Heavy crash Jos Verstappen Grand Prix Belgium Spa-Francorchamp

This is the heavy crash of Jos Verstappen in his Arrows/Footwork during the Grand Prix of Belgium at the great circuit of Spa Francorchamps in 1996. He was very lucky to espace unhurt from this. The Dutch commentators are Olav Mol and Allard Kalff.

[@pingpongpung]

You forgot to add "aftermath" in the title.

[@urmo345]

saw it live. still remembering there was no footage of crash

[@ruudvankaam1500]

So did I. It was my first ever F1 race and it made an everlasting impression on me. Been a huge fan ever since. The only thing that's sad about these old memories is that they make your realize nowadays you don't 'feel' F1 anymore when you visit the track, you just watch it.

[@0783155]

Jos was only saved because of the raised cocpit sides. If this happened with the car of previous system he would likely be dead. His head would have moved a large distance on impact, causing rupture of the neck. Luckily safety was improved just in time.

[@s0me1i62]

I already put a bigger article on here so. I see it as faith, look in 96 Max wasn't even created. This is one of the best inventions ever invented🙌🏽

[@R9naldo]

Yes 1996 brought the raised cockpit sides. In 1995 they were already slightly raised but by 1996 they were fully raised

[@-BuddyGuy]

​@subie2831Yeah Ratzenberger had a neck/skull snap and Senna had suspension go into the brain

[@CR500freak]

throttle stuck.. they check it in the pits, couldn't find anything, new tyres.. go. within a minute this crash, unbelievable

[@s0me1i62]

🤯 And for what position....

[@norwegiantroll2480]

What is unbelievable?

[@matthewblom6932]

I am from Holland this is a heavy blow butt max Verstappen for the win

[@chapmana22]

Apparently it wasn't the throttle problem that caused the crash, although he had that problem earlier. Walkinshaw said they found it to be a faulty wheel that caused the incident.

[@HarryNohara]

Those marshalls needed to have some balls back then. At 0:23 either Katayama or Salo goes full throttle in the very same corner. The marshalls just removed some debris, if they wouldn't have done that, this would have been a disaster. I guess back then double yellow often just got ignored.

[@AidanMillward]

HarryNohara Health and Safety didn't exist back then :P

[@R9naldo]

@@AidanMillward not sure because the only thing that saved Jos from a broken neck was the raised cockpit sides which were implemented that season. Since 1996 F1 has been very safe and after 2003, completely safe. I wonder what you think about 60s F1

[@SirPrizeMF]

They sound almost shocked it's a safety car situation. We've come a long way since then.

[@jrp312]

They were pretty rare then. They’d had one in Argentina that year, but struggling to think of any more apart from Imola in 1994

[@R9naldo]

@@jrp312 Brazil 1993, Hungary 1993, Imola 1994, Melbourne 1996 as far as I can remember but atleast 2/3 times a season

[@sevegarza]

First use of a Mercedes safety car right there. Also coincidentally this was the first race Hamilton watched in person.

[@s0me1i62]

And if you think about it, that year was the first F1 used the high cockpitedge, otherwise Jos wouldn't have probably survived this crash. Luckily for that invention🙌🏽 happy to see Jos stil drive around only sad that he didn't got the right treatment in F1... Als thik about it 96, Max didn't excised jet or was in. So faith really is with this guy, best karter in his era, dominated the F3, F1 debut at 17y showing things in a STR that left people speechless. In 16 starting with STR but after 4 races promoted to RBR. With only one weekend preparation Quali at 4th. Then the race overtaking Vettel on the outside(a move of champions) Then faith made arrogant Merc teammates ram each other of. And later he was leading the race with for +20 rnd(on significant older tyres) a former WDC in a faster Ferrari on his back for every round in his drs zone. But eventually stayed so calm that he won the race as a experienced champion. Then the most qualifications and races of him where WDC material. This show's he's destined for greatness #MV33 🙌🏽🦁🧡🇳🇱 (a future (multiple)WDC!)

[@deebow6486]

They already used it in 1995 btw.

[@GaryKemp84]

@@deebow6486 In 1995 they had higher cockpit sides with a small amount of padding, but nowhere near as high as they were raised for 1996 and beyond. Sauber's 1995 car already used the 1996-spec padding as a result of their experience with Karl Wendlinger's accident at Monaco the previous year. You can see the different when comparing the Sauber to any other 1995 car.

[@deebow6486]

#MV33 WDC is safe!!! Yeeeeeees🇳🇱

[@deebow6486]

@@GaryKemp84 Karl+Roland+Ayrton really changed this sport. But also every driver who got injured/or worse just like Jules, Romain, Wolfang-Trips.. I was always the type of guy who thought that a racing drivers life is as much worth as our lifes. It really is (means nothing) but i'm getting sick of seeing people hurt themself behind the steering wheel.

[@GaryKemp84]

@@deebow6486 Oh yes, the 1996 cockpit sides were a direct result of the accidents in 1994, and basically every other safety innovation is a reaction to something that already happened. Unfortunately motorsport safety is often not proactive...

[@Enrilily]

remember airton Senna in 94 looking at JOs VERstapen like: "what the hell you doing here in F1"

[@bobboberson2024]

Oh, there's that lovely Dutch language.

[@lonnekefalk2560]

Thanks!! I’m Dutch and I think we sound terrible 😂😂

[@bobboberson2024]

@@lonnekefalk2560 Agreed... But you look great! ;)

[@lonnekefalk2560]

@@bobboberson2024 Well thank you sir!😊😊

[@leonie364.]

@@lonnekefalk2560 i like dutch, i think it sounds cute and it reminds me of my regional dialect :)

[@lonnekefalk2560]

@@leonie364. I’m glad to hear that! What’s your dialect called?

[@kipkeizer]

Yes!!!! Only yellow flag. Today it will be a dark red flag🤣

[@spicycalamari8891]

You would defo be the kind of person to vote for Trump

[@legate5923]

@@spicycalamari8891 huh

[@jrh5067]

At least he's getting to experience success in f1 through max

[@yannickl9080]

Mol the legend

[@evertondias3163]

Do you replay ?

[@redbullf1hun]

Jos the boss! 👊

[@FireDeathSkull]

de beste nederlander in de f1 en zal die altijd blijven jos the boss. the best netherlands driver in the f1 and he will alway's be jos the boss.

[@worfoz]

Heh heh... Er is een dingetje dat Jos nog beter kan dan zelf in de F1 rijden. Maar er is maar één Jos the Boss-Verstappen.

[@iceicebaby8469]

Tja, wat mogen we blij zijn met Max.

[@s0me1i62]

@@iceicebaby8469 na gaan dat het de eerste jaar was met hoge cockpitrand... Jos zou waarschijnlijk deze crash niet hebben overleefd ander... In 96 toen hadden ze in de planning staan Max te maken... Dit is gewoon het lot als je kijkt naar heel die jonge zijn carrière🙌🏽 #33MV 🦁🧡🇳🇱

[@legate5923]

nouuu nu is het wel anders hoor

[@audreyperrin320]

He was a good racer if he had a car like max has now he might have been a world champion to but he is doing rally driving now max does not like him doing it

[@alessandro7805]

Literally Benetton 1994

[@peterbreur597]

Wat klonken die motoren toch lekker destijds.....

[@ManiacMitchUK]

Driving an F1 is very veyr very diffrent from a normal car, i would like to see you get it moving lol

[@nocraic]

Lack of talent

[@redupfox]

Schumi owns a win to Jos in that race

[@evertondias3163]

Replay ???

[@yaahman74]

What this language ?

[@Hablainfo]

Dutch

[@toobar908]

the dutch speak kerbal

[@WvhKerkhof]

Ik was op zoek naar die video waar Jos de finish haalde, weet iemand welke video dat is?

[@Legend-of-Mike]

Heel duidelijk deze vraag. Kijk op nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos_Verstappen en zie welke GP Jos heeft uitgereden in welk jaar. Dan kan je daarop zoeken.

[@kartdriver92]

reminds me fisichella crash

[@GabrielCCCP]

Clickbait???

[@Robgee30go]

Jos dutch NR. 1

[@s0me1i62]

Max dutch #1 potential world #1. Best on the grid for atleast 26 races ;)

[@ruudvankaam1500]

When your wrote this, who could have thought things would be so different 8 years later :) I salute Jos though for sparking my interest in this beautiful sport and of course for turning his son into an absolute racing beast!

[@formula1msc918]

olav is gewoon goed punt uit

[@Hiasiman19]

jos isa guy that can not drice

[@thijsdeboer783]

Hiasiman19 no