Most BRUTAL Crashes In F1 History!

From Hamilton’s devastating crash, to Verstappen’s dramatic incident… which even destroyed a F1 driver’s career, these are the terrible crashes that changed F1 forever!
And we gotta start with Fernando Alonso.
In 2016, Alonso crashed badly as he went flying against a wall in Australian gp. He went flipping through the air before coming to rest upside down at 200 mph. Luckily, he wasn't seriously injured and was capable of escaping his McLaren. But trust me guys, that’s nothing. Cuz what Max’s father Jos Verstappen suffered from was one of the most infamous fire incidents in F1 history.
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[@viligamesbg6971]

F1 changed forever 3 times in 5 minutes.

[@loulabricks]

The fact that he says it so calmly 😂

[@stanistheman12]

@@loulabricks For real 🤣

[@robertmilne4304]

The most horrific crash in F1 I've seen on film is from 1977 South African GP when Welsh driver Tom Pryce hits a well meaning fire marshal who was running across the straight to attend to a car on fire on the other side of the track. What followed was quite gruesome when Pryce hits him head on doing around 180mph resulting in the disintegration of the fire marshal and the death of Pryce as his head hit the fire extinguisher of the marshal. This is on KZbin and is not for the faint hearted, the race was won by Niki Lauda.

[@zachholt2895]

Saw it hard to watch

[@-Dianthus-]

that's the one where the marshal flew into the air right?

[@Luminaria999]

​@@-Dianthus-correct

[@Noodles-The-Hunter-Vanguard]

What’s worse was Gordon Smiley’s Indianapolis 500 crash. This is what the CART Medical Director said: “While rushing to the car, I noticed small splotches of a peculiar gray substance marking a trail on the asphalt leading up to the driver. When I reached the car, I was shocked to see that Smiley's helmet was gone, along with the top of his skull. He had essentially been scalped by the debris fence. The material on the race track was most of his brain. His helmet, due to massive centrifugal force, was literally pulled from his head on impact ... I rode to the care center with the body. On the way in I performed a cursory examination and realized that nearly every bone in his body was shattered. He had a gaping wound in his side that looked as if he had been attacked by a large shark. I had never seen such trauma."

[@tornado1598]

Yeah that one was the worst one I saw in F1, cut the Marshall in two, in recent memory it had to be Grojeans crash, that was scary. Worst crash in history though was in Le Mans when that Mercedes went flying through the crowd, killed like 78 people I think 🤔

[@gulaschkarauski1384]

Roman Grojon crash was in 2020 not 2017

[@saltare5904]

If it was in 2017 he would have died

[@Frost_Wolf6622]

Romain Grosjean crashed in 2017 at sepang during testing, his tire was popped by a broken drain cover and he crashed on u turn 13.

[@gulaschkarauski1384]

@@Frost_Wolf6622 but that crash in the video is not sepang but bahrain

[@ewanmcguigan-jc1ng]

Hamilton why no crashes? 😰🤕

[@Frost_Wolf6622]

@@gulaschkarauski1384 Oh yeah i forgot u were talking about the 2020 crash, yes he did crash in bahrain by another car ramming on his rear tire. But he also did crash in 2017 sepang.

[@guedescvz]

As a Brazilian, I thank this channel for remembering Ayrton Senna. Undoubtedly one of the greatest pilots of all time.

[@LN04_F1.]

Bro said pilot 💀

[@Neo-R.]

Schumi was my childhood hero but Ayrton was the GOAT❤

[@merilicious1594]

Senna was loved by so many ❤ I watched his last race with my father, it was one of 2 times I ever saw my father cry.

[@Em3rzracingfan]

@@LN04_F1.F1 cars are so fast that they call the drivers pilots. That’s why the thing they sit in is called the cockpit

[@RodrigoSouza-md2ul]

​@@LN04_F1. That's just a simple mistake where he directly translated from Portuguese.

[@pamini8892]

grosjeans car splitting in half is actually a safety thing, because when the car breakes in half, a part of the g-forces are transferred to the other half of the car and not all on the driver.

[@sweepzyfn]

but that wasnt there when grosjean crashed

[@adamlreid]

@@justdoit6010 it’s physics

[@justdoit6010]

@@adamlreidan f1 car is not supposed to break in half when it crashes, just watch the reactions from other team principles like red bull etc.. breaking in half means much higher risks for injuries

[@qksf1645]

@@justdoit6010 it's literally true

[@qksf1645]

@@justdoit6010 bro is delusional

[@AlbanianBallKnowlege]

RIP TO ALL THE LEGENDS

[@mattgolfgti]

(arton senna)😢

[@stevenikitas8170]

I was watching the 1994 Imola race live when Senna crashed. It was shocking to see it in real time. It was obvious that he had not survived.

[@stefanh.9345]

The most terrible accidents where in the 60's, 70's, 80's in this time the cars have been getting more and more fast.. the tracks didn't really change since 50's.. first after Rindt's accident began thinking about it.. So many drivers died by less security.. I think to Siffert, Williamson, Koinigg, Pryce, Peterson, Depailler, Villeneuve, Ratzenberger, Senna.... And all the others, not said....

[@mylanmiller9656]

The cars of th 1960's were nothing but an engine with Wheels there were no Safety features at all, It normal to have 5 drivers die in a Race season. There is a problem with making the cars too safe it makes drivers feel that they can be over careless. NASCAR is a proven case for that.

[@benjamindmanzanilla]

In my opinion, the worst crashes were Tom Pryce in 1977 South Africa, Von Trips in 1961 Monza, and Lorenzo Bandini 1967. Rest in peace to those drivers

[@KK0pL]

​@@benjamindmanzanillaLe mans 1955. Killed 84 people.

[@benjamindmanzanilla]

@@KK0pL Yeah, that’s definitely the worst, however that is not F1 thankfully. The most similar to that is Wolfgang Von Trips which in my opinion is the worst

[@alffuergregor]

Senna hit that wall after Gerhard Berger had crashed there some years before and both had walked there to see if the wall could be removed. But because there was water behind it they walked away and he would die there. Always listen to your inner voice, it knows, it guides!

[@mkay1957]

Telemetry showed that Senna hit the wall at 137 MPH. He was doing around 190 MPH when his car suddenly veered to the right. He did not die the next day. He died at the track, although he was officially declared dead at the hospital a little while later.

[@BlueSkyBS]

I believe Piquet and Alboreto also hit the wall at Tamburello in the years before 1994, so they were given plenty of warning of what could happen.

[@WojtaDaCat]

You forgot about Tom Pryce’s death in 1977 South Africa GP

[@S.P.Q.Rrespublicas]

that was completely horrific

[@krissolson7043]

No mention of the BMW Robert Kubika crash in Montreal where the car smashed the wall and the flipped twice and ended up the size of Roberts body.

[@breyermcjoey]

I was there for Zhou's crash and it happened so quickly that we didn't even know he'd gone over the barrier until we saw the replay of it

[@Noodles-The-Hunter-Vanguard]

I know this is IndyCar but it’s still the most brutal crash I’ve heard of. [TRIGGER WARNING. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED) This is what the CART Medical Director said: “While rushing to the car, I noticed small splotches of a peculiar gray substance marking a trail on the asphalt leading up to the driver. When I reached the car, I was shocked to see that Smiley's helmet was gone, along with the top of his skull. He had essentially been scalped by the debris fence. The material on the race track was most of his brain. His helmet, due to massive centrifugal force, was literally pulled from his head on impact ... I rode to the care center with the body. On the way in I performed a cursory examination and realized that nearly every bone in his body was shattered. He had a gaping wound in his side that looked as if he had been attacked by a large shark. I had never seen such trauma."

[@marcstafanov8431]

You mean the 1981 or 1982 Gordon Smiley's Crash ?

[@saragrant9749]

Gordon Smiley. Yup, one of the most violent impacts ever.

[@robfurnari1]

Most Brutal????? The video is total incomplete!!! Totally wrong!!! The worst accidents in F1 were in the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. This demonstrates a total lack of knowledge of Formula 1 accidents.

[@jeffbain1969]

Great video but with some extremely sad moments

[@ryanvandoren1519]

Yo the way you ended your video by teasing another one was genius. Actually choae to go watch that video. Good stuff dude.

[@Zenobiusz.]

Those are the most popular crashes, not the most brutal. Heads decapitation, burned alive, smashed bodies - those were most brutal in my opinion. Like Williamson, Petterson, Bandini burned, Koenig lost his head when car hit the barier. Almost all of those fatalities happened between 50's and 70's so you want see any 4K or FHD video of the incident, only low quality pictures and written words people who saw it happened.

[@tygobermind3640]

Petterson wasn't brutal at all, he died in the hospital because of a blood cloth.

[@maarlo12345]

1977 South Afircan GP is the worst crash in F1 history it was so graphic that my heart went beating so fast when a person got hit by car going in 180 miles perhour it was so scarey and shocking moment

[@mylanmiller9656]

How do You classify worst, They have been Killing guys since they started FI in the Early 1950's They have had crashes that killed three guys.

[@youreright3664]

Surprised you didn't mention Derek Warwick's, German GP crash, at Hockenhiem. He got out the car ran back to the pits and got in the spare car and rejoined the race.

[@dreamsoffreedomband]

R.I.P. Jules Bianchi 1989-2015.

[@GrrMeister]

*Roger Williamson (2 February 1948 - 29 July 1973 Age 25) Leicester Born was a British racing driver, a two time British Formula 3 champion, who died during his second Formula One race, the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort Circuit in the Netherlands. There is a tree dedicated to him in The Abbey Park Leicester which I often visit.*

[@bathtub1171]

Senna managed to slow his car from 190 to 131 MPH but it still made for a fatal crash that could've been entirely prevented by a proper weld in the steering column.

[@ThomasakaDes]

If you have a bad feeling in the stomach for a race, listen to your stomach and don't race. (Ayrton Senna)

[@WTFeditz20]

Nice Video

[@Itsheisenberg]

“Jules Bianchi had his dreams dashed” He died. Dreams dashed? Seriously?

[@tonywadkins5258]

Can't believe Spa 98 wasn't in this video!

[@SPACEPHILIPPINES853]

Most Brutal (Gruesome) Crashes (in my opinion) F1, F2, F3, 10. Romain Grosjean 9. Henry Surtees 8. Roger Williamson 7.Marco Campos 6.Jules Bianchi 5. Niki Lauda 4. Ayrton Senna 3. Pierre Levegh 2. Roland Ratzenberger 1. Tom Pryce & Frederik Jansen Van Vuuren (Motorsports) 10. Shoya Tomizawa 9. Carlos Polancos 8. Carlos Pardo 7. Romain Grosjean 6. Marco Simoncelli 5. Gordon Smiley 4. Kevin Ward Jr. 3. Zbigniew Raniszewski 2. Luis Carreria 1. Tom Pryce

[@WetTropicsOfOz]

Thanks for sharing! Made me a bit sad this video when i;saw Ayrton Senna, for me he was the best driver, so many pole positions & just pulled away so many times, very hard to race in front, even harder to stay there! Jos Verstappen very lucky man, Niki Lauda too, well done!

[@fidan2fast]

What about Villeneuve that was thrown from his car, into a fence on the other side of tge track? Or Cevert that got slied in half by the barrier? Or Roger Williamson that was burned alive upside down?

[@campanderson2702]

Roger Williamson was the one who was burned alive upside down. Peterson was pulled out of his burning car and passed away the following day. Both are still horrifying accidents

[@fidan2fast]

@@campanderson2702 yeah, somehow I managed to mix them up

[@qksf1645]

Or Helmuth Koinigg who lost his head because his car went through the barrier and his head hit the upper part of the barrier. The same would have happened to Grosjean if there was no halo.

[@MarvinHartmann452]

​@qksf1645 Yeah, it was particularly horrible.

[@calibri1182]

Ronnie Peterson was rescued from the flames. He died the next day in hospital though.

[@swampjajc]

I remember watching the F1GP live in 1994, two drivers lost in one weekend such a shame. ❤

[@Catlover69820]

2020 man not 2018 lol

[@matttackel997]

This video should be titled, "most brutal crashes in F1 recent history" Just about all of those featured in the video pale in comparrison to the 1960s-1970s crashes.

[@justinbaker1006]

Uhm the grossjean crash was not in 2018

[@Kam1Kaz3NL77]

7:28 Even this is a sad moment of Anthoine Hubert crash/death, that's F2, not F1. 8:04 you say Jackie Stewart crashed in the same corner (Eau Rouge), he went off at the "Masta Kink" of the 1966 layout, which is about 7 kilometers away

[@ArumesYT]

And Verstappen's pit fire is not a crash. And we could go on and on. This video is essentially clickbait without giving a fuck about the facts. Last time I watched this channel.

[@elitiller8623]

He punched through the barrier like an anti-tank projectile, with the same resultant explosive pop. Strange how all of these could have been fatal crashes have increased exponentially since the introduction of the halo.

[@kiri8601]

what do you mean

[@elitiller8623]

@@kiri8601 Since the introduction of the halo there have been dozens of cases where if it were absent, it would mean certain death. Yet considering the years 2004-2009 for instance. Before it's implementation, there was not a single death nor career breaking injury resultant from the lack of a halo.

[@frankiedonegan6150]

@@elitiller8623I’m not sure what you’re implying here. Are you saying that the halo has increased the likelihood of these crashes? Are you saying that there’s some sort of conspiracy to increase the number of these crashes in order to justify the halo? Obviously both of these are completely ridiculous, and you’ve picked an incredibly small timespan to make that assertion. What’s more, safety developments are made to reduce the likelihood not only of death, but of injury to the drivers. Just because nobody died in the few years before the halo in a manner that the halo would helped, doesn’t mean that it was not a worthwhile introduction. Also, since the halo was a bit of a hot button topic, and when it saves death or injury it’s very visible and obvious to the audience, it is lauded every time it does that. Without the halo the drivers in these crashes could’ve been fine, but we don’t know. The point is that the halo could’ve saved their lives, but we don’t know, all we know is that it certainly helped. Also dozens is a massive exaggeration. Probably less than a dozen where you could reasonably make the claim that the crash could’ve been fatal without the halo.

[@FT-64]

@@elitiller8623 Not true. Jules Bianchi at Suzuka.

[@elitiller8623]

@@frankiedonegan6150 Its just an observation. It is in fact a worthwhile introduction, and as I have noticed, has already saved quite a few lives in every category where it has been implemented. Perhaps it is just a matter of being able to handle glowing hot iron with welding gloves on. I wouldn't say there is any conspiracy. They have openly admitted to formulating in the hopes of a less spaced out field. Maybe an unworthy observation after all.

[@zofiaokon4543]

I think you should have mentioned the Monza 1961 accident. It was the greatest tragedy in the history of the sport and for some reason it was forgotten...

[@lewiskemp5893]

Don't forget Rubens almost died Friday at Imola. Senna loved him. DR Sid told Senna don't race and let's go fishing. I wished Senna did

[@JeffSherlock]

I must have blinked, many times, and missed the 'changed forever' occurring with each of these incidents.

[@kimitheworm]

You do know that f1 started in 1950..... and countless drivers have died before the dates mentioned....

[@Slimpickinsorl]

Telegraph pole? Now that’s old school

[@netheriteplays]

3:37 bro started watching f1 today

[@adizMMZ]

You know the videomakers have respect when they mention Ratzenberger when talking about San Marino 94

[@Nicholas25671]

Senna-his steering wheel got stuck🕊️🕊️🇧🇷🇧🇷.3 World titles REST IN PEACE

[@RUNNER_HIT]

man has said changed f1 for ever like 50 times

[@JenniferClark24]

Senna didn't just lose control. There was a mechanical failure on the car.

[@youtubemax8479]

0:22 ayo grojesan radio

[@beamng_king7891]

This guy in every crash be like:THIS CRASH CHANGED FOR EVER😱😱😱

[@giladfadel5920]

Changed F1 forever...

[@amydonnelly8255]

I'm surprised there was nothing about the Spa 1998 crash off the start which took out most the grid........that one was nasty and lucky no one was injured.

[@tygobermind3640]

Wasn't nasty at all, just expensive.

[@user-sl5gw2ny1f]

Helmuth koinigg’s was very brutal

[@HJS_VR]

6:33 We can never forget Jules

[@ItsFutbol0908]

The start of all the people: “THIS CRASH CHANGED ALL OF F1 FOREVER😰”

[@ItsFutbol0908]

And “THIS CRASH WAS NOTHING😳”

[@idiotnerd]

Surprisingly, this video changed F1 forever

[@AuntieSmelly]

Senna didn’t lose control, the steering column failed.

[@EricBurns1]

1:05 that's similar to the Indy 500 pit fire. Except that fire was invisible bc it was nearly pure ethanol burning. F1 should create a standard fuel hose system so it is 100% safe and refueling can return.

[@strengthandmasculinity]

Refueling will always be dangerous.

[@EricBurns1]

@@strengthandmasculinity Since the pit fire I can't think of a single fire in NASCAR or IndyCar.

[@fast_guy]

Verstappen is on fire 🔥 Verstappen is on fire😅

[@robertovelez6909]

The reason this called F1 untold is because half of this video is badly researched, Grosjean had his accident in 2020 not 2018, a lot of this is speculative at best, unprintable at worst

[@KTKV21]

Francois Cevert and Helmuth Koinigg's crash was far more brutal than the crash this video included

[@gromitdaddy]

So was Berger's crash and resulting fireball... He was never the same after.

[@snop7476]

​@@gromitdaddy at least he got out of the car with his head

[@qksf1645]

@@gromitdaddy Berger was barely injured meanwhile Cevert and Koinigg literally got cut into pieces

[@wic9kf8]

@@gromitdaddynot even close to their crash

[@diamondshark1965]

Niki Laudas crash is the most scariest ik he survived but you know in rush omg if that's true what he had to through would be painful

[@alzeNL]

I like how ALL THE WORDS ARE HIGH LIGHTED.

[@stefencooke]

Roman crash was 2020 not 2018

[@el0j]

this changed F1 F O R E V E R. but that's N O T H I N G

[@py9mds]

Too many annoying random headlines popping up in this video so didn’t make it beyond Senna’s crash. Is there a version of this video without all the annoying text that keeps popping up?

[@froreyfire]

BTW, Jackie Stewart didn't crash "at the same corner" as Antoine Hubert. That was in the Masta Kink, was hasn't been in use for decades.

[@lucagubernati4695]

History? I only see from 90s and beyond for 4 minutes, that much i lasted with such theatrical commentary.

[@francoisregis2155]

What about Gilles Villeneuve in Zolder Belgium in 1982? It was a big crash his car was getting destroyed and Gilles flew in the air over Mass’s car loosing his helmet before his body crashed in the fence

[@castrotroy6622]

Francois Cevert Helmut Koinigg Thomas Pryce Roger Williamson Gordon Smiley Russell Phillips

[@dawnnuere6462]

WHAT IS THE THUMBNAIL CRASH

[@laszlonagy02]

I don't remember Mick said that but if he did it's funny that after they fired Mazepin (because he is russian and when the war broke out everyone descriminated russians all around the world) Mick became the next laughing stock. Haas did't knew how good they were with Grosjean and Magnussen before and when they called Magnussen back showed everything.

[@THE_MASTER46]

what about sofia florch ( a f3 driver ) in china in 2017 or 2018 oh boy that was brutal

[@urnan7427]

2020 not 2018 but great vid

[@mica7191]

Even Ricardo Rosset ends a kitty compared to Mazespin

[@perchristensen701]

Happy to see that he got away with it so well...

[@user-vd8dj5zt8q]

Oh my goodness 😮😮😮😮

[@pullt]

"had his dreams dashed" ??!?! 😂

[@joaom2057]

Really? C Mon. What about Courage, Schlesser, Pryce, Cevert, Villeneuve Bandini, etc...

[@PhotosOfBuildings]

So many errors in this video. Hubert was killed in an F2 race, not an F1 Grand Prix. Grosjeans crash was 2020 not 2017 and Bianchi couldn't have had his life saved by the Halo, because there was no such thing then....Also, it was Canada 2011 that led to the 4 hour time limit on races, not because of Bianchis crash...Sheesh.

[@Kinggrave]

Completely agree this video is awful. And just for your knowledge, bianchi wouldn’t have been saved by the halo. The massive deceleration in such a short amount of time and the incredible amount of g’s (200+) would’ve killed him anyway.

[@PhotosOfBuildings]

@@Kinggrave Absolutely. Thanks for your reply.

[@MonaroMel1]

Devastating to watch this video. The sport i love so much is (not so much now) was so so dangerous. Every Belgium GP I pray everyone survives. Suzuka is as bad. Breaks my heart, but I can't stop watching 😏

[@MP-zw5vg]

🏎️ Ronnie Pettersson.

[@phxnky]

I don't know guys but for me... Daniil Kwjat is a Legend. He's just the Meme of F1😂 Torpedo for life

[@The.Drunk-Koala]

The HALO is a result from Jules Bianchi's crash.

[@epikdude243]

gives me reason to not try to be a professional f1 driver

[@linnet12dd]

Roger Williamson, Tom Pryce? Way more brutal than these

[@shb8124]

While these were all bad there are many more horrific and utterly tragic crashes not included, Pryce in '77, Williamson and Cevert in '73, etc.

[@williamc4309]

The car broke causing senna to crash though, you cant control the steering if it breaks

[@breezyfennecyt1168]

Oh and btw you’ve got this wrong the wall never injured senna the front wheel of his car killed him cause when it made collision with the wall it caused the wheel to go flying into sennas head resulting fractured skull if the wheel of the Rothmans never hit him he would’ve been fine Sorry for the paragraph

[@froreyfire]

The video should be titled "Some random crashes in F1 History".

[@mladen555555]

where is Hamilton - Max ? that was with 51g crash and more brutal than 50% you put here .

[@robfurnari1]

The worst accidents in F1 were in the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's... forget all the accidents after 2000, they were nothing compared with 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's.

[@Timfruhling]

sad that it is Senna 1994 and often overlooked Ratzenberger deaths and that horrible weekend (horrific Barrichello crash too!) I watched it all live....for me F1 was starting to go down hill from then on in, too many safety procedures, chicanes at IMOLA fast corners, nowadays these stupid HALOs - F1 is supposed to be dangerous it's the pinacle of motorsport.....F1 died when Senna died or atleast the F1 I remember - also where's the fucking noise !! Just type Senna Onboard and that's Formula One my friend....

[@RemyMS]

Damn!

[@Luc3ntiX]

The egos of some drivers also have been responsible for accidents

[@simonzwug6856]

Funfact: 42 days after niki laudas Bad crash makes he p4 in monza

[@lwalker8785]

I assume Mazepin and Latifi are on the list for comic relief because neither of them had more than a minor shunt in F1.

[@CrafttyBlox-qr8cb]

So many crashes in 1994....

[@Will89114]

Rest in peace to these racers and others that may not been shown that helped change f1 too save many life's with there own untimely unexpectedly Demise,😫😭 there are heroes to today racers and even road drivers- also the thumbnail looks really bad 😢.

[@alleyjumperuk]

Sebastian vettel crashed when the safety car was out for Ferrari and he was a 4 times champion. Yes in the rain as well ☺️

[@Freezee]

3:39 How can you get something like that wrong???

[@kevbrown2532]

Lauda himself has said that the changes that happened after his accident were already planned and would have happened anyway. Nurburgring was already too dangerous, had come to the end of it's contract and drivers had refused to continue racing there on that circuit.

[@Hue_Sam]

This is a mess.

[@twrampage]

Not even trying to be accurate by implying that refueling went out because of safety issues.