The most haunting thing in motor sport has always been a still driver's helmet after a crash. That live clip of Wilson careening into the barrier and then sitting still, limp, in his cockpit after the car came to rest will always be with me. I feel for Sage. This was a true tragedy.
You can be dead for a while and still twitch especially a young healthy person. The aero screen keeps this from happening again, and barriers/fences are being improved. Of course something will happen eventually, wickens crash showed how the fences can still chew a car up.
1:47 Just seeing the initial reaction of the 1st medics plus the continued arrival of other frantic medics shows how seriously Justin Wilson's injuries were.
@@mathildegaye8492 his head was perfectly attached to the rest of his body. The official cause of death after autopsy was a severe head injury from blunt force trauma to the head.
They say Sennas head move because of a body reaction to the extreme pain, at that moment he´s already dead but the pain of crash is so much that the nerves of his dead body react moving his head.
@@leonardoborges5784 it sounds cruel but its like chopping a chickens head off or killing a fish. theyr nerves sometimes cause theyr muscles to twitch. its like having a short in an electrical system
I was at this race and it was the longest race i’ve ever been to. Half the field dnf and this horrific accident to finish it. Insane the amount of people who left as soon as this incident happened too. R.I.P badass
R.I.P. JUSTIN WILSON YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR ALL THE GREAT RACES YOU DROVE AND ALL THE HEARTS YOU TOUCHED IN THE PROCESS..............GODSPEED TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@brandonglover2276 you,re right sorry Checked the news its true part from the other car hit his head but from this video it looked me that maybe his his neck injured because of the g forces when hitting the wall RIP
@@thesaturdayguy a piece of debris hit his head and after that he lost control of the car and hit the wall. I was uncounces after he got hit and the wall didn't help his injury
Just a reminder of how such random things going at random speeds at random directions still put you in danger, and a thing done differently at any point could have saved him.
I was there. I thought crashes were some of the coolest moments in Motorsport at age 8. Now I realize how terrifyingly deadly they are. Safety should not be taken lightly
Well they shouldn’t have their heads outside the car, this crash would have been far from fatal but the designs are stupid, they took wat to long to implement the halo and in Indy car the deflection shield too
Ridhuan Abu Bakar Do you even know which car is in question,which driver?A debris from yellow car hit the oncoming car/driver from top unto a helmet,breaking his neck.This is in no way similar to Ratzenbergers impact.Watch 7:30 onwards
The car which came rolling into the scene after they focused on the yellow and red car. The other car was Justin's. I never saw him hit anything whatsoever!! It's like he just came rolling into the scene..gone. RIP...
I still remember watching this race live. I knew after the replay they showed that there was no way he could have survived that impact. It's just a shame that it took him losing his life for the sport to wise up!
@@mcr-1266 both of them crashed hard against the wall, but justin had the hans, and dale earnhardt not. The difference is that wilson was hitted in the head by car debris, and Dale's head was fractured and the neck too
He went like 240-260km/h into a fucking concrete barrier with zero give and even though he didn't hit head-on with the nose, he was still heading straight towards the barrier... Concrete barrier, not tirewalls. Even todays F1 cars wouldn't be able to keep the driver alive in that scenario. Halo doesn't stop the driver from experience extreme g-forces. Especially the way the F1 cars were built back then.
Well #1, everyone knows that one of the suspension arms pierced his head, not 'most people agree'. #2, even if nothing pierced him at all, the sudden deceleration would of killed him. So I'm, for the second time, saying that the halo is irrelevant. If the halo was in place, and Ayrton was driving the 2018 car with all it's safety features AND it was a tirewall, then yes- he would probably be alive today- assuming the suspension doesn't miss the halo (which is likely). If he had none of those things except the halo then the chances of him living through the impact is next to zero. Even if he made it through the impact- there was an hour-long helicopter ride to the hospital that he would have to endure.
IKR. I’ve just moved to the Netherlands, and I’m not exactly spitting out Dutch with ease, but you can tell alot about what’s being said by listening to someone’s tone.
Thank you Justin, every event like this makes the sport safer. I heard you donated many organs too. If true then, well thanks again. Rest In Peace - Justin Wilson
I can't believe the guy survived the first crash, but Justin didn't. His wreak doesn't even look that bad on camera. Crazy dangerous sport. May he rest in peace.
The replay clearly shows that the blue came around the corner full speed and a flying piece of debris from the first crash, hit the driver of the blue car in the face. After he got hit, he coasted into the wall. He was basically already dead before he hit the wall. The debris he hit was part of the first car that crashed in the corner. Watch the replay. At 7:36 you can easily see it. You will see the piece of debris fly way high into the air after it bounces off the drivers face and the announcers say _"Aye Aye AYE!!"
No, it's just the G-force of the deceleration «wearing off». If you brake hard, you lurch forward, and the second you get to a stop, your head will lurch back, whether you're alive or not.
@@steventhomas9461 Exactly, very dense carbon fiber... essentially the thickest, most robust piece of the bodywork. One hears it all the time, but Justin was truly a gentleman ... nicest guy in the paddock.
@@FOH3663 Totally a very nice guy ,even though it was Carbon Fibre it was was at least 20lbs in weight ,i felt a nose cone at a Mclaren Factory and they were very heavy ,basically has to be the strongest part of the race car
On this russian feed along with Sergey Bednaruk Mikhail Aleshin was a co-host, who has his fair bit of Indy as well as pretty serious crash back in 2014. And I strongly guess he already knew how serious Wilson was
i was driving through south dakota listening to the radio broadcast of the race when this happened. I could by the tone of the announcers voices that it was a serious situation.
So sad. Justin Wilson, 37, was struck by a piece of flying debris in the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania in August. An inquest in Northampton heard race leader Sage Karam hit a barrier at 200mph, scattering debris on the track. Father-of-two Wilson was hit on the helmet and died the next day. Coroner Anne Pember read a statement from Wilson's father, Keith, who described the event in lap 179 of 200 as a "freak accident".
At 1:03 you could tell he was dead. His neck and head were just lifeless and didn't even move once the car finished the impact. Very eerie and disturbing, yet sad sight.
+ THE MUSIC IS ALL I GOT Part of the front of that red and yellow car hit him in the head. You can see the piece go airborne after the hit, and WIlson's car then veers off the track.
Omg I didn’t know about his accident I’ve been out of irl since 2014ish but I remember Justin Wilson very well because he dominated the Champ Car Series when they had a race stop for street race event in downtown San Jose CA every year b4 he jumped to IRL oh man RIP JW 🙏🏽😣 I was just watching some of Dan Wheldons footage and I came across this 😣
THE MUSIC IS ALL I GOT - Try 7:35 just before the Russians say Aye Yai Yai - Bill udar s etom elementom pryomo v Schlemm - the gas canister (element) is flying and hits Justin in the head causing him to go unconscious. The word bil is past tense and the word pryomo v = directly into his Schlemm = helmet and the word udar means hit or strike.
RU-vid after the new update keeps putting subtitles on as default on english videos and i have to manually turn them off after each ad... But when a video is in russian, "no, he doesn't want subtitles."
WOW I am so SADDENED by this! My brother was 21 when he died behind the wheel (not a race car driver but he was racing over 100mph) he died instantly and all I can think about these two young men was: it MUST have been their time because the way these two died is one in a million odds. RIP to this man and condolences to all who loved him! RIP William Brian Morris Jr of Wichita, Ks. Gone almost 15 years but little brother you live on in our hearts and memories!
@@Stopsign32v It can be argued that it was his own fault, but his sister's loss is just as real. I have made at least one mistake that should have had serious consequences. You probably have too. P.S. I was neither drunk nor speeding just stupid.
My brother did the same thing and very nearly died from it. Survived but a year long recovery. I am so sorry for your loss. I hadn’t thought about that accident until I read this. Sure brings it all back!
I get triggered when someone uses that phrase. What have the two to do with each other? The person dying would rather be still alive, regardless of the way he died.
I remember reading somewhere that Sage got death threats for this and people wanted him charged with murder. They did the same to Sterling Marlin when Earnhardt crashed.
the guy that died was the 2nd guy that crashed. he didn't die from impact with a wall. debris from the first guy that crashed hit him in the helmet and killed him.
this is the type of stuff i am paranoid about. dying so fast from such a quick event there is absolutely nothing you can do but accept your accept you died. i often ponder what people see and hear in there last moments and i cant help but think he had absolutely no clue but was focused on avoiding the car and the path ahead and then to be instantly dead i cant imagine. edit: what miracle he didn't impact sage for he wouldn't of been walking away on his own.
Unfortunately we can't stop things like this from happening. Whether it be Justin, Dan Wheldon, Dale Earnhardt or a long list of others it's always a tragic loss. The only solace that we as fans have is that they died doing the thing they loved.
Actually, what happens is the nosecone of the already crashed car bounces into the head of Justin Wilson, that knocks him out and sends him towards the wall with no brakes applied, full throttle. Today, that wouldn't happen as the Halo would take the impact. So, we HAVE stopped exactly THIS from happening.
Dale Earnhardt died from a neck injury that would have been at least 99% preventable with the implementation of the HANS device, but due to Senior's stubbornness of not wearing one, resulted in his death and NASCAR then making it mandatory that all drivers wear one.
Track crew knew almost immediately. That's why all the emergency vehicles passed Karam's car and quickly gathered around Wilson's. They did a great job. Unfortunately there was nothing they could do. RIP Justin :(
@@gregoryvierra6114 yep, in complement to gregory here, they only knew he was unconscious, since he didn't die instantly BUT died on a coma sometime later...
Hopefully this incident will no longer happen now that Indy Car has adopted the aero screen technology to all their cars. R.I.P. Justin Wilson. You will never be forgotten!
Damn, what a freak accident, the halo would have likely saved him, but sadly hadn't been invented yet. It didn't get introduced to Indy Car until 2021, F1 in 2018 and was first tested by F1 in 2017.
It’s always tragic when someone dies especially in a sport. At least we know they died doing something they loved. RIP Justin Wilson and all others that have died in their sport.
It’s a tragedy, but on the same hand, he passed doing what he loved, and honestly, that’s beautiful. Rest In Peace Justin, you are beloved by racing fans and others alike.
The crash did not kill him. Hitting the piece of debris at over 100 mph is what killed him. The crash was minor compared to getting hit by the nose cone at over 100 mph.
I remember watching this race live and seeing this wreck and thinking "eh he will be ok." Fell asleep shortly after and when i woke up first thing I saw on ESPN was a replay of the wreck followed by a RIP Justin Wilson graphic.......I was dumbfounded
that's horrible, when you see crashes, death is the last thing to come to mind, you start by thinking "modern safety is fine, he'll be right" but you don't really think about the G-Forces or impact, those are the thing that kill, RIP Justin
@@Kartdriver1 I’m with you. Racing has gotten so much safer over the years that someone dying or even being seriously injured rarely ever crosses my mind anymore. We’re so used to seeing wrecks where the drivers hop out and walk away that we can forget about how dangerous driving a car around at high speeds actually is.
@@Kartdriver1 Yep, and on the opposite end you have Grosjean's horrific crash in Bahrain where he walked away in relatively good shape all things considered. His car was comprehensively destroyed *and* burst into flames. Looking at the aftermath and knowing he only suffered burns to his hands and ankles is amazing to me.
@@BiggieTrismegistus racing is incredibly unpredictable, like Ayrton Senna's crash, he just drove into a wall, no fire, no nothing, but a crash like Niki Lauda's, with all the fire and stuff, and yet, he got out and walked away. Its almost like a game of luck
I have been around most kinds of racing all most all my life, but I love all the in\\INDY cars and the LIGHTS. BUT for the life of me I can never figure out why the crash crew and first respondents have to literally jump up and down the get the bus (sorry fireman's talk for ambulance) to roll and why when they see a hit this hard they are not lining up at the exit to the track after the first respondents are on the track. I know I am only talking maybe 2 or maybe 3 minutes, but having worked the bus for many years that couple of minutes can make all the difference. And I am sure that the crews and families would feel better if they saw them almost right there waiting. Also for life flight to start up the chopper takes a couple of minutes so if the bus crew were right there again if needed that couple of minutes to do the start up of the motor might again be the difference. So please excuse my ignorance but I have spent my life being right there on ALL emergencies. be it a fire, a shooting, or a adult/child trapped. Never in the way but ready at a seconds notice to jump in to rescue a person in need. I understand that a hit this hard usually will mean I am loading someone into a bag but all the same.
I actually want to compliment the respect given by the commenters on this video. Too many people actully write nasty stupid or just in appropriate comments.
wilson was in the blue car. at 7:35 to 7:39 watch closely - a piece of debris (nose) goes flying up in the air - after hitting wilson, who goes immediately unconscious or is deceased from being hit, causing his blue car to drive into the wall
Smiley died because the cars back then had absolutely no structural integrity (survival cells weren't a thing at all), so his car hitting the wall was essentially a rolling bomb set off... Bourdais had a relatively similar crash at Indy after his failed attempt to correct a slide and he got away with a fractured breastbone and ribs-still bad indeed, but better be this than a fatality of course...
God gave hima halo so we could drive safely today with one. Thank you for the lives you've saved Justin and the lives you continue to save today. RIP Justin
From the moment I signed a contract and got paid to make a living Racing in F1, I would ensure that if I was ever killed in a race, I would go happily and be completely content living my dream...
The simple fact that there is no halo or head protection to the vehicle is ridiculous. What a shame that a family has lost there husband, dad, son and brother. Let alone the close friends. Totally preventable
The crash did not kill him. He hit a piece of debris from the other car at full speed. The piece of debris hit him in the face. You can see it in the replay at 7:36 bounce of his helmet and fly high into the air. From then on he just coasted into the wall.
This is the first thing that favoured me for the use of halo's in F1, After seeing leclerc halo being smashed by Alonso's wheel finalised that halo's should be used in all single open cockpit racing car's, I know they're not aesthetically pleasing but it won't be long before the engineers will stream line it to the shape of the car so it won't look as bad, least it reduces chance's of death, maybe this guy would be here if they had a halo, I was anti halo until I seen this,sad.
Same kind of tragic luck with Wheldon. He got turned and lifted into the caging at the absolutely wrong angle where his head was exposed to the full impact of hitting the cage. Unsurvivable at those speeds just like that debris hiring Wilson.
IT UNFORGIVABLE to have fatal crashes in any sport in 2015 and going stupidly round a circle no matter how safe the cars will become they always gonna touch each other and take off ITS STUPIDLY DANGEROUS TO RACE LIKE THAT IT DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE AND ITS ALWAYS THE "TOUCHING" GONNA BE FATAL
Another preventable death. It was described as a freak accident, but an aeroscreen probably would have saved him. As racing organisations dragged their feet for years regarding more stringent driver safety regulations, drivers continued to needlessly die. Shameful. Condolences to Justin Wilson's loved ones.
What a freaking accident! The first impact already looks horrific with that counter turning after impact and the debris hit the head of the following driver at who knows 150-200khm!!!
Karam is FUCKING lucky, look at the slo-mo where we can see the nosecone hitting Wilson...it's just as if it almost landed on Karam as well afterwards ! And there's a first car launching the nosecone into the air before Wilson came in... lucky, lucky there weren't a couple additional very bad injuries there... R.I.P Justin Wilson :(
I saw this live on TV. I knew that when Justin Wilson suddenly turned left for no reason that it was bad, I immediately thought debris hit his helmet... RIP Justin
@@synchronium24 i think they responded appropriately. The screen helps. I just don't think open cockpit makes or breaks racing. Id rather go to a race with no crashes than one with another young race car driver dying.
