Top 10 Gut-Wrenching DNFs 

yea was gonna say the same, seemed out of character that comment. but we all have those gaffe moments i suppose.

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@@charlienyiti5880 I suppose

LOL Just realized that

it is sad, but he had a chance with ferrari tho but you know what happened.

@@AimanPF nonsense, Badoer never had the chance to drive that Ferrari (tests were illegal) until the race weekend. He's an hell of a driver and he's the one who developed the Ferraris between 2000 and 2005.

@@mrFoolish565 2009 valencia....

It was almost a full 10 years after his last race start, and the first time driving that car for almost six months, during which it had been upgraded. He was clearly both out of his depth and past his best with Ferrari, but he was the 1992 F3000 champion and was far better than any of his F1 cars in the 90s ever allowed him to be.

Never seen that footage in this quality - you can see he's devastated

Love ur vids

@@JumperCat Awesome 🙌💯

I cry a bit.

Dominating the race, which is a thing only one man in the world can do(which is achieved by immense talent, training and luck) and THEN that very thing suddenly, easily disappears by something that is not blamable Yeah life is shit.

Except lewis 🤣

Daniel could have just this season, damn that was hard to watch

Bwoah!

2003

Ethan Cage or mika

‘02, ‘03, ‘05, ‘06. McLarens were made of glass.

The ironic thing is that had he crashed so heavily the race had to be red flagged, Red 5 would've won the championship on countback.

I've had that happen to me at just over 90 mph, it's quite scary and that was half the speed Nigel was doing.

his car control cost him the championship, though of course that doesn’t cross your mind during the split second that your life is in danger.

Yeah, nobody keeps that car pointing in the right direction. You could be forgiven for binning a car that's only half as out of shape as that

@@nickpatrick7021 Eh? You're such a hater! I'm assuming you have issues with men!

Man how do you notice such things...

Those tyres were weak

@@hdr_diamondz it had been punctured already

Everyone felt bad for him...

Really feel the emotion behind his helmet, damn, that onion cut

Minardi could've done a double point finish that day

@@emdotrod not quite, but ironically Badoer's DNF lifted Gené from 7th to 6th, which meant *he* was Minardi's only points finisher from 1995 to 2002...

the race marshall said something like "You`ll have another chance....." He replied "I do not have a second chance" He had only 2 races left with a shit car was going to be a test driver from next season he didn`t have the second chance onions being MINCED whenever I see him crying to his car

Yeah, with 3 laps to go after dominating.

Not to mention singapore. No DNF but still heartbreaking

Agreed. That was a big loss for him.

Well let me also remind you that at beginning of 2008 Massa himself lost points due to his own mistakes....Malaysia certainly can be counted to be his own fault and had he managed to avoid that, he could have been champion as well.... So just saying that in 2008 there were too many occasions that you cant say "this is the race/event" where Massa lost the championship.

@@Balnazzardi Yeah, but still. Would the engine just have lasted those 3 laps(12km), he would have been the champ. That is what hurt the most. Whether he made mistakes or not earlier in the season, that is just the biggest bad luck ever.

You are putting fair and Schumacher in one sentence? That was the most unfair great driver of all.

@VibeCheck because Mika backed out when schumi was about to crash into him.

Dont worry, the Michael was there for him :)

Apart from everything Kimi has ever said

It Haasn't escaped our attention, keep your eyes peeled over the next few days... 😉

@@Formula1 it haas been a remarkable year, thank you F1!

No.

@@JollyRogers102 Yes.

@@Formula1 GASP

I think badoer if he had been given atleast a midfield car in the 90s he could have made something better of his career, he was a bloody good test driver aswell

I look at the equipment Badoer had in his career (2009 excluded) and it was all pretty ordinary. In 93 he had the Lola which was garbage, 95 he was in the Minardi which Lamy got 6th in Australia after almost everyone retired, 96 he was in the Forti which was slow and didn't make the end of the year and in 99 the Minardi was the bottom car. That drive at the Nurburgring was an amazing feat, he finally got to show what he was capable of and the car let him down.

Also he was F3000 champion in 1992, in front of drivers like...Rubens Barrichello. And considering he covered about millions of km as a test driver during the Schumi-Todt era in Ferrari, he played his part in the success of the Scuderia.

I think as well if he raced with the current points system he would’ve had about 25-30 points

Yeh, with Badoer, you don't win the F3000 championship at your first attempt without a bit of talent. Alesi was jolly unlucky in the 1990s, I agree, but I'd also put Johnny Herbert up there too, and Martin Brundle.

even worse, he eventually went his entire career without a single point. this was the closest he would ever get.....

@@GreatCdn59 oh nooooooo I wish I didn't read that

Best ever start, worst ever end

Times like those make you wonder how much of a domino effect that would create to drastically change F1 as it is today. If he won that race, he might not have lost the championship, Lewis would never have won the championship, he wouldn't have won any championship by 2013 and maybe that lack of a title would have prevented Mercedes from having a desire to sign him as a driver and Lewis would perhaps never have a WDC title to this day. Similar to how if Vettel was just .1 seconds slower in qualifying in Monza, he wouldn't have been on pole, perhaps he wouldn't have won the race and maybe never would have secured the Red Bull drive. It's crazy to think of how one miniscule thing in a split second could drastically reshape F1 for years.

@@shona5512 That's "butterfly effect" :)

That was a great drive from Massa. During qualifying McLaren looked so much faster in every way. So he knew he had to have a perfect start to get ahead of Hamilton. He did it and kept turning on the pace lap after lap. Even Ferrari didn't think they could have that good consistent pace during the race. Great championship battle. Even Lewis was denied a win in Belgium and given to Massa instead for a stupid penalty with a fight with Raikkonen. I guess it evened out at the end of the year.

@@shona5512 the real thing to think about is that if crashgate didn't happen he would have won. Retirements are un fortunately part of the sport, crashgate was not supposed to be.

Sad

He was only trying to warm up his tyres 😢😢

Mate this video was a year ago 😂😂😂

In all honesty, i doubt he would have held onto the spot anyway, been on old tyres and the cars around him on fresher rubber, but who knows. I came here thinking of Norris in spa, car letting him down on the pit straight on the last lap.

Here after he was so close to a win... not a dnf but still gut wrenching

Yeah, although maybe that doesn't count as a DNF because he completed over 90% distance 😔

nah, tbh Vettel deserved that one more than Bottas, who only led for a short time

@@Miniz oh yeah, good point

Freddie Barry what about Mika in 2001 Spain on final lap?

@@henrywhatzal4724 That one is already in the video. :)

Not just gone into the wall, he almost as it was collected the car behind him as it was so if it had snapped he'd probably have wiped out the other car so even more debris and chaos.

Prost was always a gentleman

Congratulations

Fun fact: Luca Badoer got to drive a Ferrari for two races in 2009. Unfortunately, he qualified dead last in both of them and got no points.

@@reisanibal1 the reason is because testing was banned for 09 and he hadnt raced in 10 years, at spa i think he set the fastest 2nd sector of the race

Was thinking this was going to be on it. I’m still not over it

I dont think because Alonso has retired in Monza

Can't believe that is not on the list. Plus it was key moment in championship battle in 2006

Montoya IIRC DNF'd 7 out of his first 8 F1 races. Unreal stuff

Jos Verstappen, Schummi's hit man in Brazil. Totally deliberate collision with Juan Pablo.

And Hockenheim 2001

Alesi never looked like winning the title even in 1995 the year of his only F1 win.

@@Peasmouldia how was that a deliberate collision, Jos simply made a mistake, thats it

Because valterri wasn't fighting for the championship but rest were either rival winning , winning or a very bad retirement

@@lmao7439 it was a very bad retirement, and he wasn't the same after that

Valterri it's James, we had to puncture your tire for team's benefit I'm sorry

How about today at Monaco? Oof

because he has no sympathy for anyone other than himself

Yeah I was a kid these days I almost cried he was one of my favourite drivers

That was brutal, Sutil knew how to drive that car around Monaco that's for sure

It was proven that Sutil had overtaken before Kimi ran into the back of him under the safety car.

@KoivuTheHab The broken leg wasn't enough? That basically cost him a title since Irvine could have won it

@KoivuTheHab Well if you look at the ones where that happened he did them in slow sections of the track very different from what Senna did to Prost.

@KoivuTheHab Or maybe you are

@KoivuTheHab No, you're just being a troll.

@KoivuTheHab You obviously are so blinkered by hatred that you wouldn't know a fact if it hit you. I will not respond again but I hope you grow up one day.

Sadly had the event not happened, he still wouldn't have scored points as he past 3 cars under yellow flags early in the race and would have been hit with a 25 second penalty

Unfortunately he would have never got his P4 though, due to getting a 20 second penalty for overtaking under yellow flags...

Bob McAdoo crazy how kimi didn’t get a grid drop

RicsKing94 what could he do, he can’t just wait

Lando Norris Mexico 2019

ITS BWOKEN

bwoah-ken

Zhi Han Lee Lando Norris mini Kimi confirmed.

Charles in bahrain 2019🥺

Kimi should have absolutely bagged the 2003 and '05 championship. Especially the latter. That 2005 car was a beast and Raikkonen was insanely fast. The engine just wouldn't hold together though. ☹️

Stupid and silly mistake from the driver/team....so I wouldnt really put that there, nor any other DNFs that were driver mistakes (like Häkkinen's 1999 and Vettel's 2018)...then again one might also say that Kimi's 2005 DNF was partly self-inflicted as he flat spotted that tyre while trying to lap Villeneuve.

@@Balnazzardi did the title say gut-wrenching mechanical DNF?

@Angga Pratama, nope, but imho its much more gut-wrenching when DNF happens not because of your own fault.....for example I would have much rather put the DNF of Bottas in Baku this year to this list than for example's Vettel's own mistake in Germany.

@@Balnazzardi Lewis Hamilton's right rear tyre was down to its thread ffs

@ Roshan Huded And again whose fault was that? It was both Hamilton's own fault for not demanding stopping earlier and being extra careful at the pit entry when he did finally come to change tyres and it was also Mclaren's fault for not reacting earlier. Anyhow you cant just say that Hamilton was in no way responsible for that because he was....all he needed to do in that race was to get to the finish and he essentially would have been champion.

First time and probably the only rookie to win a championship :(

@@Enra000 Don't forget Giuseppe Farina in 1950, tenuous I know :p

He was on such worn tyres, he was down to the tyre thread on his right rear. That was definitely McLaren's fault that fateful day😪

@@adamgregory3536 how could I know, I was -50 mate haha

Roshan Huded yes I can agree it was mclaren’s fault but Lewis should’ve just slowed down a lot and not go that quick in the Pitlane with dry tires He and mclaren did a stupid mistake that cost him the whole title

Some say that was the price they paid. The car was so good because they were on the limit of technology and parts which also means the chances of something twanging is increased.

Lol yeah he does sound like vettel

and Mansel look like John Cleese

I mean even him winning that race, Alonso coming 2nd. He still would've needed to finish 2nd in brazil.( finished 4th, Alonso on 2nd)

Alonso in Hungary or Italy that very same year were also quite heartbreaking

@@ParhamAz he had a puncture in brazil

@@formula31 Caused by Alonso's teammate ;-)

Imagine someone's unlucky failure turns into the best moment of your life. Lmao. I'll be back when Lewis won his 7th and most likely 8th title.

@@ParhamAzAre you sure about that? 😂

ADHAiiN7 this

its bwoken anti stall

@@deadstr its off. FUUUUUUCK

It hurts indeed, but everything that's in the video is just another level

@@creepydutchman i see your point

Vettel was leading in baku over 60%. Bottas had luck that the Red Bull crashed. Not so sad

He didn't DNF, he was classified 14th

A bit like Damon Hill in the Arrows.

and he was certain that this would be his last chance because he would be a test driver from next season Now THIS is an onion

Alonso in Monza that very same year (and it was also an engine failure) was painful too, he had made an incredible comeback from like 15th on the grid after an unfair grid penalty

Try be a Mclaren fan :'(

@@BertoCarvalho or of Williams. Worse.

Least that Jordan (now known as Racing Point) is still around.

Ferrari fans are always arrogant so i'm here laughing

@@cyberbird451 not all are arrogant

This is rather morbid, but at Zandvoort in 1973 Roger Williamson's car crashed and caught fire after suffering a puncture. As he lay trapped in the overturned and burning vehicle, David Purley stopped his own car and sprinted to help, diving into the flames to try to free Williamson, who was calling out for help. As marshals stood by unable to help because of the heat, Purley ran across the track, grabbed an extinguisher and desperately tried to put out the fire before eventually being dragged away. It took eight minutes for the fire engine to arrive by which time Williamson had died of asphyxiation. David Purley's heartbreaking and heroic attempt to save him can be seen in this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-afsfHjK1nCI.html

I'd say Stirling Moss would hold that honour. You've also got top class drivers like Carlos Reutemann and Ricardo Patrese in the 70/80's as well as Fisichella,RSC,Berger,Alesi,Coulthard from the 90's onwards. Rubens was a great driver though, huge respect for him.

Jack Connor Rubens was far better than fisichella, RSC, Berger, Coulthard and Alesi

@@reneamaral5253 I think he was as good as but not better. Alesi has unbelievably bad luck, Coulthard always challeged for wins and sometimes titles, RSC and Fisi never got their fair chance IMO. Same with Nick Heidfeld.

@@reneamaral5253 Berger also was a great of the sport. Another very underrated driver.

@@saubersditchedaccount5513 An interesting case, in a competent car he couldn't deliver, but when in a midfield one he was up there with the big guns...

Vettel hasn't been the same since

Noooooooooooooo

Yeah but to all the naysayers who say he wasn't a great driver...my god that tyre blowing at that speed the reactions to wrestle with that car and keep it steady as possible is amazing.