F1 safety car CRASHES at the ITALIAN GP!

[@thijs6758]

Apparently the Safety car crashed because of a brake failure, which is why Bernd flicked it sideways (hence the screeching) to reduce momentum before going into the gravel and hitting the barrier. So even crashing is done skillfully by this driver😅

[@seashackf1]

I heard a caliper locked. It looks like the car pitched left. He then counter steered and it went right and spun. He was counter steering the whole way like he was still trying to save it. Kind of like an unintentional Scandinavian flick. Deliberately spinning a car at those speeds is a huge risk. The car could flip if it hit the trap sideways. Now, If he did have no brakes he may not have had an option. If possible, with a very fast corner like the Parabolica corner ahead, I’d try to get off the gas and take the corner to scrub speed. It would then enter the gravel trap in a more controlled manner and not straight on to the barriers like it did. That’s a very big ‘if possible’. I think this was a sudden failure and he was just skillfully reacting. Either way Bernd handled it like a champion.

[@samudrasyarif6828]

Dunno hy this safety car brake balance is not in regulation, just like before FIA change the brake regulation before Zandforst so the Safety Car Cheating not use the new Regulation of FIA. hehehe

[@sammoore3687]

@@seashackf1clearly you’ve never driven a high powered car before, this is literally what they’re trained to do

[@jvdm9317]

Guys... let's be real here. The crux of the matter is that it's an Aston Martin. I really don't need to say more. You can put lipstick on a pig.....

[@therealf.b.i9468]

​​@@seashackf1so do you want him to drive straight into the barrier at like 180kph (even with a lift)? When we have a brake failure we deliberately spin the car to reduce momentum, we were taught this since karting days. Spinning reduced momentum, so instead of head-on impact at 180kph it would be around 140kph instead because of the tyres scrubbing the speed, plus it's hard to spin those things anyway because the suspension is not soft like an SUV.

[@motorsportarmchairexperts3642]

One of the most famous accidents happened at the 2000 Monaco Grand Prix when driver Alex Ribeiro crashed the Mercedes medical car during a Saturday morning test run

[@KymIllman]

Noted for future reference. Ta

[@ADAKAR83]

@@KymIllman also the crash , but INTO the car in Brazil 2001 , when medical car parked at the middle of Senna S corners, for Bernoldi, Nick Heidfeld crashed into the opend doors and barier.

[@Sender76]

they are just testing the sand and the bumpers

[@AlexSvidesskis]

Montoya in nascar drove into a track dryer with a huge explosion!!!!

[@OriginalGodzillaR32]

Apparently there have been 4 safety car crashes since 1995 Hungarian Gp, 2000 Monaco, 2002 Brazilian GP & now 2024 Monza 😂🤷

[@KymIllman]

It's a rare occurence indeed!

[@footynutguy]

Im being a bit perdantic here but the 1995 crash was the medical car. I’m sure you already knew that but just thought I’d mention it for accuracy sake. I didn’t know about the others so thanks for letting us know.

[@OriginalGodzillaR32]

@@footynutguy your right 😂👍🏼 I saw that too

[@zoomosis]

@@footynutguy 2000 Monaco was also the medical car.

[@edenkim4103]

@@OriginalGodzillaR32dude I thought you said “2022 Brazilian GP”

[@dhilboy231]

Someone bring out the safety safety car!😂

[@KymIllman]

I will get out there and lead the cars on foot

[@ziepex7009]

@@KymIllman 😂😂

[@Wannes_]

@@KymIllman With a red flag , like in the early automobile days

[@dampaul13]

Schrodinger's safety car.

[@teamredgutz399]

The safety car accident looked like a case of brake failure followed by Bernd Maylander deliberately throwing the car into a skid to reduce speed and aimed at crashing into the softest part of the barrier - the tecpro. Looks like a top notch job by Bernd in handling a very serious emergency situation.

[@seashackf1]

I don’t think it was deliberate. It looked more like an unintentional Scandinavian flick. Maybe a brake caliper locked up. The car went left then immediately right like he was counter steering into it. Then as he’s spinning right again you can see him counter steering into the skid the whole way like he was still trying to save it. Also, at those speeds it would be far too dangerous to intentionally spin the car. It could have flipped when it spun and hit the gravel trap sideways. Now, If he had no brakes a far better thing to do would be get off the gas, take the corner to scrub as much speed as possible and go wide into the gravel trap in a more controlled manner and at an angle and not straight on to the barriers.

[@LoganSergeantF1]

I thought so too

[@Czeslaw_cn4tv]

I would like some more details on this but I would consider it highly unlikely the accident happened due to driver error. I would also consider it unlikely he deliberately flicked the car. Cars are designed for head on impacts and if you know you're going to hit a barrier (he would know) you want to go in head first. This is also why road cars have dialled in understeer and the general idea when you have different front and rear tyres is to install the better ones on the rears. It's all about which part of the car gets hit when things go wrong.

[@otaviopohren5998]

​@@seashackf1Nah, bro. You can see the car fails to break. Spinning is the only way to reduce speed. Barrichello had a similar crash (with a Subaru), where the calipers overheated and he had to spin the car to avoid a frontal full speed crash

[@seashackf1]

@@otaviopohren5998 I’ve heard and it looked to me like a caliper locking up. Intentionally spinning at those speeds is very dangerous. He had the very fast Parabolica in front of him. He could take that and scrub a lot of speed. Still won’t make the corner, but better than going straight into the barriers. We’ll see. Also wonder if Aston actually does release the info of what happened. This is one of their road cars that consumers can buy after all.

[@benthomas1546]

Saw Kym doing an interview for another KZbin channel so good to see Kym’s channel taking off & yes no one does it better for behind the scenes of F1! So proud have being watching for years now on Instagram!

[@KymIllman]

I’m proud that you’re proud

[@ashg5674]

@@KymIllman I'm proud that you're proud that he's proud.

[@seashackf1]

⁠​⁠@@ashg5674and I’m proud that your proud that he’s proud that he’s proud.

[@kimberlymacandog7616]

I have to go find the other You Tube channel now! Maybe my algorithms have missed it. Because I think @KymIllman is just THE BEST!

[@anthonymoreno894]

@@ashg5674😂

[@zimzum7937]

I honestly look forward to your videos more than I do the actual races now. Heck, your content is far more interesting than any of the F1 pre and post race shows! I truly hope you "Stay Passionate" about what you do for many more years to come!

[@Mxlaka999]

Bernd, It’s James

[@erikastiesch4705]

😂😂😂😂 I was waiting for this comment, thx 😊

[@johntefan]

haha, best comment of this video!!!!

[@BigBisalreadytaken]

So glad I found your channel! Exceptional as always.

[@venomau5speedz]

Saw you on tv 📺 on Sunrise the other day mate - congrats on the media level success your having at the moment 👍 Kym 🙂

[@KymIllman]

Much appreciated!

[@jcpitzer6148]

I really enjoy your videos and appreciate the time and effort you put in to them

[@kipngenowayne1349]

I love the quick updates. Keep it up Kym.

[@KymIllman]

I will keep it up if you keep watching!

[@kipngenowayne1349]

@@KymIllman you got it!!🤝

[@Max_Flashheart]

Brilliant as always Kym.

[@mark82421]

Yes subscribed as you do great intro's, cover and AAR's for F1 ! really enjoy the information, keep on going strong !

[@jacko2131]

I can't wait for the lollypopman scene of Logan getting worried about the safety car.

[@Rhythmic_Hammer]

Well that fills the void left by Logan rather nicely 😅

[@rachaelplant2504]

best comment so far !

[@lowend5566]

You win the internet for today.

[@rc-fannl7364]

Maybe he was driving the safety car, since he has lots of experience with it

[@ross-carlson]

Damn, ouch.

[@wingracer1614]

Kimi also doing his best Logan impression

[@Pato-ARG]

nice video as always, thanks for wearing the argentinian flag pin,keep the great work

[@maxheadroom7687]

Great update Kym!

[@joereid84]

Great video news and I like give recognition to other media folk on the track behind the scenes 👍

[@bob_._.]

The biggest pace car (safety car) crash I recall was at the start of the 1971 Indianapolis 500. After leading the field to the green flag, the pace car, driven by a local car dealer and with one of the TV announcing crew as passenger, lost control while returning to the car's ready station and crashed into a photographers' stand, injuring 29 people. It was the last time someone without racing credentials was selected to drive the pace car for The 500.

[@RealEarDrummers]

love ya work mate keep at it!

[@KymIllman]

Thanks, will do!

[@OzCouchPotato]

Love your content, Kym. Another KZbinr named "Lollipopman F1 comics" is gonna have a field day with the safety car crash. He has a running gag about the safety car teams relationship with Logan crashing. 😆

[@hipotenuza5663]

And Kimi's crash.

[@DontuseGoogleorWiki]

What's the chances Lollipop will have Logan on the phone to Bernd saying are you OK?

[@OzCouchPotato]

@@hipotenuza5663 Yep. He's put it out already! 😆

[@hipotenuza5663]

@@OzCouchPotato yes, I saw it 😂

[@deraimonvillaverde8196]

Last time I saw a safety car crash was at the 2019 Indicar Detroit GP (a ZR1 Corvette).

[@KymIllman]

A few people have been syaing that!

[@jamesshives5679]

A safety car crashed before the Rolex 24 this year also.

[@adrianncharles436]

First time for me around this channel enjoyed every bit of it

[@KymIllman]

Don’t be a stranger

[@comicbook7883]

It’s so good to be able watch who’s from the same country let alone the same state. Still fairly new but love the content !

[@nexpro6985]

Logan's Done. Sounds like the name of a movie.

[@IqmalAziz]

Circa 2017

[@seashackf1]

@@IqmalAzizmore like 1977. The sequel.

[@P_95-77]

Wolverine fans assemble

[@tomnewham1269]

I remember the safety car at Bathurst was originally called the pace car. Oh your video touched on two topics, the safety car and misspelling. Well I can combine both with a story as Safety was misspelled on the V8 Supercars safety car just a few years back.

[@anthonymoreno894]

Love your content Kym! It’s unique and sticks to the facts. A big plus is how you avoid spending time on a lot of silly rumors. Stay hydrated out there this weekend!

[@KymIllman]

I’m drinking 4 L a day, I reckon

[@Kermen16]

Have a fantastic Italian Grand Prix

[@KymIllman]

It's been a great start!

[@TK-hp2qo]

I somehow stumbled upon your videos ! seen a few videos now and loved your content ! Cheers!

[@KymIllman]

Welcome aboard

[@pipwilson777]

Could you catch up with the F1 social media gang? My son's fiancé works with them. Emma and the folk work their socks off! Lovely to get them a shout out on your brilliant channel! 😊

[@dannywall7074]

Apparently the brakes suddenly locked up, I saw a video of the crash and you can see definitely something happened before the crash. Between the noise and movement of the car it makes sense

[@LaggerSVK]

I actually dont see any of the wheels locking up until the crash. Even when he is backing it looks like that engine starts to reversing. It really looks like a complete brake failure.

[@suhdud4646]

The best sounding car in F1 took a punt but Im glad the drivers are all ok. AMR not only build great road cars but safe road cars as proven. Best marketing stunt with no CGI. The guy at the end expressing his English level was a good laugh.

[@russellb1176]

That's a delusional way to put it

[@joyfuflower]

I seems it was a brake failure and the safest place to crash is at an F1 circuit. I don't think this is the marketing win you're imagining.

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Thanks for sharing.

[@polviaortega3709]

The guy next to Max in the Heineken commercial is Fabrizio Romano. A famous italian journalist known for his exclusive news on football player transfers.

[@sadiqulgaming6662]

Was shocked to see him my guy is enjoying his time after the transfer window

[@rudfil]

I was in Monza in 1998 for the first time and witnessed Schumacher and Irvine in Ferraris in a 1-2 finish. It was the most festive celebration in person I ever witnessed at a sporting event in my life. Just incredible.

[@LoganSergeantF1]

Love the timestamps, Kym!

[@mulungiisaac3223]

Love your work

[@tonycollins7965]

In Rio one time, in pouring rain the medical car had a door wiped off by a car going between the med car and the barrier

[@PaulusPHM]

**2002 Brazilian Grand Prix**: During practice, Nick Heidfeld crashed his Sauber into the open door of the medical car, which was attending to another crash. **2011 Canadian Grand Prix**: The safety car collided with the Lotus of Heikki Kovalainen while entering the pit lane.

[@KymIllman]

Noted!

[@aluwanimoyo4093]

That new media format seems a bit suspect. So an interviewer doesn't own his/her question or resultant reaction since it's being filmed by someone else's cameras? Seems to screw over the journalist - and it already screws over the team sponsors.

[@edwardwong654]

The safety car should have went with the soft tyres.

[@officialmcdeath]

The kind of dramatic swoops you can do with Steadicam make it an obvious choice for a F1 production - good call, Marta! \m/

[@scottgoode9874]

Travel videos?? Where’s Mrs Illman? Love seeing her on the channel with you. Amazing talent you have.

[@OrganicSearchStandards]

This might be a first. The two I found are: 1999 Canadian Grand Prix: The Safety Car, driven by former Canadian racing driver Jean-Paul Cabana, spun out on the wet track while leading the field. No other cars were involved, and the Safety Car quickly resumed its duties. 2007 Japanese Grand Prix: During a very wet race at Fuji Speedway, the Safety Car, driven by Bernd Mayländer, briefly slid off the track due to the extremely poor visibility and wet conditions but did not crash or sustain any damage. The Medical Car has been in more accidents/crashes.

[@KymIllman]

Thanks for that

[@timswartz4520]

Excellent in so many ways. Thank You.

[@KymIllman]

You're very welcome!

[@francomasuello]

grande Franco! It’s crazy for me to see someone from where I’m from and also just so happens to have the same name as me 🤯🇦🇷

[@swoodhall]

Odd how this incident is not being reported by MSM.

[@quicksesh]

BTW it is not a tow hook, it is a lashing point meant for use when the vehicle is transported at sea - that is why a lot of them are removable.

[@bertko1710]

STAY PASSIONATE!!!!!!!!

[@KymIllman]

I always do!

[@kimberlymacandog7616]

AGREED....... best "ending phrase ever" PASSION is the best word EVER to describe anything!

[@ElPierdolito]

HEY KZbin, WTH is wrong with your algorithm, why does Sir Illman still not have 1 million subscribers? ;) Sir Illman, another awesome video with so much information in only 11.34 minutes, Thank you!

[@MadPenCristi]

Kym is in Monza for day 1 and today is my very first day in Perth! Cheers!

[@roythousand13]

We need a "safety, safety" car! I'm glad the driver is okay!

[@KymIllman]

We might!

[@seashackf1]

As luck would have it they have one. It will be used the rest of the weekend.

[@timothydunn5889]

Prior to the first Adelaide Grand Prix in 1985, 2 police patrol cars were assigned to circulate around the track all through the Saturday night to prevent vandalism or hooning. Only one patrol car reached the finish line the next morning.

[@melvinquiwa9629]

I thought Logan got a safety car gig after Williams sacked him

[@ronw59]

Nasty . . . . but funny!👍

[@Rocketguy2079]

Just to make up for Logan Sargent not being able to crash this weekend 😭😭

[@ross-carlson]

Ouch.

[@arbazann]

Don't worry, Kimi took care of it.

[@ValerieDunn-h1u]

@@Redlingsteinwell, he did not total it, but he did smack the hell out of it…watching the replay, it looked like the car didn’t want to turn in the corner. Fresh road service. Needed more break in time? Some of the other drivers had an issue (not-as-bad) in the corner as well.

[@PhilSledge]

I prefer Kym insights to the MSM - keep up the great work

[@machiavellian7490]

Was Stroll driving it?

[@abbeyparker]

This was a tribute farewell to logan… nice gesture

[@BAGPULAINTAT]

Antonelli hold my beer

[@maximumpat1]

The camera support she was using is an "Easyrig". Takes all the wight, works very well, makes you look like a spark plug!

[@KraftyLive]

new media format is to stop people using FOM clips, if theres FOM logos allover the backdrop youtubers cant use the footage.

[@gomd3rd]

If I had to guess why a Ferrari does t wear their signature color at Monza, I’d guess it’s due to Merch sales. The fans, especially at Monza would be quick to buy up special livery jerseys so I can assure you they would take advantage of that to try to sell their unique color shirts. Case in point one of the fans already was wearing the new shirt when you were interviewing fans outside of the hotel.

[@ath3263]

When a safety car crashes that's an issue with the vehicle

[@BuuGz86]

one of the most maintained cars in the world has a brake failure...even 20 year old f cars don't get that part wrong so much...

[@luislaborda4347]

Kym, I alway loved your work but if the pin you have in your T-shirt is, as it seems, the Argentine flag, from now on I will be your number 1 fan! Vamos Colapinto!

[@helikescars]

Detroit GP, ZR1 Pace crash crashed

[@-TvB-]

Same spot as Antonelli at FP1.

[@KymIllman]

80m further on

[@BadWallaby]

Seems the resurfacing has caused many drivers to lose the rear in the Parabolica

[@Scottie_S]

What the hell is going on with the Parabolica? Kimi Antonelli lost it there and screwed up George's Merc. Sainz and Colapinto both had a similar problem right at the point where Kimi lost it.

[@gabkahl9246]

Love your Argentina Pin!! Vamos Franco!!!

[@zedlicious]

Just warming up the corner barriers for Kimi Antonelli

[@MathewBT81]

The young Argentinian gives off Senna vibes 🏆

[@izat1247]

Max was with Fabrizio Romano a football journalist a very top one! The one with breaking news 👏👍

[@cmr1981cr]

Those black Ferrari shirts Carlos and Charles are wearing are clean!

[@gcm747]

I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more often. Burt has to push those cars and gets very limited track time.

[@KymIllman]

You make a great point

[@brianligat9493]

Bernd will never live that down. Best wishes to Kimi and Franco this weekend.

[@footynutguy]

The only other time I heard of a course car ‘crashing’ was when Taki Inoui was hit by the medical car after he crashed at the 1995 Hungarian GP. If you hear of other times this has happened, I hope you let us know.

[@brice83]

Not a word about Kimi Antonelli's accident?

[@terryrobertson8382]

Great video Kym, looks like you might make that 400K subscriber mark hoped for at the beginning of the season.

[@KymIllman]

I’m doing everything possible to achieve that milestone

[@leonwittwer1199]

Re the safety car crash at Monza,how embarrassing 😅. Some years ago a safety car driver got it wrong at an Indycar race,if I recall the track may have been wet ,and the SC was leading the field!!

[@grapsorz]

from the video clip it look like he had no brakes and put it in a spin to slow it down.

[@wendyjones3953]

Kym, please do more straw polls/interviews with the fans. That was fun seeing them off-track. Fun for us to see what the normal fans (like us!) get up to and what their views are. It would mean more to us than Blundle’s Grid Walk because most of those celeb’s aren’t familiar with F1!😂. You captured the fans’ excitement - again something most celeb’s don’t have!

[@bevamaphoo]

Holy Toledo. Happy that Bert is ok.has that ever happened before?

[@EverydayRoadster]

Luckily they have a spare safety car on site. Which should be very identical, including the brakes setup.

[@KymIllman]

They do I believe

[@pizzalover7254]

In Indycar, the safety car crashed on a formation lap in 2018 in Detroit. That's the only safety car crash I can remember.

[@channelKJM]

Having seen the video of the crash and if its true the brakes failed, Bernd has shown his incredible skill and quick thinking under pressure, flicking the car on purpose. Amazing driver.

[@commanderstyle06100]

Seems like a braking failure. The wiggles shows that the pilot tries desperatly to loose speed, and if you push up the sound a little bit he also tries to accelerate when he is completly in the backward position. Without any brakes, the only way to loose speed is tzig Zag or to reverse the car and accelerate in the opposite direction. Bernd Mayländer is a master on the tracks, I would not be surprised if it was exactly what he was trying to do by reving his Aston Martin.

[@LRBerry]

Who cares what the drivers are wearing when they arrive at the track! F1 is a sport, not a fashion show. The same goes for the WAGs.

[@michaelroberts1420]

I enjoy your channel very much but F1 unfortunately has become a money making circus for Liberty Media and it shows. Your comments on it becoming a fashion spectacle was astute and detracts from the sport that much more. I have watched F1 for over 40 years sadly that has come to an end bring back Bernie.

[@MitchClarke645]

First time seeing a F1 safety car crash into the barriers

[@Truckergregg]

I am a subscriber. Love the guy at the very end of the video: “my English is shit.” His English is better than my Italian.

[@AlexSvidesskis]

Hey Kym, what do you normally drive?!

[@rickybuhl3176]

Just as he (Bert) flicks it, we can see the rear discs are glowing, beforehand there was a little dust/smoke from the rears as the initial breaking occurred but during the incident the fronts didn't seem to be working hard enough to give a visual indicator of such. Honestly preferred the upgraded Merc, seems the drivers have been commenting on the reduced speed of the safety car this year compared to the Merc too. It's not good enough but money is money and that's seemingly more important to the FIA than driver safety.

[@gregnocco39]

kym my man, i work as camera operator for news gathering here in italy, and all my reporters have less then half of your ability and charm in front of a camera.

[@KymIllman]

I’ll take that!

[@Robloxianlovesmusic]

Crazy how a safety car crashes guess you could call it a unsafe car now 😭

[@KymIllman]

At least it wasn't during a race!

[@extra-dry]

In 2018, a top GM executive, crashed a 2019 Corvette ZR1pace car at the Detroit GP Indy car race 😅

[@The_Khalifa_Zain]

at 2000 Monaco Grand Prix, the Medical car crashed, it was driven by Alex Ribeiro

[@Edd850]

That new media format makes as much sense as Monza's concession layout. Are they still forcing fans to convert their money to coins and only have 4 places to eat?

[@ronw59]

The media format sucks and as usual forces the spot light on F1. They somehow are of the opinion that all of this is about them.

[@giovannilanzafame9831]

The coffee was pretty cool ngl I would take a cup of Aston Martin Logo coffee just because

[@LandoPro49]

I'm in love with the Ferrari teamwear, but not paying $125 with shipping for one :( Still will enjoy seeing them all weekend though!