Worst crash at each track
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We’ve seen some big crashes this season, but what were the worst crashes for wach track. We can also use historic race tracks. And although a driver dies at that track, its not neccesarily the worst accident there.
Albert Park: 2010 Kobayashi
Circuit Gilles Villenveuve: 2007 Kubica
Valencia Street Circuit: 2010 Webber
Circuit de Spa Francorchamps: 1998 just about everyone
Suzuka: 2009 Alguersuari (I cant remember any other ones)
Yeongam: 2010 Petrov
Interlagos: 2003 Just about everyone
Imola: 1989 Gerhard Berger
The one for Suzuka that springs to mind for me is Mcnish’s one in Quali in ’02: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFJmJsV_PMk
Brundle at Albert Park, surely? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItC4s1WDAbU
Current ones, and only including F1 what I have seen since I started following:
Sakhir – not very bad ones there, but I say Hamilton in FP some years ago.
Melbourne – Brundle 1996
Sepang – Herbert 2000
Shanghai – Karthikeyan 2005
Barcelona – Kovalainen 2008
Istanbul – nothing big there either, but I choose 2008 start incident where Fisichella flew through the air
Montreal – Kubica 2007
Valencia – Webber 2010
Silverstone – Schumacher 1999
Hockenheim (new) – start crash 2003
Hungaroring – well Massa’s one was just freak incident and the crash into tyre wall wasn’t the worst one. I say Firman 2003
Spa – Zanardi 1993
Monza – 1st lap crash 2000
Singapore – Piquet 2008
Suzuka – McNish 2002
Yeongam – Petrov 2010
Interlagos – Alonso 2003
Abu Dhabi – none
I think the worst at China was Buemi’s. There isn’t much scarier than going down that huge straight and just as you go to brake your wheels fly off!
Agree with the rest of your list though Bleu although Christian Fittipaldi’s Monza backflip was probably the most spectacular crash at that track but not the worst.
What about Monaco? There’s a whole host of choices for that. Fisi’s in 2005 was quite big, and Brundle’s in 1984 was bad as well. Then there’s the huge start line pile up caused by Derek Daly in 1980, and Jenson’s massive shunt in practice in 2003 which meant he couldnt start the race.
There was also a colossal shunt in the 1950 race when a freak wave soaked the track and caused a massive pile up, and who can forget when Ascari plunged into the harbour in ’55.
And though it wasn’t particularly destructive, but when Brabham crashed out of the lead on the last corner of the last lap in 1970 it must have been pretty bad for him!
Disagree with Melbourne. Villeneuve’s crash in 2001 was definitely the worst, regardless of the fatality! He hadn’t hit the brakes, so he was doing about 180mph when he connected with Ralf’s Williams, he flew through the air, made heavy contact with the barriers mid-flight before cart-wheeling through the gravel trap. I am struggling to think of a more scary accident in the history of Formula 1! And I think Senna’s fatal or Piquet’s 1987 crashes at Tamburello were worse than Berger’s. Berger didn’t actually hit the wall as hard, he was just unlucky that the impact ruptured the fuel cell.
I agree with most others though. McNish’s crash at Suzuka in 2002 remains the only time I have seen a car go through the barrier! Firman’s crash in Hungary 2003 was also horrendous.
A few more to consider from the current tracks:
Interlagos – Brundle, Irvine Verstapppen 94. Not massive, but pretty scary bearing in mind the fact that Verstappen’s wheel actually hit Brundle on the noggin.
Montreal – Panis 97. Ruined what could have been his best F1 season.
Monaco – Wendelinger 94. He was in a coma for months after this crash.
Silverstone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QRjq1Vs3qA
On the flip-side, how about ‘worst’ crash in terms of ‘oh my god I can’t believe he just did that’
China – Hamilton ’07
Japan – Vettel into Webber ’08
Sakhir – Hamilton 2008 (FP) or Raikkonen 2006 (quali)
Melbourne – Ralf/JV 2001
Sepang – Herbert 2000 or Ralf/Webber 2005
Shanghai – Karthikeyan 2005
Barcelona – Kovalainen 2008
Monaco – Wendlinger 1994 (quali)
Istanbul – Montoya 2005 (although that’s rather tame)
Montreal – Paletti 1982
Valencia – Webber 2010
Silverstone – Scheckter 1973
Hockenheim (new) – start crash 2003
Hungaroring – Firman 2003
Spa – 1st lap 1998 (by miles)
Monza – von Trips 1961, Rindt 1970, Petersen 1978
Singapore – Piquet 2008
Suzuka – Senna/Prost 1990
Yeongam – Petrov 2010
Interlagos – Alonso 2003
Abu Dhabi – none
Its not F1 but the worst crash at Abu Dhabi would probably have to be Natacha Gachnang’s crash where she went straight on at the end of the straight.
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