James Courtney is reported to have crashed his Jaguar F1 car in testing at Monza. 306 kph. 67G. Michael Schumacher (who was also testing) helped extract Courtney from the wreck.
Quite the revision of Wurz’s history there. He did a decent job subbing for Berger in 1997 and as you said was rewarded with a full time seat at Benetton for 1998. He held his own against Fisichella in ‘98 but in 1999 and 2000 he was well beaten by Fisichella. He was no longer in demand and settled for a test driver role. A full time race seat at McLaren was never going to materialise for Wurz.
Well maybe but he said himself that he took the McLaren testing job with that goal in mind. And he also said that Ron Dennis told him verbatim that he’d be Hakkinen’s replacement for 2002 before Raikkonen became available and they went with him instead.
@@1nterntalkswheel590however Heidfeld was the McLaren ‘Junior’ in 1999-2001… he was first in line as Häkkinen’s replacement before Räikkönen was ‘discovered’.
•Michelin director: goes to your home to admit their mistake a find a solution. •Pirelli: goes to your home with baseball bats and always in full denial after seeing you crash due to their tyres
Newey didn't float around before joining Williams. He worked for March which became Leyton House. He had pretty much worked for one employer from when he graduated from Southampton to working at Williams
Michelin should face more criticism for those faulty tyres of 2005, they had the rules changed because Bridgestone were spanking them only to be humiliated in the Indianapolis fiasco and end up running away a year later
Alright, a bit of context. Bridgestone spanked them in 2002 and 2004, when Ferrari won 15 in 17 and 15 in 18 races, respectively. In 2005, 7 of the 10 teams used Michelin tyres. BAR and Sauber switched to Michelin in 2004 and '05, respectively, because the Japanese tyre brand was focusing their efforts entirely on Ferrari. Jordan and Minardi were the only other ones using Bridgestones that year and filled their usual role as backmarkers. Despite the rule changes, Michelin-shod cars won all but one race in 2005, that one race being the infamous Indy fiasco. Maybe because of the tyre debacle, Toyota and Williams switched back to Bridgestones in 2006, to join Ferrari, Super Aguri (new team) and Midland (Jordan's successor). That year, Bridgestone and Michelin had an equal number of race wins, with 9 each. And still, Alonso and Renault became World Drivers' and Constructors' Champions in 2005 and 2006 despite (?) their Michelin tyres.
@@victorleoncio1079 The ridiculous rule of one set of tyres for quali and race in 2005 was created to aid Michelin and stop the Ferrari-Bridgestone dominance. The F2004 was so good that Ross Brown wanted to use it again adapted to the 2005 rules, but the car wasn't that good on those super hard tyres. The tyre rule change was necessary to stop Ferrari, but that doesn't take the blame off Michelin as they ended up needing FIA's help to finally win the championship.
Thumbnail car is not from 2005, its the mp4/18, the never raced car (in fact it did as mp4/19 wich carried minor changes), so I dounb they used in 2005 the mp4/18, a 2 year old chasis that didnt existed by 2005, the crash happened with the /19 and can be checked out in the footage of the crash, so still your thumbnail is INCORRECT.
@@1nterntalkswheel590 the car from the thumbnail is the mp4/18, the never raced car (in fact it did as mp4/19 wich carried minor changes), so I dounb they used in 2005 the mp4/18, a 2 year old chasis that didnt existed by 2005, so... fun fact!!! your thumbnail is wrong, the crash happened with the mp4/19, and the thumbnail car is the /18, so fun fact, you are wrong!!! and there is a footage from the crash and that car was the /19
Well fair enough but your original comment was that the car in the thumbnail was not from 2005. I wasn’t sure which older spec McLaren it was so I made sure to use a pic of one that wasn’t 2005 because I know for a fact he wasn’t driving that car on the day of the accident. I can always just change it once I find a good enough picture of him driving the correct spec.
If you want to pronounce his name closer to the real sound, start with "wo" like in "wolves" or "Wood" and add the "rtz" after the long o vowel. Think James Woods, but Alex Woords.
The fastest crash when the driver survived and even unharmed. A faster crash happened to Ratzenberger, at 315 kph, but he hadn't the same luck
good point. pinning this
James Courtney is reported to have crashed his Jaguar F1 car in testing at Monza. 306 kph. 67G. Michael Schumacher (who was also testing) helped extract Courtney from the wreck.
Quite the revision of Wurz’s history there. He did a decent job subbing for Berger in 1997 and as you said was rewarded with a full time seat at Benetton for 1998. He held his own against Fisichella in ‘98 but in 1999 and 2000 he was well beaten by Fisichella. He was no longer in demand and settled for a test driver role. A full time race seat at McLaren was never going to materialise for Wurz.
Well maybe but he said himself that he took the McLaren testing job with that goal in mind. And he also said that Ron Dennis told him verbatim that he’d be Hakkinen’s replacement for 2002 before Raikkonen became available and they went with him instead.
@@1nterntalkswheel590 Reminds me of Hulkenberg being told that he would get the Merc seat next to Rosberg if Hamilton didn't want to join.
@@1nterntalkswheel590however Heidfeld was the McLaren ‘Junior’ in 1999-2001… he was first in line as Häkkinen’s replacement before Räikkönen was ‘discovered’.
Wurz has also said that another team was interested in giving him a race seat but Ron Dennis blocked the move
•Michelin director: goes to your home to admit their mistake a find a solution.
•Pirelli: goes to your home with baseball bats and always in full denial after seeing you crash due to their tyres
Congrats on the banger 1ntern!! 20k in 2 days is crazy
An interesting F1 history lesson. Thank you.
Toyota Gazoo Racing legend Alex Wurz
at least Michelin admits faults
Michelin are way superior to Pirelli.
We need variation for the tires at F1 @@ZedNinetySix_
Unlike Pirelli
0:56 give me vibes of:
"Gentlemen, a short view back to the past, 30 years ago..."
Intentionally so no doubt
Newey didn't float around before joining Williams. He worked for March which became Leyton House. He had pretty much worked for one employer from when he graduated from Southampton to working at Williams
my fault! When i said midfield teams i meant both March and Fittipaldi as he did a short stint there post-uni.
Fantastic journalism 👏
I would just say pedro lamy’s silverstone testing crash in 1994 could be considered the worst (look up the pictures of the car afterwards)
Michelin should face more criticism for those faulty tyres of 2005, they had the rules changed because Bridgestone were spanking them only to be humiliated in the Indianapolis fiasco and end up running away a year later
Alright, a bit of context.
Bridgestone spanked them in 2002 and 2004, when Ferrari won 15 in 17 and 15 in 18 races, respectively.
In 2005, 7 of the 10 teams used Michelin tyres. BAR and Sauber switched to Michelin in 2004 and '05, respectively, because the Japanese tyre brand was focusing their efforts entirely on Ferrari. Jordan and Minardi were the only other ones using Bridgestones that year and filled their usual role as backmarkers.
Despite the rule changes, Michelin-shod cars won all but one race in 2005, that one race being the infamous Indy fiasco.
Maybe because of the tyre debacle, Toyota and Williams switched back to Bridgestones in 2006, to join Ferrari, Super Aguri (new team) and Midland (Jordan's successor). That year, Bridgestone and Michelin had an equal number of race wins, with 9 each.
And still, Alonso and Renault became World Drivers' and Constructors' Champions in 2005 and 2006 despite (?) their Michelin tyres.
@@victorleoncio1079 The ridiculous rule of one set of tyres for quali and race in 2005 was created to aid Michelin and stop the Ferrari-Bridgestone dominance. The F2004 was so good that Ross Brown wanted to use it again adapted to the 2005 rules, but the car wasn't that good on those super hard tyres.
The tyre rule change was necessary to stop Ferrari, but that doesn't take the blame off Michelin as they ended up needing FIA's help to finally win the championship.
Latifi at Monaco in 2022 was way worse though. Grave reminder of the dangers of this sport.
Just like to point out that a "banger of a car" is not a good term in the UK. Its used to describe one that should probably be scrapped.
Yikes. Now i know😅
It can mean both good or bad though, he wasn't really wrong. It's one of those paradoxical terms.
Thank you for the knowledge W1ntern 🙏🏾 happy new year as well
Michelin playing damage control by trying to prevent Alex from suing them lol
year 2004
you mean the crash?
Thumbnail car is not from 2005, its the mp4/18, the never raced car (in fact it did as mp4/19 wich carried minor changes), so I dounb they used in 2005 the mp4/18, a 2 year old chasis that didnt existed by 2005, the crash happened with the /19 and can be checked out in the footage of the crash, so still your thumbnail is INCORRECT.
Fun fact: the car he was driving when the crash happened was not the 2005 McLaren! It was actually an older spec! He said so on Beyond the Grid.
@@1nterntalkswheel590 the car from the thumbnail is the mp4/18, the never raced car (in fact it did as mp4/19 wich carried minor changes), so I dounb they used in 2005 the mp4/18, a 2 year old chasis that didnt existed by 2005, so... fun fact!!! your thumbnail is wrong, the crash happened with the mp4/19, and the thumbnail car is the /18, so fun fact, you are wrong!!! and there is a footage from the crash and that car was the /19
Well fair enough but your original comment was that the car in the thumbnail was not from 2005. I wasn’t sure which older spec McLaren it was so I made sure to use a pic of one that wasn’t 2005 because I know for a fact he wasn’t driving that car on the day of the accident. I can always just change it once I find a good enough picture of him driving the correct spec.
Wicked! Subbed
"Built by Juan Adrian Newey" 1:55 :D
I love you sir 1ntern
Donelly Jerez 1990...
The worst crash in my opinion is Greg Moore Fontana 1999 I know it’s not f1 but that crash is the worst
Maybe a terrible well known crash, but not even close to being the worst crash, even in indycar
Gordon Smiley's crash at Indy is the worst I think I've seen. Swede Savage's a close 2nd.
Tony Renna was far worse
@@motorsportracer97 Tony Renna was also the one I had in mind too.
@@motorsportracer97 Yes, that one was bad. So bad, people are still hush hush about the details.
If you want to pronounce his name closer to the real sound, start with "wo" like in "wolves" or "Wood" and add the "rtz" after the long o vowel. Think James Woods, but Alex Woords.
wur-tz?
Alex Warts.
Kubica Canada
banger
Worst crash ever? I say the one from Kubica in Canada 2007
Tame ending. Many worse crashes
oh for sure. there are many fatal accidents that worse but no one has ever crashed at this speed and lived.
It was the highest G-force crash recorded in an F1 crash. Saying that, I don’t know when cars started carrying sensors.