Very interestig! Thanks for uploading.Piquet was one of the first to rescue Didier who was screaming and afraid the car would catch fire. Nelson reassured him that there was no petrol leak. Then Pironi asked him how his legs were and Nelson, seeing that a bone was sticking out of his overalls, moved away and vomited
For those interested in Pironi, I highly recommend David Sedgwick's biography, "Pironi: The Champion That Never Was." Didier Pironi was certainly one of the most interesting drivers ever to race in F1. Fascinating character.
The physics of both Ferrari's grim 1982 accidents were very similar: loss of ground force flipping car into the air, tub disintegration on subsequent landing and cartwheeling. Horrific. Tambay was a brave man to carry on flying the flag in those lethal machines
It's not about the ground effects it's open wheel cars hitting each other and the aluminium chassis was not able to withstand the forces. Both accidents this year were caused by driver error and not the ground effect .
the fact that Villeneuve and Pironi both had tragic accidents in the Ferrari was a mere coincidence, all the tubs or monocoques of the cars from the 1982 season except for the McLaren were made of a extremely shallow combination of aluminium honeycomb reinforced (!) with aluminium sheets (!!) The worst part is that the rules didnt specify any distinace between the legs of the drivers and the front axle so teams and designers trying to make the most of the ground effect sat the drivers with their feet literally in the nosecone of the cars
@@miguelelgueta5830 I don't fully agree. even with the ridiculous aluminum monocoques, both Ferraris suffered the embarrassment of shoulder belts detaching from the monocoque. Gilles Villeneuve lost both shoulder belts, this is why he was thrown from the car with his seat still attached to him. Didier Prioni lost one shoulder belt, that's why he survived. I agree to the point that safety standards in 1982 had been generally poor, except the McLaren MP4/1. but of all the products in the field, especially the Ferrari 126C2 was a queasy hutch.
@@TT-nc3qh although sir you are correct that the accidents were driver error, the Ferraris were prone to catastrophic loss of downforce too when launched upwards even slightly.
Still remarkable that he didn't lose his legs. Piquet was sick in the aftermath when he saw Didier. Then Didier lost his life in a mad speedboat accident. Like Patrick Depailler - maybe a death wish or what i think, SAD LOSS OF 2 GREAT DRIVERS. I saw them both race - awesome
I read that doctors wanted to amputee both his legs but Didier prayed to them to not do so. Horrible crash, Alain Prost was having flashbacks for two days after watching the Ferrari flying over his Renault
Today, Didier would have survived a "few bruises" from such a hit. Talented driver, pity that his career ended prematurely. All in all, a sad year 1982 for Ferrari - first Gilles' fateful weekend in Belgium, then Pironi in the German race😕
It's shocking that Ferrari managed to score a Constructor's Title at the end of that season after such tragic driver losses. Have Patrick driven the entire season and even been lucky enough not to crash, he would have become the champion instead of Rosberg. He was as quick as Pironi or another country mate, Jean-Pierre Jarier.
It's quite amazing that there is no footage of this crash. It's also amazing that there is no footage of Keke Rosberg's Silverstone 1985 qualifying lap which was the F1 world record of average speed (over 160 mph) for over 2 decades.
Piquet dubbed the '82 Ferrari 'The Electric Chair'. I believe the chassis' were strengthened after this accident. Years later, either Schumacher refused to drive Tambay's car or was very reluctant. He clearly wasn't made for those times.
I was there that day on a Page & Moy cheapo deal. It was pissing down and we didn't have a clue what was going on for about an hour after the accident. Pironi was visibly faster than everyone else and I remember thinking "FFS mate, slow down, what's the point?" Anyway, what happened, happened.... At least Tambay won the next day.
You are absolutely right. The couple Pironi / Ferrari was untouchable at Hockenheim. On Friday he set the pole with a time 1 sec. faster than the second (Prost), and in rain conditions he was 2/3 seconds faster than everyone. I really don't understand why he was driving so fast in appalling conditions, he was the faster, the Ferrari was a really reliable car, the title was already in his hands.....
Spookily similar damage to Gilles Villeneuve's deadly accident. Proof that ferrari were always more interested in building strong engines rather than strong chassis.
Heidelberg is close by with a hospital. It wouldn't have been difficult to locate Hockenheim circuit if they flew by instruments alone. They didn't just make unnecessary trips out there for only F1 racing.
Both the Villeneuve crash & the Pironi crash were similar, in that both cars hit the back of slower cars & got launched. The difference was that Villeneuve got thrown out of his car & into fencing, minus a helmet, & died overnight. In Pironi's case he was still attached to his car which probably helped him survive. His injuries though not life-threatening were most definitely life-changing as his legs were so badly shattered he didn't race again. It would be four or five years before he could walk normally again & even considered an F1 comeback for 1988. However that was not to be as he was killed in a powerboat racing accident in 1987.
im sure ive seen the video from prosts cockpit camera, very fuzzy because of the rain but you saw pironi vault over the left side of prost, im just curious why i cant find the video anymore
@@Stimor On-board cameras were HUGE during these days. They were basically a giant tripod strapped to the top of the car. I don't think Prost would have been running one of those in an active practice session.
@@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 In 1982 there were no onboard cameras. Such cameras were still only experimental during the early 80s. They were still uncommon until the late 80s and only used during special demonstrating laps, but not at top speed and only at slow cruising speed. The first practicabal onboard cams were used beginning in 1986 or 1987. Before 86/87 the cameras were still too big and heavy.
Magari non ci sarà il video, ma qualche foto (non ancora pubblicata) di Pironi in volo da qualche parte c'è. Su Facebook o in qualche forum si legge spesso di gente che ha fotografie inedite scattate in prima persona ma che non vogliono pubblicare. Tipo (faccio un esempio) le foto dell'incidente di Watson a Monza nel 1981 prese dal rettilineo del Serraglio come possono essere le foto/video a colori e a qualità alta di Cevert al Glen del '73. Secondo me, ripeto, qualche foto del vero e proprio incidente di Pironi esiste. Magari usciranno tra un pò di anni come è successo per le foto di Lamy a Silverstone del '94 ;-). Te cosa ne pensi? Maybe there won't be a video, but some photos (not yet published) of Pironi in flight are there somewhere. On Facebook or in some forums we often read of people who have unpublished photographs taken in first person but who do not want to publish. Like (I give an example) the photos of Watson's accident in Monza in 1981 taken from the straight of the Serraglio as can be the good resolution photos/videos of Cevert's aftermath at the Glen in '73. In my opinion, I repeat, some photos of Pironi's real accident exist. Maybe they will come out in a few years as happened for the photos of Lamy at Silverstone in '94 ;-). What do you think about it?
@@lorbet2419 Se sei italiano (Io lo sono) come presumo scrivimi solo in Italiano Lor Ber. Io c spero ma nel caso d Pironi nn credo proprio purtroppo. Pioveva parecchio e nel rettilineo ho proprio paura nn c fosse quasi nessuno
because PTSD and mental health are real. even if people try to say they're not. they are not protecting "feelings" they are protecting people's mental health, because seeing carnage like that could incite behavior issues. LIke yours... wanting to see all the carnage and blood and gore and death. Some people don't like that, and it has NOTHING to do with feelings. bodies mangled beyond recognition, burnt, charred, pulled apart in ways that are unimaginable... scenes of death and grave injury... those things invoke responses in humans that are instinct, it's not feelings. time to park your morbid curiosity and grow up.
@@AKStovall Spoken like a true weakling. We are free people and have a right to see a crash scene if we desire it. Take your psycho-babble crap somewhere else.
I've often wondered whether Pironi was autopsied to determine exactly how much his legs had actually healed. I've also often thought of the waste of time, effort and resources that went into Pironi's recovery only for him to kill himself in a boat race.
He didn't "kill himself". The boat crash, like this one, were both unforeseen accidents. The two children he fathered and the 5 years between accidents don't seem like a waste to me.
@@kyle381000 Right! So it was an accident! And you think it was a waste to save his life 5 years earlier from another accident? Be careful you don't have an accident, pal. The medics may have the same mindset as you.
Definitely not the Villeneuve crash. Rewatching old seasons now.... 1982 was a terrible year with fatal crashes of Villeneuve and Paletti, and this career -ending Pironi crash. Thankfully the larger modern F1 cars have a much higher emphasis on safety. As much as I enjoy watching the nimble cars of the past I hate seeing a driver get injured or worse.
