Henry Surtees Fatal Crash | Formula Two 2009 Brands Hatch

[@gribbin7889]

Hearing the throttle being floored by his deadweight is a harrowing sound

[@nicolasgarcia248]

Similar to Massa's accidente in 2009

[@fudge_mudge]

@@alastairorr6318how so? He was one of the fastest drivers.

[@alastairorr6318]

​@@fudge_mudgeMassa was a donkey, racing against thoroughbreds.

[@fudge_mudge]

@@alastairorr6318 so you’re trying to just say he was slow? Remember that he almost won the championship in 2008, had multiple wins and even after his major crash in Hungary 2009, he was still decent and a very solid driver, picking up podiums every now and then. In Williams, he was almost always in contention for points and podiums

[@alastairorr6318]

​@fudge_mudge The "GOAT", Hamilton whipped the so called fake 2 time champion, Alonso in 2007 and seriously whipped Massa in 2008.

[@Morcap]

When the commentator saw (and heard) the throttle engaged to the max after the impact with the barriers and especially when there was no breaking marks skids on the tarmac it only meant one thing.

[@Gwydion_Wolf]

Well it meant one of 2 things... and everyone feared which of the two it was.

[@dakzibbon6589]

That immediately means that the driver lost consciousness. It's up to the medics to assess if something worse happened

[@moneytron4143]

@@Gwydion_Wolf Which is another think?

[@Gwydion_Wolf]

@@moneytron4143 1) He's simply knocked unconscious. 2) He's dead. Sudden Death and sudden unconsciousness look the same from the outside when it comes to auto-sports. The vehicles go ballistic and the person inside is just along for the ride. You always hope its Number 1 instead of Number 2.

[@Chrisko1492]

@@moneytron4143 That which happend to Felipe Massa: unconscious, but survived.

[@lrmbvv]

amazing how quickly the announcer determined how serious this was

[@samholdsworth420]

He had the throttle pinned....dead weight 😢

[@BobbyBoucher228]

@@samholdsworth420Exactly, he was either unconscious or dead.

[@MrWillyMrBrightside]

@@BobbyBoucher228 Immediately unconscious, taken to the Royal London Hospital where he was declared brain dead. Tragic, but fortunately it meant he didn't suffer. He likely never even knew.

[@BobbyBoucher228]

@@MrWillyMrBrightside that’s very sad, thanks for the additional insight. I’m glad drivers now have the halo to protect them today as it likely has saved a few lives since it implementation.

[@zarrow50]

@@BobbyBoucher228 There was a recent case of the Halo working

[@bsheaves]

Man, Martin Haven has had to make some grim commentary over his career. He was also doing primary commentary for 2013 Le Mans when Simonsen was killed

[@jonnies]

That one was super sad for me. I saw Simonsen racing GT cars in Australia and he was really talented.

[@unbornproductions7917]

What are the odds.... So damn unlucky.

[@phildavenport4150]

Shades of Senna's fatal.

[@NobodyQuiteLikeMe]

Honestly pretty high if you think about it.

[@unbornproductions7917]

@@NobodyQuiteLikeMe - Yes, very high, since it's quite unlikely.

[@NobodyQuiteLikeMe]

@@unbornproductions7917 i actually argue in the opposite favor. The odds are pretty high that this could happen. Halo was a late implementation that could have saved multiple lives. But yeah 4 wheels x however many cars, the speeds obtained, walls on both sides majority of course, and other hazards makes this quite probable and of course inevitable in the grand scope of things.

[@Rush17333]

0:16 imagine driving in a race, seeing a tire flying at you, and then you blink and you're at the pearly gates

[@kimi172i]

BRO SO TRUE

[@waylingtons]

He didn’t die immediately. He gets out of his car. Even worse I guess.

[@jfm0155]

​@@waylingtonsThat's Clarke getting out of his car.

[@jimijames6449]

@@waylingtons no he doesnt...

[@A_Final_Hit]

@@waylingtonsThat was a different driver. Surtees never stepped out of his car again.

[@silverspec]

People in the comments "I don't understand, how do you die from a massive wheel and tire ramming into your head at like 100 mph" you're all a bunch of dopes.

[@JeevaDotNet]

"people in the comments". A single guy mentioned it. Don't be so melodramatic.

[@silverspec]

​@JeevaDotNet at least 2

[@squeakybunny2776]

I think the speed and weight combined deform the helmet quite significantly meaning the head experiences a very large blow to it. If you image the helmet rock solid, I can see why people might think your head "just" gets pushed backwards against the head rest and then the car pushes the helmet forward from behind, the helmet pushes the wheel and the wheel bounces off without the head experiencing much. But yeah, not how it works. The thump from slamming into the headrest is also a worry of course

[@murrayallinger2830]

@@silverspec So all those 2 people were "you're all a bunch of dopes". Small bunch.

[@ianwalker4030]

It was reported that someone spun him round at Druids earlier which is why he was so far back at this point. I don’t know his grid position for the start of that race. Having finished 3rd the day before, surely he must’ve started near the front for that race 2?! Someone please confirm. Thanks

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

It was 8 years later that John Henry’s father also a racing driver himself died too

[@wadevallbona5314]

I was not aware of this. Thank you for the info

[@jacksmith-mu3ee]

​@@wadevallbona5314John surtees was like 80 something

[@casper14301]

Surtees*​@@jacksmith-mu3ee

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

@@wadevallbona5314yes it’s true

[@snpy100]

I didn’t know john died that late

[@HarshadJoshi]

Halo would have certainly saved him. Gone too soon. His father was motogp and f1 champion, a feat still not broken by anyone

[@itsthizzbaby]

not necessarily, the tire literally perfectly hit him on the top of the head from above, not straight on. you might be right but he could have been toast either way. a 1 in a billion chance that was going to happen and it did :/.

[@shafin7505]

What do you mean he’s the reason why they got to the halo

[@HausOfSoare]

@@shafin7505 quoted from another comment on another video "Bianchi's death was the event that left the FIA no choice but to take action and introduce the Halo, but Surtees' fatal crash opened the first serious talks of a cockpit protection structure. I wish more people knew about Surtees. I think he deserves to be remembered as much as Bianchi, as he was another talented driver taken well before his peak."

[@Nigel-ef2ft]

Motor racing carries risk. Surtees was just extremely unlucky. The halo has ruined motorsport.

[@HausOfSoare]

@@Nigel-ef2ft the fk u on about the halo ruined motorsport? it continues to save these people's heads from flying debris or hitting their heads on straight up walls. do you miss fatalities this much?

[@bigantplowright5711]

Million to one, his father never recovered.

[@saragrant9749]

Can’t say as I would either, that was a horrible thing to have happen.

[@61franciscus]

vare sad.....R.I.P. Henry .. you are with your Dad.

[@thomashallman5436]

indeed hoss i hate racing deaths@@61franciscus

[@mazzoni23]

no father or mother recovers from losing their child, it feels painful forever

[@lestercombs1871]

They’re both together now

[@coyotewall2669]

We’ve seen so many crashes like this and we’re just like “yeah, that wasn’t that bad, he will pop out of the car and be frustrated and go on with his life” Only if Senna jumped straight out of his car, only if Henry did as well.

[@melb.1906]

💔💔😭😭

[@PaulAudrin]

Senna n'a pas eu de chance, c'est l'angle du choc qui l'a tué. Il n'avait aucune égratignure et aucun os cassé. Juste cette foutue barre de suspension qui a traversé son casque au plus mauvais endroit. Deux degrés en plus de chaque côté, il serait sorti tout seul de sa monoplace.

[@jamesb816]

@@PaulAudrin He had multiple skull fractures, and your skull is made up of multiple bones

[@PaulAudrin]

​@@jamesb816, plusieurs fractures à cause de cette barre de suspension. Le reste de son corps était intact

[@spd7693]

And only if Dan Wheldon and Jules Biancchi did!

[@grazzak1972]

Anyone who now ever says they don’t like the halo needs their heads checking. Too many lost to accidents like this

[@Nigel-ef2ft]

@@grazzak1972 I don't like the halo. Nobody is forced to become a racing driver. Other sports are available.

[@H3nry2077]

@@Nigel-ef2ft And since you aren't a racing driver, no one cars about what you want.

[@Skibidigokyllyourself]

​@@Nigel-ef2ft please elaborate your argument because it doesnt make senese

[@Nigel-ef2ft]

@Skibidigokyllyourself Senese?

[@Nigel-ef2ft]

@@H3nry2077 I did ff1600 in the 1980s and early 90s without using a halo device. I had a few shunts and narrowly avoided being hit on the head by a flying wheel. Motor racing was risky in those days, and totally unsuited to people like you.

[@zLusso]

I wish we got the halo sooner 😔

[@TheEDFLegacy]

But at least it's here now. Quite a few drivers can thank it for saving their lives, including Hamilton and Grosjean.

[@PitLanePulsee]

Great track. Great year. Great car. Great driver. Great Paint Scheme. Worst crash. Rip Henry Surtees. He will forever be remembered by me and many Motorsport fans.

[@horzu3391]

Wanky comment

[@kevinhendon]

We were at that race my Son and myself as we were a guest of Jack Clark ( my Son bought a Ped off him) and we had some tickets given to us to watch him, both Jack & Henry were promising drivers for the future, but sadly it never happend. Jack was not the same driver anymore, it knocked him back so much & years later went to America to race but never really got anywhere after that terrible day, RIP Henry lost to us so young 😢

[@fujifilmxpro162]

Very sad. RIP, Henry. 😢

[@thomashallman5436]

indeed if they restarted this race the marshalls were a bunch of damn idiots tell me these assholes did not restart thr race hopefully not i apologize for the language i m sorry god speed her i mean henry r.i.p. hoss from texas tom hallman

[@JosephRaoII]

0:21 - 0:29 is disturbingly chilling seeing the car go past throttle applied

[@MattyGoupil-l7y]

You know its not good after the wheel got sent 200 yards after making contact with his helmet, feel so bad ,nobodies fault just a freak thing.

[@timcolledge6813]

RIP Henry Surtees 🙏

[@HantenCuerva]

es ver esto y darse cuenta de porque metieron el Halo en la F1, para evitar que algún día algo similar pase o vuelva a pasar

[@arpallon2375]

En realidad la introducción del halo fue debido al fatal accidente de Jules bianchi....que se estrelló contra un tractor que estaba retirando a otro monoplaza kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqiyc4eijb2pqM0si=-9j8Zbl-U8JBGGIZ

[@AEMoreira81]

Justin Wilson in IndyCar died the same way 6 years later (hit on the head by a tire dislodged from another car). This is why the halo exists in Formula 1 now.

[@ashleybutler5434]

It exists because of jules bianchi

[@Ellisf1]

Wilson was hit by a nose cone, not a tyre.

[@PitLanePulsee]

@@ashleybutler5434and surtees

[@midnightq69]

@@ashleybutler5434no it doesn’t the halo was already being campaigned for before Jules, a halo would not have save him anyway as the part of the car that hit the Caterpillar was the raised headrest/intake/roll hoop behind his head, and he snapped forward violently.

[@ashleybutler5434]

@@AEMoreira81 what happened to jules made them have to put it in

[@danparker5023]

I was there that day, there was a horrible silence around the circuit

[@J_S209]

I was at Adelaide when a driver was killed in the V8’s … most horrible feeling. Was at Bathurst and saw what was left of Paul Weel’s car after he was T boned at speed … these are brave people.

[@Romoto131]

Knowing your son is dead because of the path you sent him down, must be the worst feeling in the world.

[@Grandiose_Claim]

Even worse was that until this happened, John Surtees was still mocking Jackie Stewart's safety campaigning back in the 70s. Understandably, he started campaigning for safety improvements afterwards.

[@itswais77]

Imagine losing your only son cause of that

[@melb.1906]

💔😭

[@Revelian1982]

This would have broken his father's heart. R.I.P. Henry and John. ❤

[@kevinprior3549]

Henry Surtees died before his dad did. Left us way too soon.

[@Gwydion_Wolf]

You know Clark had to be feeling all kinds of emotions after this....... NOT that it was his fault... just a "universe" moment of Chaos-theory, but you know he likely spent a long time (and probably still does) thinking about how things would have bene if he had NOT made his own mistake :(

[@ozoioi11]

I’m pretty sure this was the crash that caused the Halo being incorporated right?

Jesus Christ, what are the odds... like a fucking lightning falling from the sky directly on your head.

[@irvinmorales2779]

The odds are you are pushing life's boundaries so damn far

@@irvinmorales2779 that's true

[@steventhomas9461]

1 second sooner or later and he would have missed it ,same goes for Justin Wilson,and Felipe Massa was lucky 1 inch lower and the spring to the face could have proved fatal for him.

[@terza333]

that’s life…that’s just destiny and nobody can convince me it isn’t like what are the odds of this happening for real…and not only for him but for all the people who die because of unfortunate unlucky accidents one minute you’re living life normally and the minute after you’re dead…that’s just life you blink and the next time you’re gone it’s crazy

[@matthewdaub]

Did the tire kill him instantly or did it knock him unconscious and the collision killed him?

[@popthepillog4122]

it was the tire the impact was also hard but not fatal the weight from the tire plus the Speed Instant dead

[@valerierodger]

He was still breathing, but brain dead

[@sandojones5903]

That poor kid. 😢 This is the kind of stuff as to why i stopped working EMS at race tracks!

[@redactedrider7606]

You stopped working EMS because it’s exactly what you signed up for? You could be there to save a life. Good thing other EMS members don’t chicken out like that.

[@sandojones5903]

@redactedrider7606 i stopped working it at race track shifts dumbass! Read the whole message! After 20 years of it I had enough of it! It's not "chickening out"! It's called burnout! 20 years of Gunshot wounds, Cardiac arrests, car accidents, or any manner of medical or trauma calls. The average EMS career is usually 1-3 years! I did 20! I doubt you have dedicated anything in your life to a career like that! Trolling on KZbin in your parents basement long after you should have moved out doesn't count!

[@sandojones5903]

@redactedrider7606 wow...what an edgy comment! If your quest to be an edge lord, you failed to read and comprehend what I wrote. It says i stopped working Race track shifts! I worked as an EMT for 20 years! Was a part of saving many lives. Seen all manner of shootings, stabbings, cardiac arrests etc! The average EMS career is around 1-3 years! I did 20! Get out of mommy's house and go learn the difference between "chickened" out and BURNED out! Then again I doubt you have dedicated yourself to anything other than tarding out on the internet!

[@sandojones5903]

@redactedrider7606 Yeah I didn't like working Racetrack shifts! Too hot usually and you may see stuff like this! After 20 years of EMS service, I was burned out! Saw lots of horrible stuff in the street too! Seeing kids die can wear most people down! Infact the average EMT career is approximately 1-3 years. I lasted 20! Most EMTs burnout in their 1st year! Or I guess "chicken" out as you call it!

[@nicolaiendsj1407]

Makes me think of Tom Pryces accident. What an absolute tragedy ❤

[@kevinprior3549]

No the Pryce incident was worse! Justin Wilson in IndyCar was similar to this. Infact Massa had a spring hitting him in the head helmet in Hungary. Mercifully Massa survived.

[@nicolaiendsj1407]

@@kevinprior3549 Yes, Pryces accident was worse. Much worse. I am not comparing the two, I just said this accident brought his accident, to mind.

[@PitLanePulsee]

@@nicolaiendsj1407I agree, in Surtees’ crash he died but we had to loose two people for Tom pryce’s accident. The nature of the two crashes are both extremely horrific. RIP

[@interamerica6027]

Love it or hate it, the halo saves lives

[@MARKCRASTO]

Son of F1 and Moto GP World Champion John Surtees. Taken too soon. His death however, led his father to campaign heavily for the Halo. But it would take another drivers death (Jules Bianchi) in 2014, for it to become a reality.

[@viktorvargha7903]

Although halo couldn’t save Bianchi. It’s for that types of crashes.

[@caringheart34]

Just like the HANS or Hansen device. It was campaigned heavily after the death of Dale Earnhardt, but it would also take another driver (Blaise Alexander) for it to be fully implemented by NASCAR. And even then, Blaise's death happened on ARCA which was a separate motor body entirely.

[@Gwydion_Wolf]

dont think even a Halo would have saved Bianchi... (looked his crash up after seeing your comment here). even if the halo + cockpit was all 1 solid milled piece of Titanium, hitting the rear of, and going under, the back end of a piece of heavy equipment like that....... not sure 'anything' would have helped.

[@rubikvoncube3583]

Remarkable how far the halo and wheel tethers have come for making situations like these so much more safe, and still so sad to see what happened before we got here.

[@bauerj3398]

Remarkable also how you have complete pieces of human garbage who think the halo 'ruined motor sports'.

[@robin-kq7un]

Kudos to the commentator for realising immediately the seriousness of the accident to Henry Surtees. An impact by a wheel on a helmet at that speed rarely has any good outcome. Yes, obviously motor racing is highly dangerous but this was just atrociously bad luck for Henry.

[@TheLeadSled]

What an absolute horrible accident, I remember when this occured, his father was devastated to say the very least.

[@martinbielby334]

He wasn't moving he was already dead

[@florinelenaradamilea]

that's the first sign of Big Trouble, unresponsive driver. At NASCAR if the driver doesn't put down the mesh in the window that's sign of Big Trouble.

[@nathanielcruz6675]

​@@florinelenaradamilea, that's right. Dale Earnhardt Sr didn't took his window net down after slammed head-on into the 4th turn wall with Ken Schrader at the 2001 Daytona 500.

[@RodmanTackleAdvisor]

When the car stopped, his head moved from the weight shift. He saw that. At 21 seconds he calls it.

[@robin-kq7un]

Indeed. The autopsy showed that poor Henry was killed instantly by the impact of the wheel on his helmet.

[@valerierodger]

@@robin-kq7un not killed instantly. He was taken to hospital and later that day determined to be brain dead

[@Alan.livingston]

I was just thinking about this accident a few days ago. The algorithm must have read my mind and put it in my feed. Such terrible luck for a talented young fellow.

[@alastairorr6318]

Another reason, wheel tethers were brought in.

[@valerierodger]

Wheel tethers had already been around for a long time. The tether broke. F1 introduced a second tether in 2011 and a third in 2018 - and even with three tethers on each wheel, we still sometimes see them break their tethers and come off.

[@alastairorr6318]

​​@valerierodger Wheel tethers are only a recent safety feature. Never around before mid 2010's at best.

[@iamgeek01]

Everyone is talking about why there wasn’t any halo back then, but I’m still wondering why there wasn’t ANY tethers back then. If tethers were there Henry Surtees could’ve lived at least.

[@valerierodger]

There were tethers. For almost 20 years at this point. The wheel broke its tether. In 2011, F1 introduced a second tether. In 2018 F1 introduced a third tether. We still see wheels breaking all three tethers and coming off..

[@iamgeek01]

@ Well that’s unfortunate.

[@AB-mw8oz]

@@valerierodgerand ironically it seems they are made out of shittier materials. The amount of times I’ve seen F1 cars have their tethers break even on minor accidents in the past couple of years

[@Rootythe1st]

That is horrific. Open wheel racing is a lot more dangerous than most people realise. RIP Henry.

[@globaleye8]

Such unbelievable bad luck, the wheel could have gone in a thousand different directions but no - almost pre ordained....

[@craigwilliams6734]

What happened to the steel cable tie on the wheel? This is so unlucky…..

[@JamesC1981]

first time seeing this with english commentary

[@TaguroSuper]

This accident is a catalyst on why the halo is now implemented.

[@MrBevbob]

A legend plus hes a son of a legend. The halo was invented too late.

[@kiwibonsai2355]

Sad on many levels. 😢✌️❤️🇳🇿

[@PhantomMark]

I was there that weekend, as soon as I saw it happen I feared the worst tbh.......RIP kid.....

[@zyglo9826]

As recently as the 60’s it was common for F1 and other road courses to have trees close to the track. Especially in Europe. Hit one of those at 150 mph = instant death, especially with the lack of modern safety devices in that era, and with the old-school front engine cars.

[@shabushabu5319]

Bro was only 18. Damn

[@daviebevan]

I wouldn't imagine he felt anything. It was instant. ** I am not being disrespectful **

[@WarriorRazor]

Another what if. It would have been great to see another Surtees on the F1 grid.

[@allanriches9381]

RIP Henry

[@lodersracing]

Awful to see this. Caught him right on the helmet. Very sad.

[@elta6241]

Utterly tragic thing to happen. What are the odds of that?

[@mikeokeefe2014]

After the Tire strikes him it brakes his neck , kills him he goes into the barrier and rolls across the grass at 60 sec pause , you sadly see the rubber mark on his helmet.

[@KingCast65]

Gosh. Of all the random things. And the causing driver is forever in grief. Wow.

[@detangojet]

Just landed in Atlanta. Won’t be leaving here for a couple hours.

[@BobbyRunout_EverydayWorld]

The FIA people who resisted introduction of head protection or simply neglected to do it should have been charged with and convicted for manslaughter over this.

[@nathanweinfurtner5203]

Hard to " like" something like this but it contributes to safety sometimes.

[@imranbecks]

Took them long enough to finally have some form of protection for drivers now in the form of the halo.

[@mics693]

Same accident with Tom PrIce at south Africa GP 1977.

[@tedsmith6137]

Hardly the same circumstances as Price's demise.

[@MarcelodeAssis]

Exactly

[@FlashoftheBlades]

As far as both getting struck in the head, yes. As far as what hit them, no.

[@nino_strano]

Pryce surelly was an instant death; His head was crushed by the extinguisher. Surtys was knocked out and died later that day for multiple injuries in the head and neck.

[@zLusso]

Was a fire extinguisher with Tom price. Definitely way different.

[@Jefferson1969-u4s]

What are the odds for that to have even occurred?

[@MrCow579]

A HALO would have saved this man.. so sad that it took way too many victims before they made that a thing

[@onebigadvocado6376]

The slowed cars made an almost impromptu funeral procession. It's quite a thing to see. Rest in peace Henry.

[@TheStigSP-BR]

It's strange to think that I saw reports from this and Felipe Massa's accident when I was in the hospital because a car accident.

[@jornalistaperiquita2136]

And some people say that the halo dont save lives.

[@karlbrooker2024]

The timing of the accident was very unlucky for surtees

[@PeteDavidson-yl3ps]

The HALO should have been introduced / mandatory in the 50's, yet Driver's Complained at such a ridiculous contraption being added, they had a good argument, " What are the chances of being hit by a flying wheel ? "

[@stevenchan3822]

Poor lad, he was so young 😢. RIP

[@SN57ONE]

And you people still think the halos are useless? Don't give the "But he can avoid that" look. No you can't quickly avoid that wheel bro.

[@jazza2009uk]

Pretty obvious it was instant sadly

[@Largeovo2008]

And this ladies and gentlemen is why halos are a thing

[@Raptorman0909]

Might still be alive if he had the Halo like they do now! In fact, he might have been able to continue the race. Safety improvements always come after a tragedy.

[@challenger2031]

There should be absolutely no sort of melodramatic or ridiculous comments when mentioning a driver who has been killed by something which could do a great deal of damage and all I can say is how unlucky for him that this was the end result for him, to be gone from this world by a separated wheel is just awful, I have never seen this accident before but honestly that really is something that anyone who understands the way in which F1 or motorsport works is just how dangerous a tyre is when impacts the human body.

[@MassimoZucchettiprof]

Seeing how a talented and young driver was killed without any chance of avoiding it, is very sad and chilling. This type of accident may seem to have “one in a million” chances, but it doesn’t: Tom Pryce at Kyalami 1977 was similar. If we include US Indy Car, a fatal accident in 2015 was like that (Justin Wilson - a British driver who ran in Formula 1 too - at Pocono Race). Halo is going to avoid many of these tragic outcomes, however death risk in that sport is unavoidable: reducing frequency and mitigating consequences is the only strategy to make it - somehow - “acceptable”. Quote and unquote I put them on purpose, that would need an in-depth evaluation.

[@AlexanderBecker2009]

Brands Hatch is a.dangerous track for Formula racing...

[@SnakezF1]

Why? It's fine for the slower formula cars...

[@AlexanderBecker2009]

@@SnakezF1 because it is too small

[@SnakezF1]

@AlexanderBecker2009 Like I said, for slower Formula cars like F4 it's fine.

[@jacksmith-mu3ee]

The odds that the tire bounced until it fell right on top of surtees head are like 1 billion to 1 . And yet it did 🙏

[@Noorthia]

I'd say 1 in 100 at most

[@srinitaaigaura]

Nah, far far higher than that.

[@RodmanTackleAdvisor]

More than that, he was attempting a pass in that lane. No attempt, he's not there. A billion to one at least.

[@Posirep]

​@RodmanTackleAdvisor except it also happened to Justin Wilson in an IndyCar race almost the same way...except he was hit in the head by a nose cone and not a tire

[@robin-kq7un]

Yes. We all know motor racing is dangerous, but this was just the worst kind of bad luck.

[@tingltanglchri]

good they have halos these days... RIP Henry 😢

[@Thaisistercunny]

Just like Tom Pryce that was just unlucky

[@anthonyrowland9072]

I never got why F1 didn't even update the design of the cars. Why were they still open wheel/open cockpit cars? Seems like it just makes it way more dangerous.

[@descendingforth]

This video is from 2009 they have halos on all F1,f2,f3 and f4 cars nowadays

[@anthonyrowland9072]

@@descendingforth You know need that if you have a cockpit.

[@descendingforth]

@anthonyrowland9072 they've improved the safety of the cars since this accident

[@stevemurrell6167]

Surtees was not moving.

[@empress_alex]

Honestly, what's worse is that it wouldn't have happened they simply used wheel tethers like in F1...

[@Arsjdaj_]

wheel tethers didn't do that much, in some cases made it worse

[@valerierodger]

They were using wheel tethers. The wheel tether broke. F1 has had three tethers on each wheel since 2018 and we still see wheels come off and break their tethers.

[@christophertolton1990]

I think that's the same track where Craig Jones died

[@AntonVanDerSar]

Was this the catalyst for the Halo?

[@AntonVanDerSar]

And the wheel tethers?

[@valerierodger]

@@AntonVanDerSar it was one of the incidents that led to a greater push for the halo Wheel tethers were already in place for a couple of decades by this point. The wheel from Clarke’s car broke its tether. A couple of years after this a second was introduced in 2018 F1 introduced a third tether, but we still F1 cars, breaking all three tethers and coming off

[@MrDewanchand]

Heart breaking.

[@neti_neti_]

0:16 पहिया द्वारा सिर पर घातक आघात 😱😱😢😢

[@paulhealey2984]

The commentator knew.

[@laurentiubistrian6372]

What a terrible accident. :(

[@mongooseflying9367]

crazy how even after this they didnt implement any sort of saftey device for the head area

[@srinitaaigaura]

Never heard of Halo?

[@D2RCR]

@@srinitaaigauraThe Halo wasn't implemented until 2016, 7 years after this incident

[@eneacristi-gj3uj]

I saw this crash live back then and my honest opinion was and is that the poor kid had a major stroke of bad luck and I blame the FIA for taking 9 years to introduce the HALO after Henry's death. If they had done it earlier Wilson Bianchi they would have been alive today

[@leshemingway7768]

very sad think the cars need more safety for this type of accident as tires to come often in accidents

[@matthewdaub]

Only 18 years old, damn

[@wallybazoum]

Poor kid,so unlucky 😔.

[@Paulprosser-c3t]

Reminds me of Justin Wilson's crash in indy car

[@brentpowell7889]

Just wondering why this has to be put out again for all to see 🤔

[@Hiltwa]

for the racing fans to remember where the current level of safety came from. So we remember that many payed the highest price so others could learn what is truly dangerous in the sport

[@richy69ify]

rubber barriers like pinball caused this

[@SnakezF1]

???

[@lenleathers5482]

Always sad to watch knew henry and his dad john when he was in junior karting when he was 10 years oldrip young man.

[@Azazel2024]

Talk about awful luck..poor guy