Massive Crash for the #3 Cadillac I 2023 6 Hours of Spa I RACE I FIA WEC
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Massive crash for the #3 Cadillac at the top of the Raidillon during the TotalEnergies 6 Hours of Spa. Driver ok.
The FIA World Endurance Championship is the world’s premier international sportscar championship, contested over seven rounds across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. With multiple cars across three categories (Hypercar, LMP2 and LMGTE Am) all on track at the same time, the WEC is a sports car extravaganza that offers action, overtakes, excitement and entertainment for fans worldwide. - กีฬา
Just to give you an idea of how safety has improved... that exact type of crash is what killed Stefan Bellof in a Porsche 956 Group C in 1985. Van Der Zande walking away with HALF THE CAR MISSING is just testament to how strong the carbon fiber over aluminum honeycomb safety cell is, and the energy dissipation technology in the materials (the cars are literally designed to shatter around the safety cell to remove as much kinetic energy as possible)
Completely agree, as soon as he went off I thought of Bellof all those years ago. Add to that improvements in track safety; and now we have drivers slamming a door in frustration over a crash, not hushed tones from announcers as the track falls silent.
The angle helped too, not as head on as bellof’s crash. He may have stood a chance if the car had spun off the barrier rather than spin then go straight into it head on.
I think in atleast by 1991 they got carbon fibre chassis in Group C, but F1 had it since 1981. Because F1 fans are so delusional they will rarely credit carbon fibre.
But yes carbon fibre and dissipation is super super important. In 1989, 1991 and 1992 there were accidents at Tamburello Imola at 190 mph, straight onto pure concrete, each time the driver walking off with minor injuries. In CART in 1996 Blundell hit a pure concrete wall at 198 mph, climbed out the car with the power of pure adrenaline then collapsed. He missed 3 races but finished 3rd in the championship.
All of these crashes had no HANS and the ones in F1 had no cockpit sides. Just carbon fibre monocoques, safety cells and dissipation. Often overlooked but crucial. Thank you McLaren and thank you John Barnard.
Pretty sure almost everyone watching already realizes this.
Not exactly they where both side by side then both do not back down
Glad he wasn't tossed to the track, the changes were well done
Seems like the safety level in FIA WEC is miles above F1.
@@damarfadlan9251 it's the same track...
beisdes, no, wec can race in grade 2 circuit, f1 cannot
@@damarfadlan9251 i think you're confused.
But it was terminal damage.
@@damarfadlan9251 how can it be? The circuit safety is the same
The first big test for the new run off area for Spa shows that it worked really well
Yep. What a great change
No kidding! Glad to see the huge improvement in safety keeping the car on the side of the track rather than punting him back across the racing line. And all without sacrificing the character of eau rouge and radillon
No car back on track is great.
It looks like a completely different corner! Just hope the Formula cars don’t test it out the way he did 😅
RIP stefan bellof
“Not worried about their new car, I’m worried about the driver!”
Good man, well said.
And this is exactly why I'm still mad at Ferrari for what they did to Gilles.
I hate Nelson Piquet but after Enzo Ferrari's comment when Gilles passed, he said: "The Ferraris are metal coffins and I'll never accept to drive one".
Gilles wasn't the most magnificent but to say "I don't care about the driver! What about the car?" Literally made me lose any respect I had for Ferrari. Forever.
@@DimitriMoreiraI got my hammer if any one touches my sonic I will smash you 😠 0:20 1:46
Unbelievable how safe that Caddi was, that was a brutal shunt.
Saw it live. That was scary. Glad he is ok.
Ant Davidson - "I don't care about their brand new car right now I care about the driver"
Well said sir, too often this sport can be callus when thinking of things other than the driver. Glad he was okay.
I think the earlier comment also reflects the improvement to safety standards these days: we almost always expect the driver to be ok!
@@gregoryf9299 we've already lost a driver on that corner recently... We've had people break their backs... The cars are safe sure but racing is very dangerous.
And this is exactly why I'm still mad at Ferrari for what they did to Gilles.
I hate Nelson Piquet but after Enzo Ferrari's comment when Gilles passed, he said: "The Ferraris are metal coffins and I'll never accept to drive one".
Gilles wasn't the most magnificent but to say "I don't care about the driver! What about the car?" Literally made me lose any respect I had for Ferrari. Forever.
That old man and boy didn't even realise such a big crash happened next to them
The old man's face 😑
Yeah, they look ridiculous
What? Of fucking course they would. There's a thing called sound.
@@bewa3025 Please watch that again, they didn't hear or see a fucking thing because they were too worried about looking at the cameraman.
@@______926 How in the shit can you NOT hear a fucking car crash mere feet away from you?
1:51 imagine having a crash happen right in front of you and still looking away
Casuals are the worst. Its a shame all sport need their money. Fools and their money so easily parted.
Yeah 😨
You know some people do that because they don't want to see something potentially fatal, right?
@@AvaRVN their reaction to me just seems like they missed it
Mike Conway hit the fence at Indy right in front of me. It was horrifying. I have a friend that was at Talladega when Edwards hit the fence which was pretty bad. Imagine a 3500 lb race car in the air coming at you at 200 mph.
Thankfully they changed the runoff and have tec pro barriers too. Imagine this in the old Circuit... Ooof wouldn't doubt some broken ribs...
Or even worse, the car could have bounced back to the track....
Back then Stefan Bellof died in a similar accident :(
Very happy to see Van Der Zande safe and walk away. Gee I really miss hearing Ant Davis in F1. He's so quick & such a great technical driver assessor of driving situations and causes of accidents in commentary.
Completely agree!
Meglio carlo vanzini e marc genè
Reaction of the Camera man should not be ignored!! Insane reflex.
Holy shiit. That was a BIG one...
Cadillac No.3's accident began a few corners back imo. If you were watching Ferrari No.51 on board footage, you see something fall off the right rear wheel side. I guess suspension related.
Yup my thoughts exactly something broke in the suspension causing him to bottom out and lose steering ....glad he's ok that was scary!!!
at 1:43 u can see that he was too much on the left and probably went over the wet part.
You can actually see how the Ferrari was well on the right side of the wite line after the curb.
it was more a bottoming out from the sparks seen, so he had no steering input and became a passenger
spot on, too much onto the wet curbing, the subsequent bottoming out was during the input correction as the car was already sliding from a loss of grip. easier said than done, just driving the correct line in the dry is hard enough, racing at this level in the wet?
Actually to be 100% sure I would like to see others hypercar in the same spot to see where they put the tyres
He had a power steering failure
Theyre both splitting the car with the white line..... what??? At 1:43 you can literally see the white line on the center of the ferrari....
While the team is happy that he is alright. That is so devastating. Motorsport budget is very limited and to see your car completely in pieces.... That is just tough
That Yellow Cadillac has the worst luck. Mechanical issue while leading comfortably at the 12h of Sebring, crashed in the first lap at Long Beach, now this.... Glad Van der Zande is ok.
@@shivamarya5225 it was leading the imsa sebring race way before the top 3 crashed out
@@shivamarya5225 that was the #31 red Cadillac.
@@raccoon_05 that was the red Whelan engineering caddy. The number 1 retired after a fuel line leak and fire
Yeah.
GM lol
Eau Rouge bites again... Luckily that runoff has been extended so that the car didn't bounce back straight into middle of the track. Also as someone said here, Stefan Bellof got killed by a similar accident. So despite that massive accident it's fantastic that Renger could walk away from that.
It would be a lot of work but it would be nice if they tightened the circuit and shortened this straight a bit. That corner is blinding as it is and they insist on making it incredibly fast and wide open. It's quite thrilling but unnecessary to me. I don't need to have cars thrown off track and drivers safety at a risk to enjoy racing.
Kudos for the designers and engineers that make such safe cars and for the changes in those corners.
Dont matter who they are or what race it is, always good to see the driver walk away from a crash 👍🏽
Holy shit, this car is safe, it was an insane impact, nearly straight forward. Amount of gforce must be very high
Glat to see he´s ok! This crash reminds me of Stefan Bellof´s crash. He was not so lucky. Eau Rouge is a monster when you not 100% clear.
That was a scary hit
Glad the drivers okay.
That Eau Rouge hill climb is absolutely so dangerous, glad to see the driver walk away. I give an A+ to the changes at that corner.
The drivers perspective from Ant with his technical knowledge is what makes him the best pundit on sky F1... it is noticeable when he is not there ...
Thank God for the updates to the track. I feel like everybody wants to see this team have success. Heartbreaking end to the 3's race, thrilled van der zande is okay.
I drove an ARMY “duce & a half” on that part of the track back in the late 80’s, when it was still it’s old self!
So glad he is ok
Glad to see Renger out with only a little ego damage. I saw Pietro Fittipaldi break both legs there in 2018 and that was in the slower LMP2 class.
Fittipaldi drove the DragonSpeed LMP1 though.
@@Maenfy I stand corrected. It was a mess though. Wasn't as dramatic as Renger but Eau Rouge is a nasty corner if it goes wrong
Best corner sequence in the world
It certainly is!
You know safety is improving when you have an impact like that and the driver is livid. (There’s no time to be mad when you’re injured)
I feel so bad for Renger. So unfortunate.
Besides the crash; Why? You should've seen Gio's onboard during the time and the dude in front of Gio loved swerving dangerously and pushing him off track limits a lot before the aftermath.
@@UnlovedZetsu Because I’m a Sebastien Bourdais fan who is tired of Renger wrecking his car, but I chose to say something nice.
@@Kite037 ehm, do you remember the IMSA race this year at Long Beach? And also last year at Long Beach? This was the first crash from Renger in a long time which was all by himself... The problem is definitely not him, it's more like Bourdais is crashing the car most of the time
@@benherbst6925 Crashing wasn’t the right phrase. Letting me down moreso, he does a great job generally but races like Mid Ohio last year stick in my mind. He really bottled that one. I’m a fan, I get a little fanatical sometimes. Also I choose to remember Seb taking the lead back again Long Beach last year, not why he had to take it back 😬
He took it like a champ
He is OK. Good! That`s enough. Many old WEC fans, maybe same thing remembering....
Belloff...
I remember Aitken breaking his back not too long ago... Hubert dying in F2 recently too, whilst wec has had it's fair share of tragedy with this corner/section of the track... The danger of it can not be understated.
0:58 "I don't care about their brand-new car right now. I care about the driver." What an amazing commentator. Love it.
Man I'm glad he walked away in frustration. That's a huge hit my boy. I don't want to lose any more racers this year 😢 I can't do it.
Holy cow that was one hell of a massive shunt! Glad the driver is ok :o
Seems like the safety level in 2023 FIA WEC LeMans Hypercar is absolutely top level. RESPECT! Had the safety level not being upgraded, Van Der Zande could've been killed in only 15 minutes.
This happened right in front of me. It was a really scary crash! I'm glad nothing happened and he's okay!
Great to see he's ok, that was a massive crash
The new changes to the track probably saved that man's live. 👏
Surviving Eau Rouge crash at that speed should be an achievement
The driver lives to screw up another day.
This commentary team is top
Dude has the best name. 'Renger Van Der Zande' In my native tongue of Australian, it's pronounced "Renga Van Da Zanda" Has a great flow to it.
I'm super glad they moved the runoff back. If the barriers were still where they were before, he would have been right on, if not DANGEROUSLY close to the racing line.
Nice to see the #3 Cadillac LMH not tossed to the middle of the track. It was brutal.
Renger van der Zande - that's a cracking name.
The safety is just incredible.
Lmao how did some people in the stand not see or hear the crash that litterally happened right under their noses 😂
It's funny the number of times I've done exactly the same thing in a C7.R in sims. SPA is unforgiving at that turn.
Well done to everyone who has worked on making these cars safer today than they've ever been before
Power steering failure it turns out. Very unlucky spot for it to occur.
Glad to see that Eau Rouge's safety has improved. If this were a few years ago, it would be very bad
Heavy 😮
Could have been a bit of wet track there. Glad your ok.
Thankfully the drivers ok. Was a power steering malfunction.
‘’ Oi mate - you can’t park there!’’
I was in that grandstand as that happened
as crazy and as hesitant after breens accident in the wrc as it is to say, we might be entering an era in circuit racing of extremely minimal fatalities on track.
Wow. That was a big hit.
its sad to see that it was necessary people to die on this corner for actually the owners of the circuit to fix this. Look how pretty this accident was and how safe it all went. Now we can see races not thinking someone will die there again. Im quite happy for the end. sad we lost a car. between, where can i watch live the full race? Seems eurosport changed to ciclismo
My heart was in my mouth waiting for the driver to move. So very good to see him walk away.
It might have been a tire puncture, it might have been a suspension failure. I suspect it will have been a mechanical failure of some component on the left side of the car at the rear.
He's gutted he crashed the car, my man after a shunt like that you should be stoked to walk away without a scratch! Amazing tech in safety 😮
Validates the safety changes in that corner, keeping the car from crossing back across the track
Reminds me on Belhoff.
so glad RVDZ is ok, that was a huge shunt. The yellow Cadi has such bad luck this season...
Ouch!
Was Right Infront of Me, such a Big Relieve as he got out of the Car, everyone was Hella Worried
That is why Spa is such a great track.
Because of crashes? 🤨
@@Muhluri Many racing drivers died there
Such a miniscule mistake for such a horrible crash. Poor dude
I am happy the changes on the track worked and he did not come back into the track.
I am so glad that the driver was able to walk away. Angry with himself - justified? Nope I have not driven that part of the circuit at that speed.
It looks like he feels the pressure behind him
Caaaadi
thanks for the spoilers in the thumbnails, gg guys
Les progrès en termes de sécurité sont impressionnants. Le pilote va taper très fort dans les barrières. Néanmoins, la voiture n'a quasiment rien du tout au niveau visuel. Il y a juste un peu de carrosserie qui s'est envolée et les roues qui se sont arrachées. Au vu de la violence du choc, la voiture n'a presque aucun dégâts. Et bien sûr, c'est réjouissant que le pilote n'ait rien.
Esse carros são tão seguros que o piloto saiu de boa
That was scary to watch live...
Grip department or some laboratory about stabilizy avoid slide and slip
The realization of those guys took 3 to 5 business days
glad no one died 🙏
From big shunt to win in Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca
😢 I was rooting for Cadillac
I always had concern for the new Randillion's crest Grandstand for debris flying being a big crashes hotspot... well after this one I had a confirm but also relief about the height of the seats well enough but still... from F1 to LMH they do the Eau Rouge/Randillion basically full throttle and seen the speeds, hence my preoccupation for possible flying pieces yeeting away from a car crashing in front of it. In my opinion it should have been built with a full-size windowed protection, or at least that was my opinion from the first time I saw it after the 2022 works. Drivers knows the risk of their duty, it's a choice of life, but the spectators should not put in any hazard places. And I'm not a random guy, I am a private historian of the golden years of Endurance between '56 and '74 when danger and death was around the corner for drivers sadly. Fortunally the new safety measures and techs have improved the protos' and drivers passing away are very rare and in very unfortunate and almost absourd ways, mostly for rollcages failing for hitting in the most fragile point (see Le Mans 2013 at Tertre Rouge's tree line). Very reliefed about the driver's conditions. But I repeat. After LM '55. No hazard for the spectators should be the norm, and the places where people seats to have a fun day of passion, or just fun, watch a race should have always almost a 0.1% percentual of risk for these "outsiders". That's my point of view. But thankfully, this event, (I was aspecting something like so to happen before or after...) proved me wrong. All is good until it ends like today. From italy and from a Ferrari 499P fan, I am very sad for the Cadillac Team. You were conducting a very precise and constant race. And now... Win the Best.
It's safer than it looke on camera, you actually sit super high above the track, the angle makes it look not that high in the video
wow what happen😢
My god these things are designed well for him to walk so quickly away...
Where's the live video?
Motortrend if you’re in the U.S.
The same corner where Stefan Bellof has lost his life. Glad he is safe…
so if you multiply top speed by lateral Gs, i wonder if eau rouge/radillon would have the high score of any corner in the world. i watch a lot of racing and that is the scariest place i can think of to break traction.
Ah yes the turn that everybody loves but you either obliterate your car or cross back to the track and obliterate others
It’s crazy how these lmdh cars cost so much yet explode into pieces when they crash
That's why they are fast and light
I'd like to know what was going through the heads of those two Ferrari drivers seeing a crash that big.
“That’s Radillon actually”
Ow roosz!
No chance to save that, the car snapped at the worst place possible.
Exactly, really bad luck.
He drove directly over the curb at high speed with max downforce. He actually centered the car over the curb. That's crazy. The car slammed into the end of the curb and it instantly high centered the car off the track. This is 100% driver error. I am glad he is ok but he really messed up here. The car behind him apparently knew about the big bump at the end of that curb because he touches the curb but immediately drives right back onto the track before the end of that curb section. That driver just barely used the curb to make the turn. This guy drove all the way over the end of the curb with it centered on the undertray of the car. Huge mistake at a very high speed. Nice to see all the safety systems worked. The track should have really slowed those cars down before the track workers were let on the track. Those cars were still going by at 120 mph with seven safety workers and the driver out walking on the track.
It was a power steering failure making it impossible to turn the steering wheel, nothing the driver could do. Dont jump to conclusions too soon
Anthony Davidson: i dont care about their brand new car. I care about the driver. Great job anthony...
Oh, man, that sucks for the Cadillacs. He tried but there was no way to save it from crashing. Glad to see the driver is ok! 👍
Reminds me of Senna.
@@F1Kamel_1992 No. It's about the process of a car bottoming out and then going straight off the track. Not about the specific corner.
they didn't even let Bourdais the chance to crash it 😂
scary shunt at this soeed @-@