David Besnard huge crash Bathurst 1000 2011

[@HaloToday]

Now those are some top notch track marshals!

[@TheRabbitFear]

+SQUIDGAMING no big deal he has a fireproof racing suit it won't even catch fire

[@almostfm]

+TheRabbitFear It's not that it won't catch fire. It's that it won't catch fire (or transmit heat) as fast as normal clothes. That's why they're not "fireproof"-they're "fire resistant".

[@AidanMillward]

TheRabbitFear tell that to Karl Reindler.

[@Shiftry87]

If u are engulfed in the fire that he was the suit will offer VERY limited protection. However if he dident have that on he´s entire body would have suffered extreme burn damage instead of the very high heat that he did suffer.

[@averagemanful]

The real danger is smoke inhalation

[@arebrec]

A lot of tracks worldwide could learn a lot from these marshals. Talk about showing how it should be done. Bravo!

[@AidanMillward]

arebrec V8s and British Touring Cars have the best marshals I've ever seen.

[@fabianrocha9924]

@Ben Amaral Nowadays they are but back in the day(When Roger Williamson crashed for example) they werent sadly...

[@fedde7232]

Tuscan GP f1 marshals: 👁👄👁

[@fedde7232]

Ben Amaral Tuscan gp: 👁👄👁

[@mtgplayer1239]

F1 Austrian GP Marshal: Thats not how we do it :D

[@mikeflaherty9220]

Dude they were putting the fire out before it even caught all the way. Nice work.

[@arwelroberts2123]

Wow what absolute hero's those Marshalls are. No thought for them selves straight in to help the driver. "YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR BETTER" Bloody good job well done.

[@hardwired6248]

0.1% comments: Race 99.9% comments: Marshalls

[@thatkidlvoe1400]

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[@RosinGoblin]

Marshal Mathers DOMINATED this race

[@miljeuta]

Well deserved

[@thesergeyplayrus7880]

@@thatkidlvoe1400 this is the first time I'm seeing someone talking about the percentage of the comment answering one

[@NealB123]

Best response by track marshals I've ever seen in any form of motorsports. Just brilliant.

[@GamingLiveNFS]

Amazing work by the marshals, Thanks to their phenomenally quick reactions. All us racing fans, never take marshals for granted from F1 to carting. Thankyou

[@nintense5317]

compare this to the marshalls that were on the scene at Grosjeans crash, absolute night and day.

[@endgamerplays]

Did you really just spell “karting” as “carting”? Fix your comment. Right now.

[@amr1t_]

@@endgamerplays get help

[@jameswall4154]

"he withstood the blowtorch" *5 seconds later the huge fire sparks*... what a coincidence! XD On a serious note, it's incredible that he could just walk away from that incident. Those marshals were so brave, V8 Supercars couldn't run without them. Brilliant stuff.

[@ronchalker9227]

Excellent speedy work by the marshalls.

[@supersevenn]

we cant race without these brave men and women safety marshalls. my hats off to all of them. Expecially the ones that watched over me every single time in SCCA Florida

[@alejandroperez5368]

Women??

[@Belta420]

@@alejandroperez5368 bruh u thought its only men

[@dibidus6080]

@@Belta420 men are objectively better under pressure in situations like this one. Better physical and mental performance. If you're mad at that fact then you're mad at reality itself.

[@Belta420]

@@dibidus6080 aint mad

[@Belta420]

Wait wtf 5 months ago

[@quaaludes7898]

Everyone else: those marshals did a great job Me: I want one of those chrome pit crew helmets!

[@AG.Floats]

Look up Ruroc helmets.

[@noprotein311]

Same

[@PoppaBlue59]

That...is devotion to one's trade and value placed on human life. In other words, some damned fine work by the Racing Marshals. Very impressive. Thanks for posting.

[@BSDShoes]

Amazing response and work by marshall, it's dangerous work no matter what sport. Back when I raced dirt bikes I slipped off course and rammed a marshall and as he was being carried away on a stretcher I apologized to him and he responded "no problem".

[@BritishShark11]

Came here from Simona de Castros Indy accident. This is what the reaction should've been, damn these guys where fast. Kudos to them!

[@justaniceguy9714]

Me too (Simona de Silvestro, actually)....maybe the marshalls in this scene ought to be training the one's in her accident.....these guys had a hundred and twenty litres of burning fuel out before the Indy guys even opened their extinguishers!

[@TrickyMario7654]

Ironically, she now races in this category!

[@msnovtue]

Simona's accident was appalling, especially considering the crew responding were not volunteer marshals, but paid "professional" safety crew. They didn't even manage to get their equipment turned on properly, and they waited FAR too long before deciding to help her get out. Hell, that's half the reason you have so many guys on a safety truck anyway: division of labor. There should have been someone with her, helping her undo belts & etc. from the start. You don't wait with fires in racing.

[@DestroyerWill]

It’s so nice to see so many people comment on those incredible marshal’s ❤️ they make me even more proud to be Australian

[@BeNoS69]

not to mention a live race track. very brave man deserves respect thats for sure.

[@Sweaty__Sheep]

Exactly, I doubt they had clearance to go on circuit. They made a call and saved him from death

[@illaeh]

Fire marshalls run TOWARDS a fire on one of the most dangerous parts of the circuit and then the driver WALKS rather than runs away. This video alone has more Alpha than the entire F1 season

[@forgonenapster8888]

What do you think now? Not attacking just curious

[@timewarpeatscrayons]

@@forgonenapster8888 assuming this was posted in 2014 that season was pretty boring tbh

[@forgonenapster8888]

@@timewarpeatscrayons I more meant since things like grosjeans crash

[@tgifhounds]

I've just discovered this circuit via iRacing and love it but... can't believe people are crazy enough to race around this place.

[@ccrum32]

It’s actually my favorite track lol, im one of these psychos lol

[@Jean_Driftstein]

This track is fun tho

[@ccrum32]

@@Jean_Driftstein yeah

[@JB-vd8bi]

@@ccrum32 and a public road lol

[@dennis12879]

when i see that go up i never thought he was getting out of that alive

[@bangkokom]

I dont know why this recomendd to me after watched fire marshall at austria's 2022 F1 gp

[@jkvz7184]

Why did he drop his extinguisher and left? Did he forgot his oven or something?

[@matthewscorgiecole3819]

The way that one Marshall stood in the fire protected the driver while shouting instructions to the other guys while his mate worked on getting the bulk of the fire out was incredible bravo

[@thakrak]

The camera gets splashed with fuel as wel!!!

[@illaeh]

Most people would leap out of a burning car with a desire to be as far away from it as possible, but David gets out with the enthusiasm of an office worker leaaving his car in the work carpark on a monday morning

[@ucheucheuche]

Imagine having an accident on the high road, and Fire Martials and emergency crew are there in seconds.

[@SamOfChristendom]

The Marshall with the hydrant deserves an award

[@matthewjohnson3087]

The two fire Marshall's got an award at the Officials Dinner that night

[@PoppaBlue59]

Now THAT is a crash crew! Best Regards from Texas.

[@digicam11]

marshalls did a fantastic job-well done and the thing about marshalls all over the world of motor racing are only volunteers who dont get paid

[@martijnwho6476]

Indeed, they probably saved the drivers' life!

[@magiclapras]

I like rewatching these crashes. Even more when it's live filming and not replayes, like this vid for example.

[@danem7300]

Kudos to the track marshals they jumped out onto a live race track to put the fire out

[@AWholeCanOfCranky]

@C906070: I agree; The MSDS for the ethanol fuel they use has the ignition point at ~16 degrees centigrade... even the heat of the road would have ignited the flames (hence it starting near the initial contact point...

[@hvf26]

i'm really surprised they didn't red flag this. holy crap that was an absolutely massive crash, huge respect to the marshalls

[@krazed0451]

In a shorter race format they certainly would have, there's time to be burnt for clean up in the 1000 ;-)

[@kai-matthiasbast8612]

That safety car wasnt playing he pulled onto the track like he was highway patrol 🤙 great reactions from everyone

[@MrPSG78]

Faster than the marshalls in Austria yesterday for the Austrian GP...

[@WhippyWhipGaming]

excellent marshal work with that fire

[@ox3443]

@imstretch Well you are quite correct, the smoke would have been toxic and its certainly not nice to take in to your lungs. I am a fire fighter for motorsport and have seen my fair share of fires on track. never at bathurst but more local tracks and summernats. but a huge congrats to these guys. well done. and my thoughts are with the camera man, i hope that fuel spray didnt hurt him

[@bruddahZone]

Still havent seen a driver as courageous as Senna who unbuckled himself to save his fellow driver.

[@Navitori]

Maybe not quite as brave, but it happened at the 1999 Calder Park round of the V8's. Lowndes had quite the off, several drivers were first on the spot to check on him (with the off being between Marshal Posts).

[@MikeG42]

Good job by the track safety workers in putting out the flames.Glad the driver is ok. Awesome track by the way.

[@LRBerry]

I'm seeing this for the first time. It was so good to see the rapid reaction to the fire from the marshals and to see the driver get out of the car. What ignited the fuel?

[@norrishude6177]

Took Johnson a while to recognise the most important thing was that David Besnard was ok.

[@UsonianAC]

I was watching the U.S. feed on SPEED (which had different announcers than the Australian 7 Network feed), and I've always wondered how the Australian commentators reacted to this crash.

[@imstretch]

what a selfless fire marshall, no BA kit on, just ran straight in to protect Besnard. That smoke would've been toxic and breathing in that shit would've screwed you're throat up instantly

[@nicotine_twoshot]

seeing how fast that fuel got lit on fire is SCARY

[@pesk7028]

Who else thought the thumbnail was clickbait?

[@EinfachManuel]

i wonder why the fire took so long to light up. like what even lighted it up?

[@RainbowSushiii]

yes same question here. i mean what the hell is there lighting the fire?

[@SirSpinalColumn]

Probably smashed the exhaust off and left it in a puddle of fuel.

[@mikespearwood3914]

The leaking gas.

[@msnovtue]

Couldn't see for certain, but my guess is a hot part/piece of debris rolled into the fuel spill.

[@nintense5317]

Marshalls putting F1 marshalls to shame, god damn, NO FEAR!

[@Silent_Shadow]

Just a few moments later and he would have suffered serious and potentially fatal burns. Safety guys for the win!

[@xXE4GLEyEXx]

Those marshals both on top of the situation and skilled at their jobs. Big kudos for saving the life of the driver.

[@thomasdoran2363]

well done those track marshals - very professional & fast!

[@TheRealUnconnected]

Fckin top marshalls, real heros. They jumped out onto a hot track at a corner thats right at the end of a MASSIVE straight where cars are clocking like 230kph and saved that drivers life.

[@RainbowSushiii]

yeah but tbh would have loved seeing him climbing out of that car like ghostrider and just get extinguished on the side of the track. i mean his suit can probably take the few seconds of fire.

[@quaaludes7898]

@@RainbowSushiii That would be pretty sick to see, but I'm glad it didn't come to that

[@BigWelshMike]

Heroes, the lot of them.

[@florencefortyseven]

The quickest safety car call I've ever seen.

[@dwightschrute782]

Superb marshalling. Absolutely fantastic

[@AldershotDave]

Top work by the Marshalls!! Brilliant!! How pathetic that the commentator had to mention the sponsors name when referring to the safety car!

[@eIucidate]

It's a huge testament to the safety of motor racing that, in less than a minute after the crash, the biggest concern was how to clean up the track.

[@trulymeparker]

Bullshit, the biggest concern was for the safety of the driver

[@jamielonsdale3018]

@@trulymeparker No, it wasn't. That was the biggest concern when the crash happened, not one minute later when the driver has already left the trac, the fire is out and now you need to get the track ready for the race to resume.

[@gasmonkey2687]

Anyone being showed the worlds best track marshals in 2020

[@christianbuczko1481]

did anybody else notice that the fire started away from the car, and spreads towards it, not at the car going away??

[@msnovtue]

Fuel spill.... Fuel spilled from the car during the crash, but wasn't ignited by it. That said, the car would've ignited it sooner rather than later; just too many hot things & random sparks on an active racetrack.

[@vonarg]

2:25 The red and white car ignitiated the fire, that goes from the right side of the road to the left side in second due to the fact that this fuel is highlty volatile especialy dispersed on a hot surface which facilite the evaporation.

[@ChampionPuddle15]

I think, and this is just speculation, but it starts as a car goes past, so maybe the hot exhaust or even the ignited burnt fuel from the exhaust as it went past.

[@pg1171]

Cameraman was fairly brave also. If you notice, you can see what looks like fuel splatters on the camera lens. There was fuel all over the place. It could easily caught fire also. Fire marshals were right on the spot. Great job. I'm from the states, but I love watching these guys race, when I can catch one on TV. It's always good. Way better than NASCAR. Australian Supercar, F1, and the Petron series are my favorites.

[@pg1171]

+David Hadley Sorry for the misnaming. I was typing in a hurrynand forgot.

[@stuarthancock571]

Definitely fuel was splashed on the camera. Notice that the cameraman subsequently jumped off his stand in the far away shot. No doubt he was a little damp from fuel as well. Very lucky.

[@memilesb1]

Stuart Hancock Could have been water splashed up from tyres in the tyre wall

[@tf7274]

Was that fuel on the camera lens?

[@vonarg]

2:25 The red and white car ignitiated the fire, that goes from the right side of the road to the left side in second due to the fact that this fuel is highlty volatile especialy dispersed on a hot surface which facilite the evaporation.

[@McLusches1]

As a former motorsport driver, I wouldn't even drive a meter on this cursed track!

[@eno_de]

hmm why are the V8 Cars cathing so extremly fire? - what is the differens in e.g. GT3 Cars?

[@leewright8094]

Watching the flames crawl towards that car was horrible.. but those marshall were amazing!

[@insagnia3535]

Credits to the people who put out the fire so fast

[@jameswise5732]

Unlike the Marshalls at the Austria Grand Prix yesterday when Sainz caught fire, these guys were on it! Bravo 👏

[@DestroyerWill]

I know right… they were very slow to respond

[@THIS---GUY]

They were at Carlos car within seconds and he couldn't get out properly because he was rolling back. If this car was rolling down mount Panorama and the driver couldn't get out while on fire would be a different.

[@alan133]

@@THIS---GUY Look at this and look back at the fire response for Carlos. Only one person with fire extinguisher got anywhere close to be able to put out the fire. Compare to this, 2-3 Marshalls rushed into action which immediately put out that huge fireball before it got close to the driver. Compare this to Grosjean's crash. The Marshalls can't even put out the fire until much later, which luckily Gorsjean got out the car relatively quickly. Imagine if Zhou's car caught fire in Silverstone. For the world's most prestigious track-racing motorsports it sure is slow in responding to fire comparatively.

[@THIS---GUY]

@@alan133 turn 2 has a ton of people and several Marshall stations nearby. If it happened somewhere else at bathurst response time wouldn't be as fast. Sainz wasn't as close to anyone and they had farther to come to get to the track Zhou was pinned and sainz car was still rolling and he couldnt get out safely. This car was fully stopped and driver left easily.

[@Delta2D2]

I never understand why marshals are volunteer’s. They are Hero’s, and should be paid their weight in gold.

[@Gabriel.Vargas]

It's curious how the fire begins from the wall to the car. Don't remember any fire incident in motorsports like that. Also, kudos to the marshalls! Great response!

[@gageb28-95]

Look up Gary Batson

[@Gabriel.Vargas]

@@gageb28-95 horrendous accident!

[@vonarg]

Look again. 2:25 The red and white car ignitiated the fire, that goes from the right side of the road to the left side in second due to the fact that this fuel is highlty volatile especialy dispersed on a hot surface which facilite the evaporation.

[@megatron621]

0:10 that guy with the little fire extinguisher: "Chill the fuck out, I've got this!" hahahahahahaha

[@jamielonsdale3018]

As your comment was made before timestamps auto-converted to a hyperlink: 0:10

[@steveb936]

Well done marshals.............What ignited the fuel ?

[@quentinneveux5057]

Those marshals. Holy smoke they have big balls

[@markholcombe4502]

No fear from the track marshals, fucking what an effort!

[@chickenskin21]

Imagine surviving a 260kph crash just to witness flames to come straight at you

[@lukedorrington9712]

How did it ignite from the tyre wall?

[@petert3355]

The marshal's as always in Australia did a darn good job. But also consider that this type of incident is the reason why the fuel cells in V8's were moved inboard of the rear axle. Specifically to reduce the likelyhood of this happening. Great job by the marshal's on the day in reacting to what was before them. Great job by the sport to react after the event to alter the cause and try to prevent it happening again.

[@marty3469]

Our Marshalls are very well trained and their response is second to none as shows here, heroes 👍 Sticking a full load fuel tank in the boot or under the boot is a Aust 70s idea and it should have been canned not long after. Euro really cars in the 70s had the tank between the back arches, the safest place, but took V8 racing 50yrs to find that out !!!

[@channelgong]

At 4:43, you can see white smoke shooting above the car before the vehicle itself turns at all.

[@Nascar47fan]

@UsonianAC What was their reaction?

[@smittyjaegerwebermanjenson5042]

Absolutely excellent job by the safety crew, incredible...

[@hateithere1017]

how did the fuel just ignite???

[@brendanjarvis2306]

J Pils Probably a Holden supporter flicked a Cigarette...

[@khalilrichardson491]

Then out of nowhere, a fire flies up from the spilled fuel

[@benglasgow]

Is that fuel on the camera?

[@skytasha]

those track marshals are heros

[@Katrina_8888]

Those Marshall’s are the real hero’s they had the fastest reaction they got there before any of the marshals at Bahrain 2020 Roman Grojons fire ball crash

[@ey7290]

Grosjeans crash took out a fire marshal post. The first on the scene was the medical car

[@shamalchandra3764]

The marshalls at the austrian gp could learn a thing or two from these guys

[@thephilpott2194]

I know it's hot over there but....what was the source of ignition? Low flash point but high auto ignition point. First time i've seen remote ignition which then spreads to the car...!

[@almostfm]

@Christian Buczko--I'm guessing that there was something hot (exhaust pipe or something in the rear end) that broke loose in the crash and landed in the fuel. One it lights, it's going to spread to wherever there's fuel.

[@DoubleWavedYellows]

Probably so. Perhaps the track itself was hot enough to ignite the fuel?

[@almostfm]

It probably wasn't the track itself. The ignition temperature for gasoline is about 230 C or almost 500 F.

[@DoubleWavedYellows]

So it definitely would have been something off of Bernard's car - can't really tell what though. Either way he's one lucky bugger!

[@longie1201]

Matt Leary most likely it was a broken rotor they brake very hard into corners and build so much heat into them if you look for some videos they have cameras that show you it

[@DoubleWavedYellows]

Might not be the brake pads, as they had only just been replaced in a pit stop, and the reason for the crash is because they weren't up to temperature...

[@Rusty_Gold85]

the other danger was the cameraman was splashed with fuel too.My thoughts is the ignition came from a hot road surface??

[@theariesexperiment4642]

What exactly lit that fuel?? The ignition point was 30ft from the rear of the car.

[@ey7290]

Broken exhaust pipe I believe, hot enough to ignite the fuel vapours

[@the.magnus]

Sad the HOLDEN VS FORD days of racing are gone

[@chakalabradores]

Much worse, Holden is retired and goodbye in 2021.

[@DaveC_TN]

What a hit!! Did anyone ever determine the cause of this incident?? What I noticed was at 2:49, from the VIP in-car shot, you can see what appears to be a stream of some fluid erupt from the accident vehicle. It's shooting straight up over the roof. Looks like a radiator vent or main hose blew out. The car spun around almost immediately after this event. I wonder if that dumped coolant under his rear tires causing the spin?? Track marshals - AWESOME JOB!! Heroic!! Congrats on making out of that fireball Bresnard!!

[@gamerchuck1793]

no front brakes

[@James-oo1yq]

Notice the fire didn’t start at the car, it spread from the trackside somewhere

[@antoninoseminara6420]

Da Cpq sono orgoglioso del lavoro dei Marshalls australiani grandissimi con gli attributi.

[@HannibalTheC]

I would really like to know what was igniting the fuel. I would have expected that it would start at the car. Maybe at the engine or the brakes but not at the side of the road.

[@adematthewsracing]

The fire started where the car impacted originally so presumably something hot came off the car in the impact.

[@stuartharper2170]

This is how the marshals should of acted to Carlos Sainz in Austria

[@alanjm1234]

Pretty weird, the fire didn't start at the car, but at the edge of the track. Cigarette butt or something? At around 3:04 you see something fly into the tyre barrier bottom left of screen.

[@vonarg]

2:25 The red and white car ignitiated the fire, that goes from the right side of the road to the left side in second due to the fact that this fuel is highlty volatile especialy dispersed on a hot surface which facilite the evaporation.

[@NillerMann]

How did the fuel ignite so far away from the car?

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

Probably from the exhaust smashing off the rear of the car.

[@priestleyharker4046]

Fire is the worst nightmare of any driver

[@weedytc73]

Fuel on the track ok, but why inflame?

[@KissOfTheCreature]

this is a co2 extinguisher?

[@Zoomer30]

So just the heat of the track caused it to catch?

[@almostfm]

No-gasoline ignites at about 500F, or 230C. But there's tons of parts in the rear end that can get that hot.

[@gorgosanma]

Why would the car lock the rear brakes like that? I wonder what was the cause.

[@adematthewsracing]

They do front brake pad changes in this race. The driver has to pump the pedal to make sure the pads are seated properly otherwise the pedal will move too far and lock the rears. Race cars have separate front and rear brake circuits unlike road cars which have diagonal circuits. The engineers tell the drivers over and over on the radio to pump the pedal as they leave the pits as the drivers can forget with everything else going on. In this case the driver had radio failure and didn't hear the engineer.

[@mouser485]

What caused the fire to ignite at the tires and then flow toward the car ? I would think the hot car would ignite the fuel then the flames run back up to the point of impact. But it did the exact opposite. Glad the guy was ok

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

Part of the exhaust that had broken off.

[@mouser485]

@@goodshipkaraboudjan ahh, ok, that makes sense.

[@nbaezzy2099]

What caused the gas to ignite so rapidly?

[@ZeShirky]

Race fuel is pretty flammable. Doesn't take much to ignite.

[@nbaezzy2099]

No shit, but I don’t think someone was smoking a cigarette and decided to throw it when they see the gas. Jackass

[@ZeShirky]

@@nbaezzy2099 So you ask a question and someone answers it, which means you just insult them? Anyway it probably ignited from the heat of the track or some sort of spark was created in the moment or afterwards.

[@ZeShirky]

@@nbaezzy2099 Supercars use a race blend of E85