Before the halo was introduced, F1-related accidents were totally nightmare fuel, especially with the deaths of Senna back in Imola '94, and Bianchi in Japan 2014 (technically, the incident left Bianchi in a coma for several months before he died on July 2015). Anthoine Hubert's accident on Spa 2019 during F2's feature race is just one of the recent cautionary tales.
A saddening fact is that one of the drivers involved in this pile-up was Roger Williamson, in his first F1 start. Zandvoort was the next race on the '73 calendar, and you might know what happened on that day.
Just listen to the comment that fortunately only one was injured. Today it would be that someone was unfortunately injured. Such different expectations these days and showing what amazing safety features have been developed.
Belgium 1998 saw the greatest performance ever in F1 history, courtesy of legendary Ricardo Rosset. The way he nonchalantly drove straight into the crashed pile instead of avoiding it is a thing of beauty.
"The two Alpines come together!" That line should be immortalized in all of motor racing history. Then, now, forever, the two Alpines will always come together.
The Funniest thing about the Belgian 1998 Grand Prix is despite being the one who started all of the chaos, Coulthard actually one of the few who finished the race
I dont really like Russel, but what he did 7:25 getting out of the car to rush to Zhou was pretty amazing. You can really see by the way he moves he thought it was bad...
It was a miracle that especially in '98, but also some of the others, that nobody was harmed (I dare say there was a lot of bruising), except 1973 GB. Zhou's accident still scares me witless. He was incredibly lucky to get away with that. Thankfully, there have been so many improvements in safety.
1:03 “Oh this is terrible, look… oh… this is quite appalling, this is the worst start for a Grand Prix that I have EVER seen in the whole of my life” 🐐 - M. Walker
I remember watching the 1998 Belgian GP live. I was just beginning to get into F1 as a young kid and seeing that first lap insanity and then the Coulthard-Schumacher crash later on probably hooked me on the sport lol.
I remember when people were complaining about the Halo, it's amazing that these crashes didn't result in some more serious injuries. Can't believe people were unhappy with making the sport safer.
Because it’s not needed. Kubica didn’t had it in Canada. Webber went flying, and nothing happened. This American owners will add a windshield and close the top in a few years and bye bye f1
That Zhou incident, the more times i watch it the more it appears we escaped a major major incident. Had the car dug in front end instead of conpletely laterally, the car would be in the stands no doubt with huge loss of life and the biggest tradegy for decades. I really hope they change that run off at silverstone, they still havent. Outside of copse i would never sit at either.
The crash also caused the race to avoid another major incident, as protesters had made their way onto the Wellington Straight. If the field had been going full pelt towards Brooklands rather than slowly under red flag conditions... And what would the runoff be changed to? More gravel? Grass? I'm not sure there's much they can do, really.
You're right, if the runoff was completely gravel, the impact with the ground wouldn't have caused the roll hoop to fail and maybe the rolls would've dissapated the energy before it got near the barrier Tarmac runoff is very overrated
As a kid, I used to watch F1 just for the spetacular crashes that I could see nowhere but there. As a grown man I can now understand the frustration, work and monetary losses that those cause, and really feel sorry when a crash happens
You say that, but they didn't red flag Australia 2002, just put the SC out. All the drivers involved went to go get in the spare cars and were surprised they couldn't!
My name is Davi, and I'm Brazilian. It was cool to see the faces of two guys from my country, born in São Paulo, giving interviews after their respective accidents: Rubens Barrichello and Luciano Burti.
Man, the 1989 field was amazing. So many beautiful cars in that area. Some of the best all time. The Ferrari 640, MP4-5 McLaren, Lotus 101, Benetton B188/89, FW12 Williams, and the March CG891. Some of the all time great liveries as well like the Leyton House March, the blue, yellow and white Camel Williams, and the quad-colored Benetton. Such an amazing era.
10:00 Seeing this incident now, as a Max fan, I really have to laugh. 😂 This is just the perfect move for the team, straight out of a movie script 😂 Unbelievable that happened haha
Murray Walker Belgium ‘98 “this is terrible this is quite appalling, this is the worst start to a Grand Prix I’ve ever seen in my life” Me at 11 watching it “THIS IS AMAZING, BIG CRASH”
@@pranees Nah, that is KMag's job as he has absolutely nothing to loose; the remaining 6 races are the end of KMag's F1 career. He is in very high demand right now.. hehe. Checo on the other hand still has a contract for the next year, somehow..
I don't know if it's just me, but at some point, I want to see a best of "Worst David Coulthard moments". It's fascinating how someone was so successful in F1 but also had so many goofy moments in his career.
Mid 80s to mid 90s…Easily my favorite era of Formula 1. Not only did it produce some of the greatest drivers of all time, but it also gave us the best looking cars in formula racing history.
Belgium 98 was the first GP I saw. I can't decide if it makes me lucky or ruined the first laps due to high expectations for carnage (as long as no one gets hurt) I will always love Russels response running to Zhou at Silverstone. Halo proved itself multiple times that season
