Zhou 3D Crash Animation - F1 British Grand Prix 2022

[@Crashalong]

To be clear, the pieces that you see breaking off the car between 1:24 and 1:46 are carbon fibre, not parts of the highlighted titanium roll structure. This part probably snapped to one side shortly after the initial impact and got trapped below the car until it saw a way out, as a whole, at 1:46. But no conclusive evidence can confirm this.

[@prasannarajendran9315]

Mate you are absolutely right about the Titanium roll structure, it didn't disintegrate and was found in one piece intact , the roll structure was completely sheared off from the car and bits of carbon fibre is seen. FIA has actually released the report on this incident which states the same. And great video, much hard work and effort. 👍

[@Ellen1600]

I would “love” to see Alex’ss crash too

[@elite76]

Fuck you do some amazing work.

[@Douken]

What I want to be clear about is how in the world did you make this video

[@Grant80]

This was fantastic I’ve seen the replay a hundred times. But seeing it like this shows the true horror of this crash. Snd just how bad it looked.

[@uzaironf1704]

Your animations are unbelievably good. F1 needs to hire you, seriously.

[@sumofat4994]

hire him for what? exactly

[@BeAlive.1]

@@sumofat4994 I think he means sky

[@marcovandenbosch7639]

@@sumofat4994 maybe to make this crash reconstructions even better, so they know what to improve for extra safety? In this case for example; stronger roll structure, higher tyrewall, bigger or no gap between tyrewall and fence, and more and more

[@tiberiusclaudiusnerogermanicis]

@@JohnSmith-uy2jg don't hear the British commentators saying this much during it. Had it of been zhous, maxes, Sergio, Carlos etc.. fault then they wouldn't have shut up about how they didn't see gasley in their mirrors. Fucking pissed me off!

[@J-doesstuff93]

@@JohnSmith-uy2jg ITS NOT RUSSELL'S FAULT ITS GASLY'S.

[@joshuakuehn]

This could straight up be posted on the official formula 1 channel and I wouldn't even blink. That's how professional this looks

[@marcovandenbosch7639]

if they pay the guy enough ;)

[@oliwakulla3341]

@@marcovandenbosch7639 first 6 months for free, after that - maybe. 🤣🤣🤣

[@bowlchamps37]

They have them already in house, made by Mercedes.

[@royvanderreijnst8250]

You could say youre turning the world of crash animations on its head with this one!

[@Hirosjimma]

HA!

[@Diepotatoes21]

Shut up

[@Depressed_Ferrari_Fan_16]

LMAOOOO

[@epicgamingchannel318]

thats actually genius

[@madam94]

The onboard for Zhou is really insane, he must have felt like it was forever and then wondered where the hell he was when he ended up stuck behind the barrier. Amazing animation!

[@Zergul_Zai]

Claustrophobia!!

[@RaindropsBleeding]

He said he actually lost consciousness when the car first flipped over because his helmet actually hit the track pretty hard on the initial impact. He woke up as they were pulling him out of the car.

[@wontonii232]

Holy shit this is a goddamn masterpiece dude. The Zhou POV shot is insane, you can really feel how terrifying it is from his perspective. Bravo my guy.

[@kennethgriffen]

It's insane how realistic this looks 👌

[@TheAdyyoung2000]

Scary how quickly the roll hoop failed. Pre Halo this would have been a certain fatality. The Halo has saved probably 4 lives already and that is just in F1. Great animation.

[@michaeltrumph121]

Fuck the HALO !!!

[@squeakybunny2776]

2 lives

[@omarroncal6970]

True: Grosjean, Leclerc (having Alonso over his halo in Belgium), Hamilton in Monza 21 and Zhou 22. I might be missing more.

[@barbonson_richards]

We've had 3 deaths in F1 in the past 42 years, so for some reason I doubt that in a recent 3 year window the halo saved 4 lives.

[@konigdiamant5080]

@@barbonson_richardsJust look up the crashes omarroncal talked about and you'll see that it is true. Perhaps drivers are more willing to take higher risks, knowing that it is incredibly unlikely that anything serious happens to them when crashing

[@luxolars]

You can literally see how Zhou’s head would be hitting the road if it wasn’t for the halo. Great safety measure f1 has made over the years

[@AshHill07]

If it hadn't been Zhou but one of Russell that rolled over he WOULD have been hitting his head on the ground. I'm all for praising the Halo, but it shouldn't be being relied on to pick up the slack of other safety systems that fail. Serious questions needs to be asked as to why the Roll Hoop failed. Too much of this one came down to luck.

[@Paulo99779]

Super Super halo

[@joshjackburns]

@@AshHill07 the roll hoop detached because the carbon fibre snapped where it was bonded to the chassis. Unfortunately it was something that’s basically unpreventable

[@robdavies82]

You’ve also got to realise the halo would have protected his head against blunt force trauma from the barrier - luckily the car went over it at the right way. Dan Wheldon died when his head hit a pole in the safety fence, which would also have potentially happened here.

[@jacksnare2022]

and his helmet would have been grounded to his head

[@kaz1_f1]

Your content is getting even more detailed every time - Keep it up!

[@MirageFL]

The average deceleration for each material is a really interesting information. Thank you for the great content !

[@hermifrese9348]

Stunning animation, incredible job

[@LKristof-]

Man, what a terrifying crash, imagine if something caught fire.. Maan

[@CallmeWinter95]

Where are you mate? I really miss your animations because they were absolutely awesome, hope you’ll get back soon!

[@CaptainMarci104]

Wow, this animation is just insane. I wish there would be such detailled and accurate animations for all crashes.

[@704317537]

Amazing you're able to show this. FIA should be watching this while thinking of better security measures.

[@runie]

This is your best one yet, so impressive.

[@guywhosomething]

Please come back bro 😢

[@Spin24]

I like how you add Latifi to show how good of a start he got

[@Lburt07]

Could you recreate Mark Webbers 2010 Valencia flip? And 0:46 puts into perspective how scary it would have been for Zhou

[@lucasmalassine2367]

That's a great idea!

[@Marrrrrko47]

He was probably expecting it but he was not expecting 0:39 which was probably scarier

[@patrickanderson9023]

Strange that Webber survived that accident, since he didn’t have the Halo around him 😜

[@gary5852]

@@patrickanderson9023 the halo would not have made a difference there

[@erikzabava937]

or Josef Kral flip GP2 Valencia

[@ratneshpatil5986]

Your attention to detail is out of this world!

[@jayworx888]

Can we make this guy famous. You go work for F1 seriously. Your graphics just gets better an better. Keep up the great work.

[@RedlineRossi]

How proud you must feel to be this talented man. WOW!!

[@Freezee]

Please never stop doing those :) They're amazing!!!!

[@kinidus]

Man, you should come back and do an animation of Russells crash at AusGP 2024

[@alfredome1493]

Awesome job, new suscriber here!

[@philparkes-1]

This is phenomenal! First idea of what the in car cam would’ve looked like - scary stuff. Glad he & the spectators were OK

[@yourDecisi0n]

You even animated Zhou putting his hands away from the steering wheel. The level of detail is insane

[@CR00SWIJK]

this look so good I watched it twice in a row.

[@frostgp1104]

I have seen this crash with my own eyes at Silverstone, and the second I seen the sparks of that car, I thought crashalong!! Amazing videos and I’m abt to watch this one, keep it up 👍🏻

[@thechumpsbeendumped.7797]

Same here, (not in person though) the sparks hadn’t even dissipated and I was thinking the Crashalong vid will be brilliant.

[@frostgp1104]

@@thechumpsbeendumped.7797 and it delivered 😂. Brilliant vid!

[@RobertGracie]

I love this content you put out the detail in it is something else, I really wish someone from the FIA would ask you to look at other incidents in this level of detail, you are one of a kind!

[@techtoday2069]

This was amazing, i just subscribed!

[@thechumpsbeendumped.7797]

Outstanding work, the best of yours I’ve ever seen. I watched it all in slow motion to catch every single frame. Oh, and I love the self publicity on the advertising banners. 😉 All hail the 😇

[@MrDennisloi]

Huge step up in the graphics, it looks so cook. Keep it up!

[@iqf125]

You should do the Australian restart - it was simply madness

[@Solo_Wing_Pixy]

Wow graphics and details are perfect! thanks for all your quality content :)

[@JustaGuy1250]

one mistake: the rollbar doesn't break apart as shown in the animation. instead, the entire thing comes off in one piece as the carbonfibre it's installed on fails and breaks off

[@Spin24]

I thought it just disintegrates

[@JustaGuy1250]

@@Spin24 no, in reality the rollhoop didn't break nor fail, instead the part it was mounted on failed

[@luzmanhasif6071]

@@JustaGuy1250 this is true....but that's one hell of animation right there 👍🏻👍🏻

[@H3liosphan]

Whoa, by the looks of things if Zhou's car caught fire, he'd be fubar'd trapped in that gap between the fence and tyre wall. Amazing animation and data, thanks!

[@theashleighdiaries]

Someone else pointed out in another comment in some car designs, they have the turbo right behind the head too - which makes the risk of fire very real with this coming apart of the car and he’s incredibly lucky to be alive right now as a result

[@ForzaPolska06]

Yeah i expected that video I just wondered when

[@karlailin]

There are some brilliant people on the internet!! You are definitely one of them. This video is just amazing!

[@previ26]

Thank you!! That‘s so unbelievable well made! ❤️♥️

[@diegamerpros3173]

That animation is the best

[@RaianF1]

This is just absolutely insane. I love your work

[@roddy6924]

Thankyou for this. I had watched it when it originally happened, and re-winded sever times. Could never exactly figure out the details myself. Now I understand completely. Much appreciated, thanks again.

[@mrbeschissen6690]

Please recreate Lance Stolls crash today in Singapore 😊

[@killbill71]

Through your amazing animations we get to see camera angles that are just impossible on TV. Brilliant work 👏👏

[@tdyerwestfield]

Absolutely superb re-creation.

[@LukePWilkinsVids]

Phenomenal work putting that together. Thank you!

[@1997barce]

As always an excellent Job

[@santoshkumarkav]

Where have you gone😢

[@snakescb]

incredible piece of artwork you created here, thank you for sharing this and you have my full respect

[@ganeshj6386]

The most awaited one thanks to your team.. You guys are admirable

[@Spin24]

Amazingly I'm pretty sure it's one guy

[@imaguythatyoudonyknow]

Awesome you have returned and im not disapointed!!

[@Marrrrrko47]

Did not expect you do it so quickly!

[@mercieralexis51]

The quality of the animation is insane! Good job

[@markwalker4297]

Thats one of the best videos ive ever seen. Brilliant.

[@JFK2866]

your animation was already incredible last season but this one you step up big time !

[@flaviog.7628]

Instantly subbed. Premium quality simulation, good job!!!!!!

[@IAmSoMuchBetterThanYou]

Beautiful modeling and rendering. This is an extraordinary insight into the crash. Without the halo this could have been a tragedy.

[@alecbrown66]

This is great animation. Seeing it live, the roll hoop had gone within seconds, and only the cage survived and kept Zho alive. This is doubly important as the roll hoop is used to lift a car out off the barriers, as well as the primary driver safety device. In some cars the turbo sits directly behind the drivers head. So if it collapses or breaks back as the car slides forward as in Zho's case, it could shatter the turbo housing and he would have been in lethal danger of the turbine and blades sawing into his crash helmet. The FIA need to get off their backsides and get much stronger and better roll hoops mandated, before some other driver gets killed by a roll hoop collapse.

[@rr-tv4763]

Are you okay. You have not uploaded in over a year. Hope your good.

[@goofyahh515]

bro where tf are they , im worried abit

[@df_pgh1056]

Beautifully done video. The halo is one of the best additions in Formula racing. Definitely saved Zhou’s life.

[@l-2112]

Mate, you work is nothing short of spectacular. Probably one of the best pieces of talent displayed in any area that I've seen in my life. One day I would love to see the recreation of Spa/1998, but I understand the massive challenging of collecting all the data of the dynamics of each car in the melee and then reproduce it artistically. In this case, other crashes that would be very nice for us (and relatively feasible for you) are Alliot in Mexico/88, De Cesaris in Austria/85, Katayama in Portugal/95 and the two BARs in Belgium/99. Once again, thanks for your great job and keep it up.

[@pg41226]

Respect for the quality of your work!

[@SMNRacer]

Hey crashalong, I know it’s been a while but I think you should do the Norris crash in Vegas

[@sveva.grf2]

another amazing animation! like always, i look forward to your vids as soon as a big crash happens

[@danielmolnar55]

i've been waiting for this

[@user-zm9te6zn7o]

Thank you for the great video and I always wait for a video after every accident, I love your channel's content and follow all your new😘

[@petnatcar]

I don't care much for any of the animated racing videos but this is truly amazing! Kudos to the animators for their exceptional skills in showing so many different angles. The realism of the video is also much more accurate and precise then previous versions.

[@SakibLH44]

Phenomenal job man! this is amazing.

[@desuuyo]

This is an incredible animation. So smooth and every movement exactly how it's happened. That Zhou's POV must be very scary for him irl

[@williandalsoto806]

Great stuff, glad this channel was recommended to me!

[@Crashalong]

Glad you liked it!

[@MyChannel-hi7kr]

Your work is absolutely amazing.

[@tristanalderton1415]

I love this channel, keep up the great work

[@ArtyI]

It still haunts me how Zhou's car just stops like that. Not to mention how long it took for him to be extracted from the car. The group I was watching the race with were all sat on the edge of our seats the whole red flag waiting to see him out of the car

[@DucklingGaming]

New viewer. Nice and detailed animation

[@Freezee]

Wow, this animation is insane, very very professional, also makes it interesting to see the ''Helmet cam''

[@dylxnrh2021]

I really wanna say thank you for this because I really wanted to do this for a school project and this really a helped, thanks so much!

[@driverprokiriakos5]

amazing job mate! thank you so much!

[@olivialambert4124]

This is remarkably well done. The accuracy was spot on. Tiny details like Russell's front wheels moving direction even modelled perfectly. The modelling of the cars was shockingly accurate. It gives a ton of clarity for an otherwise very difficult to see crash. My only criticism would be the underfloor strakes were incorrect as they all outwash very early as photos have shown. But considering how absolutely unimportant that is to the actual point of the video it's incredible that's all I could find wrong.

[@WarayF1]

Dude, that's not Hamilton, it was George Russell in that incident.

[@olivialambert4124]

@@WarayF1 Oh, my mistake. Thanks for the correction, edited the original.

[@orhana.3719]

Well done! Looks very professional

[@TestVideo2share]

Thanks! Gave us the details of the incident never seen before.

[@johns8352]

Unbelievable that Russell wasn’t being penalised for this..

[@fabian_ftn6604]

It's called the Mercedes phenomenal

[@Astoswoida]

@@fabian_ftn6604 correction: british drivers home race phenomal

[@yourDecisi0n]

It was a racing incident though. Zhou was in his blind spot and therefore he thought Zhou wasn't there. So, he squeezed Gasly to the outside. These incidents happen a lot in racing and it even happened in Austria too, where Gasly squeezed Hamilton to the outside

[@RiddleTime]

@@yourDecisi0n this is about russel suddenly diving to the left

[@LostIrishHoodie]

Incredible work once again. I can see clearly what specific videos and photographs you’ve used to get different angles on the crash because I’ve seen them all also. Little tidbits of information have not gone amiss, flawless video

[@beeeffemm]

This was fantastic!

[@Pshady]

Professional job dude, love it. Get your CV ready, you should be working in sports making these.

[@Crashalong]

It's more like a hobby to me

[@kamil5b339]

When hobby becoming a job, it could be stressful

[@jt663]

This was a crazy crash and we're very lucky no one was seriously injured or worse (Zhou or in the crowd) however the forces on Zhou and his car weren't anywhere near as bad as they first looked thanks to the way the car perfectly bounced up onto the catch fence. This crash cost Alfa less than Hamilton's in Austria quali cost Mercedes because that was a bigger impact.

[@manfredantoniusdistel7575]

Great job!!!! Well done and amazing Design. Thank you! 👍👍👍

[@frank71603]

It's so amazing to animate all off the event!

[@verraguud]

ever since that crash i’ve been wanting to see what it would have looked like in first person and you just gave me exactly what i wanted

[@abl892]

If volvo enters f1, they will hire you.

[@angieng8633]

Wow, great animation. The slow motion gives clearer perspective on the crash

[@Lackooo84]

George "chameleon" Russel should have a vision test...

[@Xenoni]

Holy cow that wasn’t F1 channel!!! That’s amazing quality!

[@hansserling]

Can you please make an animation of the restart chaos in the Australian GP 2023?

[@bendicrazy]

I knew there would be such a comment)

[@zyx777zyx]

Can't believe how close his head was to the ground

[@danyelexx]

Great animation!! Thanks for gift your work!!

[@abilucksanvijeyakumaran891]

Cannot explain how I feel to be back here, after, when I saw your first video on Grosjean's crah. Subscriber from that point. You have came a long way man ❤️😊

[@Crashalong]

Thanks for the support. Those first few done on a laptop! Even I wouldn't have guessed renders like these would be possible in the time that it now takes

[@abilucksanvijeyakumaran891]

@@Crashalong Hei thankyou for sharing that. Prayers for you to get featured in F1 real soon. 🤞❤️

[@Bncxx1275]

@@Crashalong would you making animation about the past race too ? Like early f1 or le mans

[@formulanova12]

Once again very good animation 👍. Lucky to have the halo and survive. Hats off to the FIA to advance this far in safety

[@Sagaris0]

It would interesting to watch the crash animation of Kubica's accident in Canada 2007, anyway awesome video

[@Crashalong]

It's already on my channel!

[@sportsgamingcentral4944]

i have been waiting for this!