I was a believer then, turned out to be a 1 RACE fluke... She had the luck that year to have one of the best performing cars and setup, she was petite 5 feet tall and had a 60 to 80 pounds weight advantage over her male competitors, she almost took the pole... finished well in the race but the magic ended there... She drove years in Cart and was never competitive even has she became more experience and benefited fom top teams and equipment, grew frustated, wanted more fame and cash, went to Nascar in 2 divisions, again with good teams and equipment, results, Zip, nada, she raced in the big leagues from 2005 to 2018, one win in Indycar on pit stategy, that's it! She exploited her gender very wisely however, being young and good looking she made tens of millions of dollars with contracts and endorsements and still manages her brand today as a succesful business woman, but as a talented car driver? Worthless, it would be hard for me to imagine today a woman rising through the ranks and establish herself as a competitive, winning race driver competing with the top dogs, they don't emerge often in lesser categories, and almost never in top tier, so like I said you can hope, but if I were you I wouldn't hold my breath...
Lionheart! Go Sophia :) Hard work is the answer to everything.
Luckily since we have experiences with these accidents we can make the sport safer
Laughable it's not Arnold S. the Terminator himself who survived this crash.
It's a "regular" 17 year old Girl.
The safe cell is a engineering masterpiece👏
I would love to see how Mahaveer Raghunathan goes with Sophia in a proper race.
As horrible as it seems...it might have been the best thing for her career.
1) she seems to have fully recovered (obviously - the most important part).
2) there are LOTS of people who follow her now - who never would have heard of her otherwise.
And that can only be a good thing for her going forward in terms of sponsorship money.
3) she seems to be doing very well in endurance racing.
Damn this girl its badass
Honestly her crashing backwards was probably a big factor in saving her life. Thank goodness it wasn't bad.
Such a cutie happy she survived xxxx
so of she was ugly you would be okay with her dying?
Nice 👍! 🇧🇷
To get into F1, she really needs F3 front placing, she will then be noticed for her skills and results. But the completion is tough.
“You'll shoot your eye out, kid!”
Show us the onboard footage
Of course you can win in motorsport,some people talk total bollocks.
Look @ drag racing, I was @ Santa Pod in 2019,we had 8 top fuel dragsters qualified,4 were women.
If you're good enough,you'll win & anyone who comes back after that horrendous crash has some serious balls.
Go for it Sophia.
Takes some courage to go again after an accident like that.
This lady is awesome and beautiful... The full package...
Woman or not - my sister has proved that it’s talent not gender that denotes skill level. She is one of few female drift drivers in the U.K. drift championship (BDC) and well known for her precise track location and pinpoint speed.
My sis can do it - so can you Sophia. 👍
Good luck with the injuries, I`ve had plenty...but it is only a pipe dream for her to get into F1. If she were blitzing her competitors by a good margin, then I`d be excited, but the gal is just a Floersch-in-the-pan :) Makes good News though, so buoys her up, until her next qualifying result. Eye candy for some of the lads.
WTF That's not a crash its flying lessons gone wrong. She is one very lucky lady and such a insperation😁😁😁😎
Wow Sophia Floersch is pretty badass! I hope she'll show that racing isn't a men's sport. And she's beautiful!
She’s really beautiful
💖💖
Can we purchase some of your gear??? USA loves u!!!
actually I think F3 racing on streets circuit is much more exciting than F1 racing in those big tracks
That is so cool. I can’t wait to see her at Formula 1. 🏁
You'll be waiting a very long time, like, forever.
schumifan78 why?
schumifan78 you still didn’t say why. Are you scary girl???
Martin Acuna she in GP3 so she need to to get to Formula 2 what all the top teams in their are stacked. And she need to to also have enough super points to get her Super License what does take a while when she out for a season or more from her injury.
@@smokeywhitetail7720 She isn't even in Formula 3.
How are sausage curbs still allowed
It would be cool to get a female racer into F1 but unfortunetly looking at her series placements if she dosent start to improve her results massivly that isent gonna happen. my knowledge of teams outside of F1 is none existing so i cant tell if her team is back of the grid or in the middle but based on the results she isent in a podium performing car and to advance into the higher series that is almost a must. Her first goal should be to get into a car that can compete for points and then podiums in her current series.
DAMN - this Girl has it all. She's smart, beautiful, talented and fearless! Another Schumacher, perhaps???? All I know is that anyone who walks away from a crash like that and gets back in a racing car is a far braver human being than I. She's a TOP BLOKE!
Talented? I mean she's not that bad but she only finished 22nd in the German F3 championship with only 1 point, that's not really Schumacher like.
We don't exchange beauty for talent.
how the hell can you be going so fast in the breaking zone?.. whatever happened she was going to miss the corner! glad shes ok
She was already out of control, as rear of her car hit another car's down the straight leading into the corner. See the rear of her car a sit is flying through the air
I have a question.. I wanna start my career as a race driver too, but... I really hate karts. is it possible to like skip them or just start somewhere else? and I am 16 years old and never drove any race cars. is it already too late?
You really do need experience in karts. Technically it's possible to go straight into single seaters like F4, but no team is going to take a driver without prior experience, atleast without massive financial support from the driver they would be taking. Also, starting at the age of 16 is most likely a lot too late. Most drivers on the F1 grid have started karting before the age of 6-8, so it's very likely impossible for you to become a racing driver anymore
@@eelihakala4466 I'm not into Formula a lot. I do prefer the GT series such as GT3 or GTE. So, even if I started in Karts by mid 2020, it is already too late?
@@eelihakala4466 Also, I don't come from the richest family. Let's say, my family has an income of 1k-5k per month. So is this also a reason i couldn't even start at all?
@@dergreg_ I mean, sure you could try. I ain't too sure about the GT branch of motorsport, since I'm more of a formula guy myself. If you have a family that has a lot of excess money, go for it. You have to remember that motorsports are a very expensive sport. I, for example, have not been able to take up karting when I wanted to, simply because my family couldn't afford it
@@eelihakala4466 Alright, I will go to Nürburgring with my dad next year and get some more information there. Thank you so so much for giving me all this information, I can't thank you enough!
Pity that biggest asset on her is her looks. People are not interested what she does or how, as long as she just looks adorable and cute. Such a shame...
Dave Fred the comments and she doesnt habe the talent
So, how did she come back exactly?
Kinda self explanatory, she got back into a car 🤔
@@n0body550 Yeah, but how? Take a look at the title. ;)
She look better than 99. 99% Instagram models. And her voice is incredeble
The main thing is she drives better than 100% of all Instagram models.
Hi wishing you all the best out there I my self want to see a woman enter F1 very soon .
I have a feeling that she will eventually get in F1 but I really hope she gets there because of her hard work and passion. And not because of her gender and the large amount of sponsors that an F1 team could get with her.
her highest finish is 22 and it was back in 2018
@@flicksh0t822 Albon was struggling to even stay in the Reb Bull Academy and now he's got a red bull seat, she's young and looks passionate, also how many points did her team mates get? The fact that people keep on thinking that all drivers are good because they were born with talent are stupid, time and time again drivers have proven that the amount of work they do outside the track has a big effect on their performances. But I guess we will wait and see who's right. (also her highest result in F3 was 10th, it's even more stupid to say that her highest result was 22nd when that is literally the only year that she was in F3).
Midas it says 22 on google
Midas i mean she also overtakes on younger drivers who joined recently look it up
It would be cool, but It's most likely never going to happen
go Sophia go ! and kisses ....😘😘😘😘
IMO racing categories inc formula E need look again at using street circuits, there is going to be more almighty pile ups. Race tracks are designed with runs offs with good reason. Getting young in experienced drivers on bumpy streets just to put on a good show in the city centre.
It's not bringing racing to the masses, it's cheaper than hiring a real race track. Money over safety 🤔
She talks like Esteban Gutierres, mexican f1 test driver.
WHAT A FREAKING WARRIOR!
If you have a accident like this and will race again ... you have the right guts ... you have b?lls ... go for it
"The sport is not the safest." says the woman who flew a car into the fence at 270 km/h. I've not been paying close attention to anything in racing besides F1, but if you're watching any other "big" sport, football, american football, cycling, many kinds of winter sports, people are getting injured all the time, during matches, during practice. Rally might be a different story, but open wheel racing or (car) racing in general seems like one of the safest sports I can think of, maybe besides horse riding, rowing and curling. Romain Grosjean rammed his car through a steel barrier, cut it in half and climbed out of the ensuing fireball with slightly burned hands. 50 years ago, after crashes like this, even their parents would have had a hard time identifying whatever remained of him or Sophia Floersch.
Anthoine Hubert died last year in Formula 2. Safe my arse.
People have been killed from falls/collisions in horse raing on many occasions. I'd say they are far more dangerous than say football,rugby or cricket
Oh jeez in kph that’s about 273 but if a real racer shouldn’t be afraid of something then that’s a high speed men don’t underestimate women too much especially Sophia ;)
Here are the letters Ö and ö to improve her name in the title. Thank me later ❤️
Lol, der war gut ;-p
Sister of Max :-)
She is german and Max is Dutch du Holzkopf :)
@@iran1924 Max is actually born in belgium but races under his parents flag.
@@bwengold8997 Oh ok sry I didn't know that
Cutest. That accident was unreal.
Jesus Christmas, that crash was horrible! I don't know how the hell she is still alive!
I don't think sausage kerbs are the answer. They are like death traps if you hit them at wrong angle, we've obviously seen this crash, and Alex Peroni's crash at Monza. There has to be a better way than this!
Pretty
how da fuq she still alive from that crash.....