It's especially amazing if you consider that the regulation required the overalls to withstand 1000 C° for 12 seconds. Grosjean more than doubled that time. He was lucky that his safety equipment was well beyond what the regulations asked for.
@@prototypical No please not. Avus is horrible. 2 hairpins with 2 8km long straights. 1. It extremly dangerous. 2. Most of the cars would DNF because the engine would blow up after going full throttle for so long and 3. The race would be really boring.
@@janzumstein8241 safety has advanced so far that those tracks might not be as dangerous as they were when they were raced on back In the day it was the cars that were dangerous sure the tracks need a bit of a re desgin but still should be safe nonetheless
I really think you should interview Grosjean (he has a TH-cam channel) not just about his crash and his recovery, the burns were worse than they initially thought, but also his experiences with going to a sports psychologist and how it has helped him over the years. He is a really articulate guy. As for how they don't get knocked out in F1 a lot of it is down to the HANS device although it isn't perfect and if they have a crash exceed a certain level of force they are automatically sent to the medical centre for evaluation regardless of how they are feeling
I get what Dr Mike was saying about how it's wrong for him to be sending a message by walking towards the ambulance, but if he reached that point, he was already evaluated by at least one doctor on hand who has the power to sit him down and get the rest of the medical personnel on track there to set up a tent so he can be further evaluated in some privacy, with the option on being airlifted to a designated hospital. Having one of the 2 medical helicopters unavailable IS cause for suspending the race event. If he was deemed able to do that (walking towards the ambulance) it's because it was deemed in good enough shape. Would love a Grosjean - Dr Mike Collab. Romain seems like a swell guy, and no dobut it would make a great video.
Was raised religiously watching f1 and motogp so I’d seen a lot of crashes growing up watching live races, seeing that crash and hearing the panic in the voices of the commentators was terrifying and was the scariest crash I think I’ve seen in f1
What did it for me was a few seconds after the crash. They cut away and were showing the other cars coming through turns 9 and 10 heading back to the pits and you can clearly see the fireball in the background. It was at that point that I thought I watched someone die.
my ex just walked in after the crash, saw my face and asked what's wrong? I replied that someone just died. I saw grosjeans car just before impact, and I knew the speed they're going there. was 100% sure someone died there.
Most people don’t realise that F1 drivers are for the most part almost superhuman levels in fitness being able to withstand an INSANE amount of g’s and can withstand 50g’s for a few seconds at a time and stay conscious and minimal damage, aswell as there mental fitness and being able to spend so much time in extreme heat conditions Romain cemented his name in motorsport history as “The phoenix” a badass name for a badass driver
One of the scariest things about Grosjean’s crash is that the height of his body and the design of the barrier means that if not for the Halo device, he would’ve probably been decapitated by the barrier at that speed.
Yeah, I’m still baffled how the car wedged through the barrier and was split in half. Never thought that was possible. One would expect the car to come to a hold because of the barrier. Or completely smash through it (or over it) at that speed.
@@PaintrainX the splitting in half is apparently supposed to happen in those situations. The piercing of the barrier and bursting into flame like it did is the bit that wasn't supposed to happen. They made safety changes to the cars following it so that the fuel tanks would not rupture.
I was watching Bahrain 2020 live, I really thought I had just witnessed somebody die instantly. The fact that Grosjean survived with relatively minor injuries is truly truly a miracle and a testament of the safety features that these cars have nowadays.
Same, I instantly felt sick. The longer time ticked by the more I thought he was gone. Jules death and safety measures as a result saved Romain. 💔 His wife Marion said she thought her husband was dead for 2 minutes and 45 seconds. Cannot imagine watching it unfold and trying to get their kids in another room so they don't see anything.
It was the first race i watched with my boyfriend. Needless to say I was shocked. Being a science junkie I had to check the mechanism behind that accident. I was stunted that he survived that.
That was first race I managed my then new girlfriend to watch with me, she's also soon to be a doctor. Man, 3rd(?) Corner into the race and then this crash happened. I was tearing up. I love the sport with my whole heart, my brother called me and his words were 'another one after Jules is gone. When they started showing pitlane I was sure Romain is gone. As for what Mike has said about leaving the car so that Marion (Romains wife) can see him alive, well, at that time he himself said the only thing that got him out of his car was him thinking about his children and wife. Love is strong dude.
@@Wyrobas that’s some thing people who didn’t watch it live will never understand. There was a five minute delay on the broadcast before they told us that Grosjean was even out of the car.
Racing suits usually are fire protectant for about 30 seconds. Grosjean was in there for 27 seconds. It's crazy that he survived this horrific crash. He is now in IndyCar.
as a very BIG F1 fan, i watched romans crash. I watched it with my dad. We both sat in silence watching the flames burst out. ‘ you just watched your first fatal crash.’ when he climbed out i heard my dads gasp of relief.
Here’s kind of a sad fact: Romain Grosjean was actually very close to just staying down in the car because he was at peace with dying. He said something along the lines of he had accomplished everything he had wanted, and he was at peace with death, but then realized that he has a family that is more than likely watching him at that moment so he decided to fight for them and get out of the car.
Last year at Silverstone, Zhou Guanyu had an INSANE crash. His car flipped multiple times, skidded across the gravel upside down, then smashed against the barrier, went airborne again, then his car got jammed between the barrier and catch fence. He probably wouldn't have survived that if not for the halo. He ended up just walking away with nothing but some minor bruising. I'm so glad the safety in F1 has seriously increased.
The halo did not save Zhou Guanyus life as it is the rollhoops task to keep the drivers safe when upside down. The crash itself wasnt heavy at all compared to other crashes on this list, as only when the car came to a stop in the catch fence the forces on his body peaked into possibly harming levels. The most dangerous part was Zhou not being able to leave the car. It might have looked terrifying but the accident was not that heavy.
@Peertje 06 Nah you're just straight up wrong. The roll hoop was snapped off during that crash. If that halo wasn't there, his head would've hit the ground. Zhou himself has literally said this.
@@peertje0635the roll structure that was supposed to be the main protection snapped off on impact after the first roll. It really was the halo that provided the protection for his head and neck, without it his helmet would have been dragging through the gravel.
If anyone feels that the crash at 7:04 is familiar, it's probably because it is. That's the crash that inspired the part in Cars where Strip "The King" crashes. The animators did a recreation of the flip nearly perfectly with the camera angles until the closeups. Even the audio of the crash from Cars lines up timing wise. The crash was INSANE & it's crazy the Rusty lived
Grosjean crash was just lots of emotions for everyone. It could almost have been a fatal crash. In an interview, Grosjean said that when he first hit the barriers he struggled to exit the cockpit and almost gave up. He thought about his family and started to fight his way out of the car. That's why the reason he walked to the ambulance, he wanted to show his family that he is ok
The really great thing about this is a few months later, he was asked to drive the same circuit in a touring car, and he was mic'ed up. What did Grosjean say as he passed the corner where he had the accident? "Hey, guys, that's my corner!" Collaspe of everyone in hopeless laughter.......🤣
When I read that I honestly nearly cried. I can't imagine how terrifying it was and how hopeless it must have felt to be surrounded by flames but the fact that the thought of his family got him out. Just. Powerful stuff
The Grosjean crash is something I will never forget. I walked through the door just as it happened and I will never get the image of my dads face out of my head. He was shouting “he’s dead, he’s dead, no way can he be alive” we just froze and stared at the screen in disbelief. Then watching him climb over that barrier and run from the flames was just incredible. The emotions this clip gives me each time I watch it are just indescribable. So glad he is alive and well all be it with a few lasting injuries but it could have been so much worse!
A similar thing happened to me, our whole family was stood watching the TV hoping that they would show the crash again, which sounds awful but they would only replay it if he was confirmed to be okay. We were all convinced that we had seen someone's death and so relieved to see him okay. It's crazy how many lives have been saved due to the development of the halo in F1 cars.
Another crazy crash was from Sophia Flörsch in the F3 race in Macau 2018. She was operated for 11 hours after a neck injury but was back in the car after about 100 days. She was racing a lot in races like 24h of Le Man's, but finally is back in an F3 car for the new season this year. I have so much respect for this girl
@@LSG101097 well i would assume that they are insured/are paying so why complain? You can just as well say we waste so much money on overweight people eating themselves to death/desease. And that is costing us much more than a few racing drivers. If you make treatment conditional half of the population doesnt deserve treatment.
I grew up watching F1 and remember watching Fernando and Romain's crashes and fearing that we had another name to add to the list of F1 drivers who died on track, less than a decade on from the last fatality, Jules Bianchi, who passed away in 2015 after spending months in a common following one of the worst single vehicle accident in F1 history at the 2014 Japanese GP. Rest in peace Jules, i hope you are seeing Charles driving at Ferrari and keeping your memory alive
As an F1 fan, it's great seeing Dr Mike talk about racing. I remember watching Zhou's crash and I was so scared because there was no news about his condition while he was trapped between the barriers. The Halo showing just how important safety measures are in racing. And walking away from these crashes shows just how strong these racers are
Zhous crash saved some lives because some complete idiots stormed the track over a blind crest and were sat in the middle of it. Without the red flag there is every possibility those protestors would have had cars blowing past them at full speed and it may have been another Tom Pryce type accident.
@@natmartin0907 actually, the roll hoop made it worse by snapping off. If it didn’t fail his car tould most likely flip tbe correct way the moment he went onto the gravel
Grosjeans crash was horrifying to watch live. I was immediately his with flashbacks of Bianchi's fatal crash. Was an absolute miracle that Grosjean survived.
You talking about how a sudden stop is the worst reminded me of a Quote from Jeremy Clarkson: "Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you."
We can’t even feel speed itself. We do feel changes in speed. We get a sense of speed because of the tires on the road, noise or wind etc. Think about, you ever been in a train next to another train and you can’t tell which one is moving
As a brazillian, these videos shock me because we lost our biggest F1 idol (Ayrton Senna) in the 90s due to a car crash in a race, and it happened exactly what Dr Mike said, he went from 180 miles an hour to zero and unfortunatly passed away
Grosjean did go unconscious for a short while. After he regained it, he said he wondered why it was so bright outside because it was a night race. By the time he realized he was on fire, he couldn't free his leg and thought he was gonna die and accepted his fate. Then he remembered all of his family and knew he couldn't die. Miraculously managed to free his leg, undue the safety devices, and pull himself out of the car against melting carbon fiber. He was trapped in the fire for 27 seconds.
Ita crazy that he can bkth be knocked out, wake up and process so many thoughts in 27 sec. Im nkt saying youre lying, well maybe the dude tells the story with a tiny but more drama for media, but i meant morw its amazing thr speed the human mind can react ins moments of extreme danger
@@Sanji-q3p great contrubution to the discussion there, especially as youre proving they were so minor you could easily understand it. Nobody cares about complete letter accuracy in youtube comments man. Do you have any interesting thoughts to actually add to what I said?
The survival cells in F1 cars are incredible. Grosjean’s crash showed that the car can literally be torn in half but that little tub they sit in is near indestructible in normal conditions. I also seem to remember the Haas tearing in half on at least one other occasion too after a crash
Monaco 2022, Schumacher. The tub really has come a long way, sadly it didn't save Anthoine Hubert's life in the 2019 F2 SPA race, but we inch ever closer to less Motorsport fatalities each year.
@@lewismatthews yeah unfortunately there is so much less protection from a side impact like that. Now if only they completely redesigned or removed sausage curbs to stop drivers from getting launched airborne all the time.
@@chilibeer3912 I think I heard someone said in a video before that T-bone crash is an F1 engineer's nightmare. Because there is really nothing significant that can be done to further improve the safety from a T-bone crash. Not if the model of current F1 car is to be preserved.
As much controversy as there was around its introduction, the F1halo has definitely saved a few drivers. Enormous credit to every single safety feature of these sports.
For example in the 2018 Belgium Gran Prix I believe? There was a car launched on top of the halo and would have hit the drivers head hard had the halo not been there.
I internally cringed at the mention of hand burns, I got a second degree burn to my left hand last year and holy hell the recovery process was one of the most painful things I’ve ever experienced
I'm sorry that's awful I'm glad you're doing better now. I once had 2nd degree sunburns to my back chest shoulders and because I went to a water park and even though I kept applying sunscreen I didn't know it kept getting washed off and I am Ultra Fair but I tan really well when I'm out in the sun but I remember after this sunburn I had so many huge blisters it hurt to even wear clothes. I was 14 and I remember my mom taking me to the department store basically like covered in a moo moo for those who don't know a moo moo is basically a giant nightgown and my mom had to buy me like new bras and new shirts that didn't hurt my skin and it probably took me about a week to two weeks to completely get the blisters gone and start healing up. Before that happened to me I didn't even know you could get a second degree sunburn that was terrifying.
@@allisonhunter1063 god that sounds awful! I’ve never been sunburned but my cousin who’s the polar opposite to me complexion wise burns very easily. I’ve awoke thought how painful it must be. That sounds so sore, I didn’t know you could get 2nd degree sunburn either! Thank god your mum covered you up
I was there in person for the Ryan Newman crash, absolutely terrifying. I just remember everyone sitting there in shock hoping and praying he was still alive. Everyone was silent, it was unnerving.
1:05 the reason that one marshal was spraying directly at Grosjean is that HE had a CO2 extinguisher, and while CO2 is an asphyxiant, it's also COLD ... he was trying to prevent any major burns while Grosjean extricated himself, AND IT WORKED, as Grosjean only had a few small second degree burns on the back of his hands. As well as that this accident happened on the FIRST LAP, so the car was carrying a FULL FUEL LOAD, and CO2 or Dry Chem powder extinguishers are almost useless against a mass fuel fire ... against liquid fuel you need FOAM, and lots of it, which is why they couldn't put the fire out until the fire truck arrived.
Grosjean wanted to walk to the ambulance because a lot of fans have seen accidents like this and even ones that look less severe that ended in death. It surely must have been a relief for his family to see it. He did what he could at the time to send the fastest message and eliminate the worry that he was gone.
As an occupational therapist and long-term subscriber, it's extremely refreshing to see a doctor who knows the value of what we do and advocates for us. This is the kind of interdisciplinary teamwork that makes me happy. Thank you Doctor Mike for being so holistic!
I had a bad BMX accident, folded my than flat back against my wrist and tore all the ligaments in my right hand. I'm right handed and very much non ambidextrous. Thanks to OT I managed to get 90% function back in my hand - it's not perfect but it doesn't prevent me from doing anything which is a miracle given the initial prognosis of "Learn to start using your left hand".
As a massive F1 fan watching that race with the Grosjean crash. It was terrifying and so dreading too, the moment the car catches fire your heart hurts and felt the worse could happen. To see him not only survive and to have so light injuries is quite outstanding the HALO saved his life alongside how safe a F1 car is nowadays and not forgotten the Marshalls at the track and the Medical team, major respect to all
It completely dissolved all of the criticism on the halo. We still see the halo saving lives from the past 2 seasons. Last year being max and Lewis fighting and getting into an incident. And this year when zhou got flipped and pinned into a barrier at the start in silverstone.
I was praying that we weren't going to watch a man burn alive. I cried when he appeared out of the flames. All he wanted was to tell his wife he was ok. She was probably praying too that she wasn't watching her husband perish. How that track official knew where he was in the fire gave him that split second to see his way out.
@@Thegreathappymonkey bro, he crashed into a wall inside of a flaming car and his hands are burning as he's exiting the car bc it was the only grip he had to get out of the car, would he want to do that again?
I'm really surprised that Alex Zanardi didn't make this list. He was in a nearly fatal accident that ripped both of his legs clean off and he almost died from blood loss on the helicopter ride to the hospital. He would go on to compete in touring car racing with hand controls and become a gold medalist in Paralympic handcycling. Really inspirational.
@@PTForce99 Head on collision with a truck during his own cycling marathon. Currently he's working on speech training and physical rehabilitation from home, because they had to reconstruct his face after the accident.
4:59 I actually work for a racing team so to answer your question: when we design a race car, we design it with multiple safety measures in mind including ways for the driver to quickly egress if necessary. Meaning we typically don’t need the jaws of life to get a door pried open. The other thing to remember is that a road cars safety system has the entire car crumpling during an impact to absorb that force, which means that sometimes the doors will get squished closed. Where in a race car, the chassis is almost completely rigid so the drivers mode of escape will usually still be possible without having to pry or cut anything away. Hope that helps, great video Doc!
Would love to see a part 2 that includes Niki Lauda's crash. And if you want to branch out into non-racing (but still entertainment-related) crashes, Richard Hammond's crash in a jet car while trying to beat a world speed record would be a great one to look at.
Can also do Ott Tanak's crash at Monte Carlo. Big drop, but he and his co driver walked away basically unscathed (maybe a few bruises, but I don't remember specifics).
I see a lot of people talking about Grosjean's crash, but no one's talking Bodine's wreck at 9:29. Bodine not only was hit twice, but he stayed in the fence for almost 2 seconds. Each .5 of a second, you're hitting a fence poll. To add to that, this was before better safety features were implemented into these cars, meaning that his head was swinging around in the car as he was flipping. It's absolutely a miracle that he survived that crash.
The silence of the commentators during that accident is truly terrifying. Anytime the announcers go silent, just as they did for Grosjean's crash, it's not good. I watched Indy in Las Vegas in 2011 live. Something I'll never, ever forget.
@@ArtySen What make's it worse in the Bodine crash is the fact that a second before the crash, one of them says "Look out! This is gonna hurt!" Very disturbing
Richard Hammond (formerly of Top Gear) was test driving a car powered by a jet engine. He crashed going almost 300 mph and was in a coma but is ok now. Thanks for shouting out occupational therapists by the way!
he also crashed a Rimac Concept One. Now all Rimac cars have a fire extinguisher with words "In Case of Hillclimb, Extinguish Fire" on them. God bless our Little Hamster
F1 has made insane strides to improve driver safety. The Halo directly saved Zhou Guanyu and Romain Grosjean. For those who don't know the Halo on F1 cars is a solid piece of Titanium that's 3D printed. It's designed to support the full weight of the car. In Romain's case, it essentially pierced the guard rail allowing him to survive that impact.
We need to get these hybrid engines out. As soon as hybrid engines were introduced, F1 had its first driver test since Senna in 1994. The halo was just an alternative due to the bulky, heavy, unpredictable and uncontrollable hybrid engines when they spin. Also notice how we have also apparently had 10 driver near deaths in just the last 4 years of F1, clearly the cars are becoming more dangerous again.
There was the crazy F1 race last year where the halo saved Hamilton from a wheel on Verstapen's car. Pretty crazy. I'd love to see Doctor Mike look at some MotoGP crashes. Some of those Lorenzo high sides from a few years ago are crazy! I think Marc Marqueze is trying to outdo Lorenzo on the high sides.
Fun Fact: in the movie "Cars", the crash of Strip 'The King' Weathers was inspired by Rusty Wallace's crash. If you watch the scene, the crash is almost identical to the footage of Wallace - from the moment he's airborne twisting around to the final flip.
I totally noticed that. Been a couple weeks since I saw the movie, but since it's racing, it came to mind. The way the car flew really was identical to dinaco.
That thing about adrenaline and telling your loved ones you're okay... Been there, done that. After my c-section I messaged family and friends that everything was fine. (It was a planned c-section because of severe preeclampsia) I don't remember anything after that, I was gone for 11-12 hours. A reaction to the spinal anesthetic. My spouse told me that I was puking, had trouble breathing and slurred in my speech during those hours, I was unconsious/sleeping most of the time. But yeah... those famous words, "I'm fine".
I did the same thing when I passed out from severe anemia when I was a teen. I don't remember much of it at all, most of this is what my sister told me. I began walking towards my family with a vacant expression, weirdly holding up items I had in my hands while my face turned sheet white, even my lips went white. They asked me if I was OK and I said "I'm fine" and then promptly hit the floor. They sat me up, I came to and repeated that I was fine, so my dad tried to get me on my feet, but I passed out again in his arms. He then threw me over his shoulder and rushed me to the car to drive me to the ER. The whole time in the back seat with my sister, I kept rolling my eyes and insisting that I didn't need to go to the hospital, I was fine. Turns out I had one foot in the grave, needing multiple blood transfusions and packed red blood cells to avoid cardiac arrest. Nurses were squeezing the blood bags to get it into me as quickly as possible. But I kept insisting that I was fine.
I have type 1 diabetes and if my husband had a dollar for all the times I've said "I'm fine" before immediately not being fine, he'd probably be loaded.
I'm an F1 fan myself(season just finished today) and ever since the introduction of the halo in 2018, it has saved so many lives. Leclerc 2018, Grosjean 2020, Hamilton 2021 and Zhou 2022 are perfect examples. People say that F1 isn't a sport but if you look at these crashes, it shows that racing drivers are putting their lives on the line for people's entertainment.
I remember seeing that Grosjean crash live. I thought that he was dead, no movement for that long. The tears in my home when we saw him climbing out could have floated a navy.
I'm glad for all those who experienced those crashes and walked away from them with minimal harm in some cases. Perhaps this is self serving, but as a mechanical engineer myself, I can't help but feel proud and tip my hat to the engineers who carry the responsibility on their shoulders to design a rocket speed machine that can get into a 160mph crash and still allow the driver to walk away from the crash. Some call it a miracle, I call it engineering.
I remember watching that Romain Grosjean crash live and genuinely thinking I just saw someone die. That was like worst case scenario in every aspect, and is a testament to how much goes into the safety of those cars. Go back to before the halo was added and he's dead there for sure. Same with Zhou Gaunyu this season in a crash that flipped his car, dug into the gravel, and was thrown over the safety barrier. Without the halo he's probably dead, but with it he was cleared from the hospital and was back to the track in time to watch the end of the race.
I vividly remember missing the start by a few minutes in tuning in to see a smoldering wreck thiking "surely that can't be a car!". It was. Like they say in the Netflix Series: You really know it's bad when a whole racing crowd and the entire pit lane suddenly goes dead silent.
I didn’t watch grosjean’s crash live so I knew he was okay but Zhou’s I did. That was horrible and the red flag lasted ages with us not knowing what had happened…. Got to commend George for running up to him too eventhough the FIA then didn’t let him race after the red flag ended
@@amberherrod6110 Yeah the Zhou one was scary because they weren't allowed to show replays until they knew he was safe, but he was in such an awkward position to get him out that it took so much longer than normal.
Have you ever seen Dan Wheldon's crash? I don't recommend it if you haven't. Seriously, don't watch it. But I saw that one live. Changed everything for me. I know people who were at the track and can't imagine.
A lot of these crashes lead to safety developments between driver equipment, car restraint and safety gear like roll cages and the F1 Halo, and even advancements for tracks with the development of softer barriers. Racing has come a very long way all because of these brave people putting their lives on the line for their sport.
Watching Romain as a fan was horrifying. I was a fan of his before the crash, I knew how good he could be. He is extremely underrated, and my heart sank when I saw the fireball. I thought I'd saw the first death since 2015. Thankfully the Halo, the HANS device, the safety cell, everything did their jobs perfectly. Robert Wickens sadly became a paraplegic, but has since made a very good recovery and is back racing again. Harrowing.
I was at Pocono for the Wickens crash. I nearly jumped out of the stands when I saw that fireball on the backstretch. Full respect to those that run Indy. Love the league, takes some guts to run it. I love how he has stuck around with the team and attends most if not all of the races. I think he wants to run the 500 in a modified car one year believe it or not, whether or not the league will let him is another story.
In 3:30. "They're gonna touch wheels!!" I love how Doctor Mike is so funny that the way he said it. (Also I think it was funny how much time he said something out neck pressure on the neck.)
Romain Grosjean went to race Indy. He also has a youtube channel if you're interested. About Robert Wickens, he has improved since the crash, not fully, he still needs assistance to walk, and mostly uses a wheel chair; but he is still racing cars with the controls adapted to the steering wheel. F1 implemented the Halo to prevent debris or other cars to impact the driver's head (the one you showed on the video), and Indy implemented the aeroscreen that is a fully closed screen on the cockpit.
I saw the Grosjean crash as it happened. I was in tears thinking about how sad his loved ones would be if he was gone. I cheered so hard when he walked out of that fire.
It's so cool and funny, and I am so jealous at the same time, how casually this man is speaking about Indi and F-16 experiences, and than he just say: "Oh, Esteban Gutierrez is MY FRIEND!". This is WILD! I mean like WHO ARE YOU MR. DOCTOR? Even tho congrats! These are two big achieves in almost every men's lives and the fact that you are a friend of an F1 driver is just so random and unpredictable!
Very true. He's still very lucky. Even with modern safety, that crash could've easily been fatal if he was knocked out or had more trouble getting out. But not too long ago, that crash would've been a 100% fatal crash.
1:54 The HALO safety bar pushed the barrier up and over his head, and the HANS (Head And Neck Support) restrain device decelerated his head gradually instead of his head snapping forward and causing a basilar skull fracture. It was introduced shortly after Dale Earnhardt died from the exact same situation, a high speed direct nose impact into a retaining wall. It became mandatory in almost all motorsports in the mid-2000s, and it has saved a lot of lives since. As to how he survived the fire, that year (2020) the FIA (Federation Internationale du l'Automobile), the governing body of a ton of motorsports, mandated new fireproof race suits that had twice the duration of fireproofing over the previous suits, and can withstand a blaze like that for 60 seconds, minimum. The only parts of the kit that was not of the new material were the race boots and gloves, and he had decent burns of both hands and a light burn on his left foot. The drivers also sit in what is known as the "safety cell," which the entire car is built around. It is made of ultra-strong carbon fiber over an aluminum honeycomb that is then covered in kevlar, before the carbon fiber is put around it and seals it tight. The safety cell is so strong that you can drop a city bus on it at terminal velocity, and the only thing that will happen is that the carbon fiber might be scratched.
Ryan Newman has had a couple real scary crashes. Oddly enough, he has an engineering degree and is a huge proponent of upgrading safety features in the NASCAR series. Grosjean's crash was absolutely terrifying to watch, and seeing him racing IndyCar nowadays is amazing to see. Zhou Guanyu had a terrifying crash at Silverstone this year where he was flipped upside down and skidded upside down for a long distance, flung into the air, and landed into a catch fence. Watching that love was so nerve-wracking because they wouldn't show any replays until they got confirmation he was okay. Thankfully he walked away with practically no injuries.
At the 3:48 mark, the spin shouldn’t create any g’s. The reason being the the driver is at the center of rotation and so he would held in place and stabilized. Like the center of a gyroscope or a figure skater.
@@Meodread Absolutely you're right in the video they don't mention it but you can clearly see so many lunging in and so many running across to help they all put another life before their own despite the lack of safety gear.
TBF consumer cars are INCTEDIBLE at surviving crashes nowadays too. You put any car made in the past say 15y against something from the 70s, 80s thru a crash test, its insane the engineering thats gone into makijg the car fail around you while trying to keep you in a syable cage during extreme impact.... while at the same time, makijg cars more dhrable from lighter crashes! Theres gonna come a day in the next few decades youre gonna need vintage car licenses and not just for emissions, but just the safwty gaps
Some places iirc even ket certain vehickes over a certainnage not even have seatbwlts and drive around (usually just lioe, your city or town tho, not highway etc, still tho)
As someone who hit a pole at 120mph , I know that had to have sucked, but I can’t imagine hitting something that fast *AND* being engulfed in flames. Sends chills through my whole body remembering what I went through.
In my time as an F1 fan I've seen many deadly crashes live on t.v such as Ratzenberger, Senna, Bianchi and Hubert that really hurt to remember. But to think how much the safety has improved since I saw Ratzenberger's/Senna's crash is remarkable.
Sweet summer child. You came at the end of the "you race, you die" era. You never knew the tension of watching a race and being used to losing your favourite driver by season end. Truly a summer child.
I feel pretty relieved that I didn’t start watching racing until around the mid 2010s so the sport was fairly high in safety by that point, but I do remember when they implemented the halo’s and I remember watching Grosjean’s crash on stream with my parents and thinking to myself “there’s no way he survived that” and then being ASTONISHED when we saw him actually get out of the car and WALK.
Maybe you'd want to talk about Niki Lauda's crash in Nurburgring in 1976. He suffered quite a nasty burn that permanently damaged half of his face. Also, he inhaled the toxic fumes from the fire and burned his lungs.
Dr Mike I’m very glad you mentioned that they should not continue to walk after a wreck. One of my friends was in a wreck a few years ago and he walked to a house nearby and was fine. They had him sit down and call his parents. As the adrenaline rush started to slow down he started losing consciousness and died very shortly after due to internal injuries. It’s so terrifying to see what the body can continue to do while it’s essentially an auto pilot from the adrenaline alone
This is so true. When I was a teenage I was involved in an accident at home (broken glass) and had a very severe open wound / cut to my achilles heel (in fact my heel was cut off and you could see it's tendon). I lost like 1/4 of my blood without even noticing my injury. I was walking around for like 3 minutes until I realized how badly injured I was. Adrenaline is crazy.
This is exactly why my sister did not move after she was in a nasty collision four years ago. She was so worried about injuries (Biology major. And she was on her way to school!) that she didn’t even want to frantically look for her phone! The paramedics were able to lift her out of her car (94 lbs, she’s tiny) and got her fully checked out. But now… constant lower back pain, soreness in her hip and side, stiffness in her neck and shoulder, and occasional splitting migraines. Doctors can’t find anything, even though she frequently goes in for check ups. At the time, her worst injuries were burns on her hands from the airbag deploying, the powder in her mouth and throat, a bloody nose, and a few scratches on her face from the rear windshield shattering and ricocheting
What he didn't say is that it was something around 40 minutes before he walked those couple meters to the ambulance, after being seated and checked out in Medical Car. The way this is shown here, makes it look like they walked him there straight after pulling him out of the wreck, which is misinforming and makes FIA Medical Delegate look incompetent.
I must say I really admire how Doctor Mile always praises other health professionals. Unfortunately some doctors think they are above everyone else, it's sad.
Niki Lauda also drove again - only 42 (!) days later. He won another two World Driver Championships after that crash. Just unreal commitment, passion and competitivness. We miss you, Niki.
@@Torres9MZ insane one of the best drivers of all time, literally never got to see him race but he really cemented my love for merc and i wish i couldve seen him in his prime, the mindset is just unreal
i watched the grosjean accident live and it was the most stressful few minutes that felt like an hour. can't even imagine how he felt being trapped inside the car trying to get out
Would have really liked to see the reaction to Nika Lauda's infamous crash at the Nurburgring, another crazy flame-engulfed crash. The extra sad part is that before the race, he called a driver's meeting to try and convince them not to race in the heavy rain.
It's horrible how FIA handles thing like that. No one wanted to race after Roland's death at the very fateful Imola 94, but FIA said race to be going ahead, and then we lost Aryton Senna. Did not do a Red Flag after Sutil's crash in soaked Suzuka 2014, would have saved Jules Bianchi. 😢
@@girlytomboyx business before safety used to rule in those times... But u can see nowadays that almost NO ONE uses the true blue wet tires... Like only slicks and inters are used nowadays... Cuz its understood that if u have to use wets, then the track is already undrivable... Although fans are now trolling F1 for forgetting the wets completely and are potentially rallying to make the teams use wets... But they forget the dreadful results of these videos...
I'm older than Robert Wickens but he is my hero. His determination and perseverance to return from his injuries and race again was inspiring. He is racing again and won multiple races this season in the IMSA TCR category. He and Alessandro (Alex) Zanardi are amazing stories.
I was recently in a car wreck where my car ended up flipping upside down and I find it really difficult to watch any type of car accidents now. But Dr. Mikes compassion and explanations actually made this video a little easier to watch 💖
If you could ever talk with Dr Jerry Punch, I think you'd be amazed at his stories. He was an emergency room doctor who moonlighted as a NASCAR correspondent for ESPN and has so many amazing, and incredibly scary, medical stories from racing.
I was in Melbourne at the grand prix in 2016 when Alonso’s crash happened and it was the scariest not knowing what had happened and if he was ok. Alonso ended up missing the next race with a rib injury, but the scariest part of that crash is seeing it in slow motion and then finding out it was something like 46G. Safety has come a long way in F1 and seeing all these high speed crashes with drivers coming out of them makes you fully appreciate the developments in safety that have been brought about.
67Gs, 27 seconds in the flames while freeing his stuck foot and smashing the headrest with his helmet to escape and the race doctor taking a huge risk himself to help him over the guardrail and out of the fire, since the fire marshal stayed useless at the side and just spraying his extinguisher in the direction of the flames, but too far away to actually hit the flames. I watched it live. I never thought, I would witness a miracle, until I saw him climb out of the flames.
I remember at the time it happened it was talked about in a Discord server i was in (only after we knew he was okay) and someone said "ten years ago, maybe even five years ago, that would have been a fatal crash."
What you said about internal bleeding: American legend Mark Donohue crashed heavily at the 1975 Austrian Formula 1 GP practice session. He walked away and no precautionary actions were taken. He felt bad during the night and he was taken then to hospital. Unfortunately, it was too late: he died two days later due to a cerebral haemorrhage.
Seeing the results of that first crash is why I have a morbid fascination with accidents and disasters. A lot of other people have died from crashes like that, which resulted in changes being made that save lives today. We've learned from our mistakes and now take precautions so that it can be possible to survive a crash at 160 miles per hour.
At 7:46 Mike mentions that in some motorsports the drivers are trained to take their hands off of the wheel and form a kind of "brace position". I believe this is the case with rally drivers, as I have seen details in games such as Dirt Rally. For example, when you crash in first person, the driver places their hands crossed over their chest to brace for the impact. Kind of cool to see that even game devs take safety seriously.
That brace position depends a lot on what kind of cars you are driving. If it has powered steering, you don't need to take your hands off the wheel as a heavy hit with the suspension will not snap the steering wheel, but the power steering lines instead. If there is no powered steering, you better do that or you might lose some fingers. Usually it is encouraged to do that anyways powered steering or not
@@psychosis1767 don't forget about the car type itself. In open wheels competition, is MANDATORY to release the steering wheel before impacting a wall.
Came here for the Grosjean crash specifically. Drive to survive did an insane job keeping you on the edge of your seat with that and covering it and interviewing everyone. I knew he was alive and I was still holding my breath, eyes locked open, as my brain seemingly forgot that I knew he was ok. That was an insane crash.
Although watching it in drive to survive may have been scary, i remember watching it live, and whenever a crash like that occurs in F1 F1 cuts away from that area of the track to make sure the viewers don't see a dead man,. (Learning from Ayrton senna's crash in 1994) And that is one of the most terrifying scenarios i see in F1.
Felipe Massa’s accident in Hungary 2009 is an interesting one to judge as while it only involved himself it just shows why things like the Halo & Helmet are so important to protect a driver & just how something as simple as a spring can do so much damage at high speed
Fun fact about Grosjean: In f1 they added halo's which are there to protect the drivers from crashes. Grosjean was one of the drivers who were against the halo's but after this crash he saw how it saved his life.
When I was studying to be a paramedic, one of our professors played us a video about the rapid response teams to the isle of man tt. Incredible video about trauma from high-speed accidents.
If anyone is interested, look into a man named Jerry Punch. He’s a former NASCAR commentator and pit reporter and is an ER Doctor. He’s saved lives at a race track. Absolutely incredible stuff. (Also Mike, for the clip at 12:00; Michael Waltrip is well known for being a bit of a lovable wacko in NASCAR, so him being confused isn’t too surprising)
That Fernando Alonso crash is what essentially got me into F1. I was doing homework while my parents were watching the race, they called me out to see the crash (because that’s the kind of thing my family does lol like ‘look at this? Isn’t it crazy?’) and I took that as an opportunity to procrastinate homework and ended up watching the rest of the race with them. And then I was hooked.
I remember watching Ryan Newmans crash live. Ryan was my favorite driver and seeing him get critically injured was absolutely devastating. Like many NASCAR fans, I did not know if he would survive the injuries. When I first learned how bad the injuries were, and hearing he may not survive, I cried. The incident was kind of ironic because my dad’s favorite driver growing up was Dale Earnhardt Sr. Dale died in a crash in 2001. Ryan almost died in 2020. Scary times.
I remember that too. I met him back in 2013 I think, he was so sweet. I still have the hat he signed for me. We couldn't get pictures, but I'll never forget meeting him. That night I was terrified he wouldn't make it, thank God he did
The first point you made about spraying him in the face is exactly what i first thought when i saw that, like i get it, you really need him to not be on fire, but also he needs to be able to breathe 😅 Miraculous escape
I remember watching the first one live. Our entire family were watching mouth open in shock I was pacing the room with my hands over my mouth thinking I had just watched a man die on live TV nearly about to cry... when he got out I'd never sighed in relief so loudly in my life... we really thought he was dead. Was scary to see.
My parents and I also watched it live on TV. I was pretty horrified, along with my mom. My dad, who’s watched racing for a longass time was pretty composed but I remember just thinking “there’s no way he could have survived that” and starting to cry, and then the feeling of utter astonishment when he literally WALKED AWAY from the accident. Then my mom and I both started bawling in relief.
Gorsjean didn’t wave his hands to show that he is all good and strong. He knew that his wife and kids were watching and just wanted to give a sign to them that he survived
@@fishylegoreviewsandcustoms1508 What OP is saying that Grosjean didn't do it out of ego and bravado (like "good and strong" implies), he wanted his wife and kids to see that he was ALIVE. Every single person, both at the racetrack and at home was convinced he was dead. Getting pulled out in a stretcher wouldn't do anything to change that. Walking out did.
Yeah, especially if his kids were younger, I can see why he would want them to see him walking right away, to spare them the trauma of thinking their dad is dead.
@@anomaly3215 Adrenaline will make it so that you feel somewhat fine, he felt good enough to make that gesture since obviously his family was the main thing on his mind. Even then, he was helped by the medical team to the ambulance.
We would love to see a part 2 for sure. I am happy to see you have some enthusiasm for the topic. Here are some quite interesting crashes: 1994 Imola Rubens Barrichello 2018 Macau Sophia Flörsch 2007 Canada Robert Kubica 2009 Hungary Felipe Massa 2004 Germany Petter Solberg 2011 Le Mans Allan McNish 1994 Hockenheim Jos Verstappen 2013 German GP Cameraman 1994 Imola Ferrari worker
I was just waiting for Sophias crash to come up and was very surprised when it wasnt featured, that crash is one of the worst ones i’ve in the last few years!
There are some more I can think of from nascar 1987 Bobby Allison talladega 2000 Jimmie Johnson watkins glen 2008 carl Edwards talladega 2010 Elliot Sadler Pocono 2012 Juan Pablo Montoya hits the jet dryer Daytona 2013 Kyle larson Daytona 2015 Austin Dillon Daytona
1994 Jerry Caminito, Nhra His Funny car went through the guardrail at 280mph. He survived. 2000 Tony Schumacher, Nhra His Top fuel losses the rear wing at around 320mph and crashes.
I was going to mention Alex Zanardi's crash at the Lausitzring in Germany (2001) and Katherine Legge's Crash in 2006 at Road America (Wisconsin) as examples of what that era's cars did for survivability as they broke apart and shed energy (Kat) or failed catastrophically (Alex). Racing has always been proud of it's involvement in improving Road Car efficiency but should be equally proud of it's efforts to advance Safety (just unfortunately, often after tragedy) of the cars we drive & the roads we drive on. Thanks Doc!
In 1978 I was involved in a car crash on the road. It was a black ice deal. My father was driving a 1963 Ford falcon and we went head on with a truck. My father died on scene from a rib rupturing his aortic artery. My brother was in a coma for months. I broke the growth plate in my left elbow. Unbeknownst to the hospital staff, I also had a ruptured spleen. By the time it was realized I had been transferred to a different hospital. I died on the table and was revived. Long story short, my brother has never been the same. I guess myself either. My mother is the strongest person I have ever met.
It really amazes me that some of these drivers just walked away with so little injuries. Same with Zhou's crash this year in f1, he flew straight into the barrier but he only got a couple bruises from it even though it looked like it could have definitely been fatal
And one important point of data from that crash was the roll hoop failure. FIA went quite the mile investigating that and luckily the Halo acted as a failsafe for it. Had that rollover happened before 2018, Zhou would have most likely been dead.
My ex watched Anthoine Hubert's fatal crash which messed him up pretty bad for a while. We both watched Grosjean's crash only a year later and I was convinced I'd just watched someone die. I'm so thankful that the cars they race in are much safer than they were but it doesn't stop this sport from being scary.
The reason Fernando wasn't taken to hospital, because he was feeling okay after the adrenaline has passed, didn't report any major pain, and because his crash telemetry was deemed not severe enough (he was taken to the paddock medical facility) The suits are equipped with an accelerometer in the ear piece, and their gloves had biometrics sensors, so after the car stopped, the data could be read to see exactly how bad of a time the driver has been having. This crash of Fernando's didn't put much more G load on his head than going through a high speed corner at normal race speed would.
Gorsjean not only survived 160mph crash, but he stayed in the flames for 27seconds. That's just amazing how much safety in racing sports developed.
It's especially amazing if you consider that the regulation required the overalls to withstand 1000 C° for 12 seconds. Grosjean more than doubled that time. He was lucky that his safety equipment was well beyond what the regulations asked for.
i remember they had gotten upgraded fire suits that season but not the gloves
They should return to the AVUS ring and old monza
@@prototypical No please not. Avus is horrible. 2 hairpins with 2 8km long straights. 1. It extremly dangerous. 2. Most of the cars would DNF because the engine would blow up after going full throttle for so long and 3. The race would be really boring.
@@janzumstein8241 safety has advanced so far that those tracks might not be as dangerous as they were when they were raced on back In the day it was the cars that were dangerous sure the tracks need a bit of a re desgin but still should be safe nonetheless
I really think you should interview Grosjean (he has a TH-cam channel) not just about his crash and his recovery, the burns were worse than they initially thought, but also his experiences with going to a sports psychologist and how it has helped him over the years. He is a really articulate guy. As for how they don't get knocked out in F1 a lot of it is down to the HANS device although it isn't perfect and if they have a crash exceed a certain level of force they are automatically sent to the medical centre for evaluation regardless of how they are feeling
Giving this comment a thumbs up (the 400th one to be precise) cause I want to see that interview too!
I get what Dr Mike was saying about how it's wrong for him to be sending a message by walking towards the ambulance, but if he reached that point, he was already evaluated by at least one doctor on hand who has the power to sit him down and get the rest of the medical personnel on track there to set up a tent so he can be further evaluated in some privacy, with the option on being airlifted to a designated hospital. Having one of the 2 medical helicopters unavailable IS cause for suspending the race event. If he was deemed able to do that (walking towards the ambulance) it's because it was deemed in good enough shape.
Would love a Grosjean - Dr Mike Collab. Romain seems like a swell guy, and no dobut it would make a great video.
He has an interview with nico rosberg covering his injuries and recovery
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He also has a discord where you can ask him questions and all
as a F1 fan, ı watched Grosjean's crash live and those seconds were like years. He was one of the luckies. We have lost great pilots during the races
Was raised religiously watching f1 and motogp so I’d seen a lot of crashes growing up watching live races, seeing that crash and hearing the panic in the voices of the commentators was terrifying and was the scariest crash I think I’ve seen in f1
I watched it live to and it was 2:40 minutes that felt like an eternety
I was so sure he died I started crying, it all felt like an eternity like you say
What did it for me was a few seconds after the crash. They cut away and were showing the other cars coming through turns 9 and 10 heading back to the pits and you can clearly see the fireball in the background. It was at that point that I thought I watched someone die.
my ex just walked in after the crash, saw my face and asked what's wrong? I replied that someone just died. I saw grosjeans car just before impact, and I knew the speed they're going there. was 100% sure someone died there.
Most people don’t realise that F1 drivers are for the most part almost superhuman levels in fitness being able to withstand an INSANE amount of g’s and can withstand 50g’s for a few seconds at a time and stay conscious and minimal damage, aswell as there mental fitness and being able to spend so much time in extreme heat conditions
Romain cemented his name in motorsport history as “The phoenix” a badass name for a badass driver
Small correction, F1 drivers and their cars only take about 6Gs during turns. 50+Gs only happens during a very severe crash
Right but they can only pull g’s when they’re ready, when they crash it’s instant they don’t have time to pull the g’s
That's dope
@@DefinitelyNotTylerAtAll Thanks
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One of the scariest things about Grosjean’s crash is that the height of his body and the design of the barrier means that if not for the Halo device, he would’ve probably been decapitated by the barrier at that speed.
Yeah, I’m still baffled how the car wedged through the barrier and was split in half. Never thought that was possible. One would expect the car to come to a hold because of the barrier. Or completely smash through it (or over it) at that speed.
@@PaintrainX the splitting in half is apparently supposed to happen in those situations. The piercing of the barrier and bursting into flame like it did is the bit that wasn't supposed to happen. They made safety changes to the cars following it so that the fuel tanks would not rupture.
Oh not probably, definitely!
If there was ever proof needed that the halo is a worthwhile addition to the cars it’s that crash!
What about the 2000 Nascar car crash
Even if he wasn't decapitated, he would have definitely got knocked unconscious, and that would probably be fatal given the fireball around him
I was watching Bahrain 2020 live, I really thought I had just witnessed somebody die instantly. The fact that Grosjean survived with relatively minor injuries is truly truly a miracle and a testament of the safety features that these cars have nowadays.
Yeah that race was very nasty to watch as a grosjean fan.
Same, I instantly felt sick. The longer time ticked by the more I thought he was gone.
Jules death and safety measures as a result saved Romain. 💔
His wife Marion said she thought her husband was dead for 2 minutes and 45 seconds. Cannot imagine watching it unfold and trying to get their kids in another room so they don't see anything.
It was the first race i watched with my boyfriend. Needless to say I was shocked. Being a science junkie I had to check the mechanism behind that accident. I was stunted that he survived that.
That was first race I managed my then new girlfriend to watch with me, she's also soon to be a doctor. Man, 3rd(?) Corner into the race and then this crash happened. I was tearing up. I love the sport with my whole heart, my brother called me and his words were 'another one after Jules is gone. When they started showing pitlane I was sure Romain is gone. As for what Mike has said about leaving the car so that Marion (Romains wife) can see him alive, well, at that time he himself said the only thing that got him out of his car was him thinking about his children and wife. Love is strong dude.
@@Wyrobas that’s some thing people who didn’t watch it live will never understand. There was a five minute delay on the broadcast before they told us that Grosjean was even out of the car.
Racing suits usually are fire protectant for about 30 seconds. Grosjean was in there for 27 seconds. It's crazy that he survived this horrific crash. He is now in IndyCar.
We wants to go to f1 but no one was hiring
Regulations at the time actually called for 12 seconds fire resistant suits sooooo, yeah, more than doubled it.
And that means that he had 27 seconds of no oxygen
Think about what Niki Lauda went through, those fire suits back then stopped nothing.
Crazy thing is they upgraded the suits that year but the gloves were still made out of the old material and his hands got fucked up
as a very BIG F1 fan, i watched romans crash. I watched it with my dad. We both sat in silence watching the flames burst out. ‘ you just watched your first fatal crash.’ when he climbed out i heard my dads gasp of relief.
Same. I also watched it with my Dad
Did you not watch Bianchi?
@@rachelgetter1422 i was there also
same, my dad is a big Senna fan, and he had flashbacks to Senna's accident when we watched Grosjean's
Here’s kind of a sad fact: Romain Grosjean was actually very close to just staying down in the car because he was at peace with dying. He said something along the lines of he had accomplished everything he had wanted, and he was at peace with death, but then realized that he has a family that is more than likely watching him at that moment so he decided to fight for them and get out of the car.
What tickles my brain is that he forgot his family during the accident. VERY good thing he remembered them before it was too late.
What a thoughtful man
That's kinda stupid
Where did he said that? 🤔
he got out in less than half a minute lol, it was just to add even more drama
Last year at Silverstone, Zhou Guanyu had an INSANE crash. His car flipped multiple times, skidded across the gravel upside down, then smashed against the barrier, went airborne again, then his car got jammed between the barrier and catch fence. He probably wouldn't have survived that if not for the halo. He ended up just walking away with nothing but some minor bruising. I'm so glad the safety in F1 has seriously increased.
Not to mention how long he was stuck upside down before they could even get him out of the car.
The halo did not save Zhou Guanyus life as it is the rollhoops task to keep the drivers safe when upside down. The crash itself wasnt heavy at all compared to other crashes on this list, as only when the car came to a stop in the catch fence the forces on his body peaked into possibly harming levels. The most dangerous part was Zhou not being able to leave the car. It might have looked terrifying but the accident was not that heavy.
@Peertje 06 Nah you're just straight up wrong. The roll hoop was snapped off during that crash. If that halo wasn't there, his head would've hit the ground. Zhou himself has literally said this.
@@peertje0635the roll structure that was supposed to be the main protection snapped off on impact after the first roll. It really was the halo that provided the protection for his head and neck, without it his helmet would have been dragging through the gravel.
Honestly with all of the crashes halo devices helped I'm thinking about saving the cash and modding my daily to have one lol
If anyone feels that the crash at 7:04 is familiar, it's probably because it is. That's the crash that inspired the part in Cars where Strip "The King" crashes. The animators did a recreation of the flip nearly perfectly with the camera angles until the closeups. Even the audio of the crash from Cars lines up timing wise. The crash was INSANE & it's crazy the Rusty lived
yes somebody noticed
and his name is rusty
Ye that's what I just thought when I saw the crash, seemed so familiar lmao
I was just looking for this comment😂
Cars the movie took this scene and made it a thing for doc hudson's crash
@@finecanine376 did you not read the original comment? THIS was NOT the doc hudson crash.
The way Mike is just like “ you’re brain sits in ✨soup✨”
Grosjean crash was just lots of emotions for everyone. It could almost have been a fatal crash. In an interview, Grosjean said that when he first hit the barriers he struggled to exit the cockpit and almost gave up. He thought about his family and started to fight his way out of the car. That's why the reason he walked to the ambulance, he wanted to show his family that he is ok
I laughed at the video he did in the hospital. He goes "hey everyone I'm ok (looks at his hands) well, sorta ok"
I was so glad he was ok
Still is now when rewatching it, even knowing the outcome. Watching it live was incredibly gut wrenching.
The really great thing about this is a few months later, he was asked to drive the same circuit in a touring car, and he was mic'ed up. What did Grosjean say as he passed the corner where he had the accident? "Hey, guys, that's my corner!" Collaspe of everyone in hopeless laughter.......🤣
When I read that I honestly nearly cried. I can't imagine how terrifying it was and how hopeless it must have felt to be surrounded by flames but the fact that the thought of his family got him out. Just. Powerful stuff
The Grosjean crash is something I will never forget. I walked through the door just as it happened and I will never get the image of my dads face out of my head. He was shouting “he’s dead, he’s dead, no way can he be alive” we just froze and stared at the screen in disbelief. Then watching him climb over that barrier and run from the flames was just incredible. The emotions this clip gives me each time I watch it are just indescribable. So glad he is alive and well all be it with a few lasting injuries but it could have been so much worse!
when i saw it i was like, “did i just watch him die oh my- oh my god. grosjean please” i was about to have a heart attack, my heart sank.
A similar thing happened to me, our whole family was stood watching the TV hoping that they would show the crash again, which sounds awful but they would only replay it if he was confirmed to be okay. We were all convinced that we had seen someone's death and so relieved to see him okay. It's crazy how many lives have been saved due to the development of the halo in F1 cars.
I was 100% sure I just watched a driver die live. Heart was going a mile a minute. Was so relieved.
@@caitlinholmes8368 for real. The halo shouldn't be a debate anymore
@necrotroncommentingunit2103 omgod that is the nwor
Another crazy crash was from Sophia Flörsch in the F3 race in Macau 2018. She was operated for 11 hours after a neck injury but was back in the car after about 100 days. She was racing a lot in races like 24h of Le Man's, but finally is back in an F3 car for the new season this year. I have so much respect for this girl
Yeah that was an absolutely unbelievable crash. So fortunate that she survived, and amazing that it didn't deter her one bit.
I saw the video and was shocked she survived also I believe she survived because her head was perfectly inline with the press bunker window
Imagine wasting so much money and doctors' time for a people who really trying to find their death instead of people who really want to just live.
@@LSG101097 no risk no fun
@@LSG101097 well i would assume that they are insured/are paying so why complain? You can just as well say we waste so much money on overweight people eating themselves to death/desease. And that is costing us much more than a few racing drivers. If you make treatment conditional half of the population doesnt deserve treatment.
I grew up watching F1 and remember watching Fernando and Romain's crashes and fearing that we had another name to add to the list of F1 drivers who died on track, less than a decade on from the last fatality, Jules Bianchi, who passed away in 2015 after spending months in a common following one of the worst single vehicle accident in F1 history at the 2014 Japanese GP. Rest in peace Jules, i hope you are seeing Charles driving at Ferrari and keeping your memory alive
As an F1 fan, it's great seeing Dr Mike talk about racing. I remember watching Zhou's crash and I was so scared because there was no news about his condition while he was trapped between the barriers. The Halo showing just how important safety measures are in racing.
And walking away from these crashes shows just how strong these racers are
And the halo and roll hoops too
Zhous crash saved some lives because some complete idiots stormed the track over a blind crest and were sat in the middle of it. Without the red flag there is every possibility those protestors would have had cars blowing past them at full speed and it may have been another Tom Pryce type accident.
@@natmartin0907 roll hoop failed in zhou's crash though
@@natmartin0907 actually, the roll hoop made it worse by snapping off. If it didn’t fail his car tould most likely flip tbe correct way the moment he went onto the gravel
I was so worried I just wanted information
Grosjeans crash was horrifying to watch live. I was immediately his with flashbacks of Bianchi's fatal crash. Was an absolute miracle that Grosjean survived.
After all the crashes. This one ended the Halo debate
My brother and I were so worried when this happened… thank god he was ok.
Bianchi impact was 254 G, that is wow, the amount of force he had to suffer....
@@lgdp49the sad part is that he wasn't going full speed, and if the tractor hadn't been there it would've been a relatively minor incident
Bro it was scary to see him walking out from the flames
You talking about how a sudden stop is the worst reminded me of a Quote from Jeremy Clarkson:
"Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you."
Literally went to the comments to say this. Sometimes Clark’s is genius is frightening
Like we say in Sweden, it's not the fart (fart is speed in Swedish) that kills you, it's the smell (smäll = crash in Swedish)
@@fesen2oh is it? 😂
@@tjcarlover6701he took that genius is frightening statement back right after the log incident 😂😂
We can’t even feel speed itself. We do feel changes in speed.
We get a sense of speed because of the tires on the road, noise or wind etc.
Think about, you ever been in a train next to another train and you can’t tell which one is moving
As a brazillian, these videos shock me because we lost our biggest F1 idol (Ayrton Senna) in the 90s due to a car crash in a race, and it happened exactly what Dr Mike said, he went from 180 miles an hour to zero and unfortunatly passed away
Grosjean did go unconscious for a short while. After he regained it, he said he wondered why it was so bright outside because it was a night race. By the time he realized he was on fire, he couldn't free his leg and thought he was gonna die and accepted his fate. Then he remembered all of his family and knew he couldn't die. Miraculously managed to free his leg, undue the safety devices, and pull himself out of the car against melting carbon fiber. He was trapped in the fire for 27 seconds.
His leg was trapped because his boot melted to the pedal
Ita crazy that he can bkth be knocked out, wake up and process so many thoughts in 27 sec. Im nkt saying youre lying, well maybe the dude tells the story with a tiny but more drama for media, but i meant morw its amazing thr speed the human mind can react ins moments of extreme danger
@@lainwired3946you switched O with K lol
@@lainwired3946and you did more typos
@@Sanji-q3p great contrubution to the discussion there, especially as youre proving they were so minor you could easily understand it. Nobody cares about complete letter accuracy in youtube comments man. Do you have any interesting thoughts to actually add to what I said?
The fact that Grosjean pulled 56G’s in that crash and walked away is mind blowing. Amazing what we have achieved in motorsport safety
No, it was 67G’s from the crash alone according to google.
@@jeremyclares4851 Either way it was shitload more than you will ever want to experience
@@arturrihstut949 yeah, but fortunately he survived that bloody experience!
Brack pulled 214g at Texas in Indy, but definitely did not walk away. Did survive, though!
@@CoreyC225 uh, no way, 100 Gs will instantly kill you
The survival cells in F1 cars are incredible. Grosjean’s crash showed that the car can literally be torn in half but that little tub they sit in is near indestructible in normal conditions. I also seem to remember the Haas tearing in half on at least one other occasion too after a crash
Monaco 2022, Schumacher. The tub really has come a long way, sadly it didn't save Anthoine Hubert's life in the 2019 F2 SPA race, but we inch ever closer to less Motorsport fatalities each year.
@@lewismatthews yeah unfortunately there is so much less protection from a side impact like that. Now if only they completely redesigned or removed sausage curbs to stop drivers from getting launched airborne all the time.
@@chilibeer3912 I think I heard someone said in a video before that T-bone crash is an F1 engineer's nightmare. Because there is really nothing significant that can be done to further improve the safety from a T-bone crash. Not if the model of current F1 car is to be preserved.
coming into the 2022 season the join between engine and the rear of the tub were weakened to make the separation happpen easier.
I remember it happened on two other occasions. That Haas had a funny tendency to get split in half in crashes.
I love Michael Waltrip he wasn't lying when he said the confusion was normal he's always been weird and funny
A little confused has always been Michael’s M.O
As much controversy as there was around its introduction, the F1halo has definitely saved a few drivers. Enormous credit to every single safety feature of these sports.
This year again Zhou was saved by the halo. The single best addition to F1 cars in a more than a decade.
For example in the 2018 Belgium Gran Prix I believe? There was a car launched on top of the halo and would have hit the drivers head hard had the halo not been there.
Yeah, pretty much like Koinigg was back in the 70s
@@Walker_62738 I'd say both Leclerc and Alonso were saved by the halos
Hamilton too when Max ended up on top of him at Monza
I internally cringed at the mention of hand burns, I got a second degree burn to my left hand last year and holy hell the recovery process was one of the most painful things I’ve ever experienced
im so sorry!
Omg I am so sorry for you
I'm sorry that's awful I'm glad you're doing better now. I once had 2nd degree sunburns to my back chest shoulders and because I went to a water park and even though I kept applying sunscreen I didn't know it kept getting washed off and I am Ultra Fair but I tan really well when I'm out in the sun but I remember after this sunburn I had so many huge blisters it hurt to even wear clothes. I was 14 and I remember my mom taking me to the department store basically like covered in a moo moo for those who don't know a moo moo is basically a giant nightgown and my mom had to buy me like new bras and new shirts that didn't hurt my skin and it probably took me about a week to two weeks to completely get the blisters gone and start healing up.
Before that happened to me I didn't even know you could get a second degree sunburn that was terrifying.
@@allisonhunter1063 god that sounds awful! I’ve never been sunburned but my cousin who’s the polar opposite to me complexion wise burns very easily. I’ve awoke thought how painful it must be. That sounds so sore, I didn’t know you could get 2nd degree sunburn either! Thank god your mum covered you up
On my inner thigh myself. As someone that has broken a bone…burns are the worst thing ever
I was there in person for the Ryan Newman crash, absolutely terrifying. I just remember everyone sitting there in shock hoping and praying he was still alive. Everyone was silent, it was unnerving.
I was there for the rain the day before. I had to fly home on Monday, so all I got to see was the "Daytona 50".
@@deedubya286 you mean Daytona 500
I was on break at work watching the race. In all my years of watching NASCAR, that was the worst wreck I've ever watched live
@@Krxzy_X3 r/woooosh
@Sk8ter-chick nnnnnnnnnnAP
1:05 the reason that one marshal was spraying directly at Grosjean is that HE had a CO2 extinguisher, and while CO2 is an asphyxiant, it's also COLD ... he was trying to prevent any major burns while Grosjean extricated himself, AND IT WORKED, as Grosjean only had a few small second degree burns on the back of his hands. As well as that this accident happened on the FIRST LAP, so the car was carrying a FULL FUEL LOAD, and CO2 or Dry Chem powder extinguishers are almost useless against a mass fuel fire ... against liquid fuel you need FOAM, and lots of it, which is why they couldn't put the fire out until the fire truck arrived.
Grosjean wanted to walk to the ambulance because a lot of fans have seen accidents like this and even ones that look less severe that ended in death. It surely must have been a relief for his family to see it. He did what he could at the time to send the fastest message and eliminate the worry that he was gone.
His family was also watching that day i believe and he wanted to make sure they could see he was "fine".
RIP to the legend Senna
Yeah but walking to the ambulance could have killed him
As an occupational therapist and long-term subscriber, it's extremely refreshing to see a doctor who knows the value of what we do and advocates for us. This is the kind of interdisciplinary teamwork that makes me happy. Thank you Doctor Mike for being so holistic!
I had a bad BMX accident, folded my than flat back against my wrist and tore all the ligaments in my right hand.
I'm right handed and very much non ambidextrous.
Thanks to OT I managed to get 90% function back in my hand - it's not perfect but it doesn't prevent me from doing anything which is a miracle given the initial prognosis of "Learn to start using your left hand".
Love to see OT!!!!!
@@Wrathlon if only everyone was ambidextrous
As a massive F1 fan watching that race with the Grosjean crash. It was terrifying and so dreading too, the moment the car catches fire your heart hurts and felt the worse could happen. To see him not only survive and to have so light injuries is quite outstanding the HALO saved his life alongside how safe a F1 car is nowadays and not forgotten the Marshalls at the track and the Medical team, major respect to all
It completely dissolved all of the criticism on the halo. We still see the halo saving lives from the past 2 seasons. Last year being max and Lewis fighting and getting into an incident. And this year when zhou got flipped and pinned into a barrier at the start in silverstone.
@@wrestling1013 Halo saved both Max and Lewis... Silverstone and Monza. Then Zhou... Grosjean... I think Norris as well...
When I saw the fireball I was certain he was dead. No one survives piercing a barrier like that. Except in F1 apparently they do.
I was praying that we weren't going to watch a man burn alive. I cried when he appeared out of the flames. All he wanted was to tell his wife he was ok. She was probably praying too that she wasn't watching her husband perish. How that track official knew where he was in the fire gave him that split second to see his way out.
@@sedixmrboss5625 can confirm with Norris as well with spa 2021
0:18 romain grosjeans crash was actually in 2020 and he retired after that race (sakhir)
Fired*
Why
@@Thegreathappymonkey bro, he crashed into a wall inside of a flaming car and his hands are burning as he's exiting the car bc it was the only grip he had to get out of the car, would he want to do that again?
He retired from F1, but not from racing
It says 2021 because they show was released that year
12:04 This man just walked out of a fatal crash and is giving an interview complete with wordplay. What a legend
that's michael waltrip for you
"Got some contusions
and a little bit of confusion
but that's probably not too unusual"
Eminem has been pretty quiet since that dropped
Not fatal
I was expecting jokes about having a wall trip. Disappointed. ._.
Especially with how similar (but not the same) as Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s where he didn't make it.
I'm really surprised that Alex Zanardi didn't make this list. He was in a nearly fatal accident that ripped both of his legs clean off and he almost died from blood loss on the helicopter ride to the hospital. He would go on to compete in touring car racing with hand controls and become a gold medalist in Paralympic handcycling. Really inspirational.
Oh my god yeah, that would have been a good clip to watch his reaction to. They did a great job after that 😬
He is fighting again, he will win
@@Guillermo-xz4dg really what happend mate?
@@PTForce99 he had a severe cycling incident
@@PTForce99 Head on collision with a truck during his own cycling marathon. Currently he's working on speech training and physical rehabilitation from home, because they had to reconstruct his face after the accident.
Kinda bummed that Niki Lauda's crash wasn't covered here. Would've loved your medical input on all that. RIP
same
Would have loved to see him cover Dale Earnhardt's crash and basilar skull fractures
and Anthoine Hubert
and zhou guanyu at silverstone
Oh man what a legend
4:59 I actually work for a racing team so to answer your question: when we design a race car, we design it with multiple safety measures in mind including ways for the driver to quickly egress if necessary. Meaning we typically don’t need the jaws of life to get a door pried open. The other thing to remember is that a road cars safety system has the entire car crumpling during an impact to absorb that force, which means that sometimes the doors will get squished closed. Where in a race car, the chassis is almost completely rigid so the drivers mode of escape will usually still be possible without having to pry or cut anything away. Hope that helps, great video Doc!
Which racing series do you work in?
0:17 Romain Grosjean 🇨🇵🇨🇭(2021)
3:19 Robert Wickens 🇨🇦 (2018)
4:31 Ryan Newman 🇺🇲 (2020)
7:04 Rusty Wallace 🇺🇲 (1993)
8:15 Mike Conway 🇬🇧 (2010)
9:29 Geoff Bodine 🇺🇲 (2000)
10:37 Lee Petty 🇺🇲 (1961)
11:45 Michael Waltrip 🇺🇲(1990)
12:55 Fernando Alonso 🇪🇸 (2016)
14:44 *Daytona 500 (1960)*
Thnx man❤
Didn’t Wickens die?
@@tonya6196 no
2020 for grosjean not 21
@@tonya6196 no but he is paralyzed and cant race anymore
Would love to see a part 2 that includes Niki Lauda's crash. And if you want to branch out into non-racing (but still entertainment-related) crashes, Richard Hammond's crash in a jet car while trying to beat a world speed record would be a great one to look at.
I literally came here to comment about Lauda’s crash. That situation is ridiculous and Lauda is such a badass throughout the whole thing (imo)
James hinchcliffs crash also came to mind. Kinda surprised to see it didnt make the list.
Can also do Ott Tanak's crash at Monte Carlo. Big drop, but he and his co driver walked away basically unscathed (maybe a few bruises, but I don't remember specifics).
And Robert Kubicas crashes in 2007 Canadian GP in F1 and 2011 WRC crash (especially the second one because it was very dangerous)
Hammond recently posted a video talking about his experience of that coma, check it out /watch?v=_BYQLDU9xhI
I see a lot of people talking about Grosjean's crash, but no one's talking Bodine's wreck at 9:29. Bodine not only was hit twice, but he stayed in the fence for almost 2 seconds. Each .5 of a second, you're hitting a fence poll. To add to that, this was before better safety features were implemented into these cars, meaning that his head was swinging around in the car as he was flipping. It's absolutely a miracle that he survived that crash.
The silence of the commentators during that accident is truly terrifying. Anytime the announcers go silent, just as they did for Grosjean's crash, it's not good. I watched Indy in Las Vegas in 2011 live. Something I'll never, ever forget.
@@ArtySen What make's it worse in the Bodine crash is the fact that a second before the crash, one of them says "Look out! This is gonna hurt!" Very disturbing
I know it is crazy
Really Awesome video! Good to hear the knowledge of a Dr on F1 and all.
I know right!
Richard Hammond (formerly of Top Gear) was test driving a car powered by a jet engine. He crashed going almost 300 mph and was in a coma but is ok now. Thanks for shouting out occupational therapists by the way!
he also crashed a Rimac Concept One. Now all Rimac cars have a fire extinguisher with words "In Case of Hillclimb, Extinguish Fire" on them. God bless our Little Hamster
If hammond was a little taller he may have died in that vampire jet drag car crash
@@andrewwinslow9315 He has crashed everything they gave him to drive
He could make a longer video about Hammond’s crashes, than this, which covers the entire car racing history:D
@@juzoli lmao that's actually true
F1 has made insane strides to improve driver safety. The Halo directly saved Zhou Guanyu and Romain Grosjean. For those who don't know the Halo on F1 cars is a solid piece of Titanium that's 3D printed. It's designed to support the full weight of the car. In Romain's case, it essentially pierced the guard rail allowing him to survive that impact.
Yep, and the guardrails have killed F1 drivers in the past. (It's as graphic as you think it is).
We need to get these hybrid engines out. As soon as hybrid engines were introduced, F1 had its first driver test since Senna in 1994. The halo was just an alternative due to the bulky, heavy, unpredictable and uncontrollable hybrid engines when they spin. Also notice how we have also apparently had 10 driver near deaths in just the last 4 years of F1, clearly the cars are becoming more dangerous again.
The most amazing part about this is that you can actually 3d print with titanium. I had no idea about that, but pretty interesting id say.
@@R9naldo It's being worked on. Formula E will get rid of the hybrid drives.
There was the crazy F1 race last year where the halo saved Hamilton from a wheel on Verstapen's car. Pretty crazy.
I'd love to see Doctor Mike look at some MotoGP crashes. Some of those Lorenzo high sides from a few years ago are crazy! I think Marc Marqueze is trying to outdo Lorenzo on the high sides.
Fun Fact: in the movie "Cars", the crash of Strip 'The King' Weathers was inspired by Rusty Wallace's crash. If you watch the scene, the crash is almost identical to the footage of Wallace - from the moment he's airborne twisting around to the final flip.
yea as soon as i saw the wallace clip he played i immediately recognized it from cars, still crazy that guy wallace survived that
I totally noticed that. Been a couple weeks since I saw the movie, but since it's racing, it came to mind. The way the car flew really was identical to dinaco.
Right after watching that clip I went and looked up the CARS crash because it reminded me of it.
Damn
first thing i thought of when i saw the crash 😭
The engineering going into these modern race cars and the addition of the HANS device have really improved safety in racing.
That thing about adrenaline and telling your loved ones you're okay... Been there, done that.
After my c-section I messaged family and friends that everything was fine. (It was a planned c-section because of severe preeclampsia)
I don't remember anything after that, I was gone for 11-12 hours. A reaction to the spinal anesthetic. My spouse told me that I was puking, had trouble breathing and slurred in my speech during those hours, I was unconsious/sleeping most of the time.
But yeah... those famous words, "I'm fine".
I did the same thing when I passed out from severe anemia when I was a teen. I don't remember much of it at all, most of this is what my sister told me. I began walking towards my family with a vacant expression, weirdly holding up items I had in my hands while my face turned sheet white, even my lips went white. They asked me if I was OK and I said "I'm fine" and then promptly hit the floor. They sat me up, I came to and repeated that I was fine, so my dad tried to get me on my feet, but I passed out again in his arms. He then threw me over his shoulder and rushed me to the car to drive me to the ER. The whole time in the back seat with my sister, I kept rolling my eyes and insisting that I didn't need to go to the hospital, I was fine. Turns out I had one foot in the grave, needing multiple blood transfusions and packed red blood cells to avoid cardiac arrest. Nurses were squeezing the blood bags to get it into me as quickly as possible. But I kept insisting that I was fine.
I have type 1 diabetes and if my husband had a dollar for all the times I've said "I'm fine" before immediately not being fine, he'd probably be loaded.
I'm an F1 fan myself(season just finished today) and ever since the introduction of the halo in 2018, it has saved so many lives. Leclerc 2018, Grosjean 2020, Hamilton 2021 and Zhou 2022 are perfect examples. People say that F1 isn't a sport but if you look at these crashes, it shows that racing drivers are putting their lives on the line for people's entertainment.
Russell at Spa 2020 too - without it Giovinazzi's runaway tyre would kill him.
bottas at imola 2021 Brussels tire would have decapateed bottas
how about verstappens 51g impact at silverstone
@@shimzster That one was mostly thanks to safety cell.
@@jackrichards4409 yeah that one was scary to watch the onboard of George's car and seeing the tire directly hit the halo
I remember seeing that Grosjean crash live. I thought that he was dead, no movement for that long. The tears in my home when we saw him climbing out could have floated a navy.
Same, it was so bloody scary seeing a modern day F1 car split down the middle and burst into flames. For that long too is crazy.
I'm glad for all those who experienced those crashes and walked away from them with minimal harm in some cases. Perhaps this is self serving, but as a mechanical engineer myself, I can't help but feel proud and tip my hat to the engineers who carry the responsibility on their shoulders to design a rocket speed machine that can get into a 160mph crash and still allow the driver to walk away from the crash. Some call it a miracle, I call it engineering.
I remember watching that Romain Grosjean crash live and genuinely thinking I just saw someone die. That was like worst case scenario in every aspect, and is a testament to how much goes into the safety of those cars. Go back to before the halo was added and he's dead there for sure. Same with Zhou Gaunyu this season in a crash that flipped his car, dug into the gravel, and was thrown over the safety barrier. Without the halo he's probably dead, but with it he was cleared from the hospital and was back to the track in time to watch the end of the race.
I vividly remember missing the start by a few minutes in tuning in to see a smoldering wreck thiking "surely that can't be a car!". It was.
Like they say in the Netflix Series: You really know it's bad when a whole racing crowd and the entire pit lane suddenly goes dead silent.
I didn’t watch grosjean’s crash live so I knew he was okay but Zhou’s I did. That was horrible and the red flag lasted ages with us not knowing what had happened…. Got to commend George for running up to him too eventhough the FIA then didn’t let him race after the red flag ended
@@amberherrod6110 Yeah the Zhou one was scary because they weren't allowed to show replays until they knew he was safe, but he was in such an awkward position to get him out that it took so much longer than normal.
I think literally everyone thought that. Just dead silence from everyone for a good 15 minutes until we all saw him on camera
Have you ever seen Dan Wheldon's crash? I don't recommend it if you haven't. Seriously, don't watch it. But I saw that one live. Changed everything for me. I know people who were at the track and can't imagine.
A lot of these crashes lead to safety developments between driver equipment, car restraint and safety gear like roll cages and the F1 Halo, and even advancements for tracks with the development of softer barriers. Racing has come a very long way all because of these brave people putting their lives on the line for their sport.
Watching Romain as a fan was horrifying. I was a fan of his before the crash, I knew how good he could be. He is extremely underrated, and my heart sank when I saw the fireball. I thought I'd saw the first death since 2015. Thankfully the Halo, the HANS device, the safety cell, everything did their jobs perfectly.
Robert Wickens sadly became a paraplegic, but has since made a very good recovery and is back racing again. Harrowing.
Same Here mate
I was at Pocono for the Wickens crash. I nearly jumped out of the stands when I saw that fireball on the backstretch.
Full respect to those that run Indy. Love the league, takes some guts to run it. I love how he has stuck around with the team and attends most if not all of the races. I think he wants to run the 500 in a modified car one year believe it or not, whether or not the league will let him is another story.
He's regained some movement back in his legs due to it being a bruised spinal cord and not severed, he's hoping to one day walk again
In 3:30. "They're gonna touch wheels!!" I love how Doctor Mike is so funny that the way he said it.
(Also I think it was funny how much time he said something out neck pressure on the neck.)
Romain Grosjean went to race Indy. He also has a youtube channel if you're interested.
About Robert Wickens, he has improved since the crash, not fully, he still needs assistance to walk, and mostly uses a wheel chair; but he is still racing cars with the controls adapted to the steering wheel.
F1 implemented the Halo to prevent debris or other cars to impact the driver's head (the one you showed on the video), and Indy implemented the aeroscreen that is a fully closed screen on the cockpit.
I saw the Grosjean crash as it happened. I was in tears thinking about how sad his loved ones would be if he was gone. I cheered so hard when he walked out of that fire.
0:15 - Romain Grosjean(2021)
3:20 - Robert Wickens (2018)
4:20 - Ryan Newan (2020)
5:50 - Mid roll ads
7:05 - Rusty wallace (1993)
8:15 - Mike Conway (2010)
9:30 - Geoff Bodine (2000)
10:35 - Lee Petty (1961)
11:45 - Michael Waltrip (1990)
12:55 - Fernando Alonso (2016)
14:45 - Daytona 500 (1960)
15:30 - End
Not all heroes wear caps
It was good to hear Bob Jenkins' voice again for Rusty's crash. Miss the man so much
0:15 2021
Where is Zhou , he had a horrific crash
It was 2020
It's so cool and funny, and I am so jealous at the same time, how casually this man is speaking about Indi and F-16 experiences, and than he just say: "Oh, Esteban Gutierrez is MY FRIEND!". This is WILD! I mean like WHO ARE YOU MR. DOCTOR? Even tho congrats! These are two big achieves in almost every men's lives and the fact that you are a friend of an F1 driver is just so random and unpredictable!
Grosjeans fireball crash (the first clip) was a miracle.. but it also shows how safe motorsports are getting...
10 years ago it would have been fatal.
@@transcatgirl551 It would have been fatal 3 years ago (relatively to the crash). The halo protected his head, in 2017 he would have died
@@raddishone92 yeah, without the halo, his head would have been slammed into that and very likey sheared off...
Helmuth Koinigg crashed on a similar way, he got decapitated. Safety has come a long way..
Very true. He's still very lucky. Even with modern safety, that crash could've easily been fatal if he was knocked out or had more trouble getting out. But not too long ago, that crash would've been a 100% fatal crash.
1:54 The HALO safety bar pushed the barrier up and over his head, and the HANS (Head And Neck Support) restrain device decelerated his head gradually instead of his head snapping forward and causing a basilar skull fracture. It was introduced shortly after Dale Earnhardt died from the exact same situation, a high speed direct nose impact into a retaining wall. It became mandatory in almost all motorsports in the mid-2000s, and it has saved a lot of lives since.
As to how he survived the fire, that year (2020) the FIA (Federation Internationale du l'Automobile), the governing body of a ton of motorsports, mandated new fireproof race suits that had twice the duration of fireproofing over the previous suits, and can withstand a blaze like that for 60 seconds, minimum. The only parts of the kit that was not of the new material were the race boots and gloves, and he had decent burns of both hands and a light burn on his left foot. The drivers also sit in what is known as the "safety cell," which the entire car is built around. It is made of ultra-strong carbon fiber over an aluminum honeycomb that is then covered in kevlar, before the carbon fiber is put around it and seals it tight. The safety cell is so strong that you can drop a city bus on it at terminal velocity, and the only thing that will happen is that the carbon fiber might be scratched.
Ryan Newman has had a couple real scary crashes. Oddly enough, he has an engineering degree and is a huge proponent of upgrading safety features in the NASCAR series.
Grosjean's crash was absolutely terrifying to watch, and seeing him racing IndyCar nowadays is amazing to see.
Zhou Guanyu had a terrifying crash at Silverstone this year where he was flipped upside down and skidded upside down for a long distance, flung into the air, and landed into a catch fence. Watching that love was so nerve-wracking because they wouldn't show any replays until they got confirmation he was okay. Thankfully he walked away with practically no injuries.
Ironically the thing that may have saved Ryan Newman's life was a bar named after him from a wreck he had over 10 years before
NASCAR has had its fair share of catch fence crashes. Dillon 2015 and Snider 2022 are some examples.
At the 3:48 mark, the spin shouldn’t create any g’s. The reason being the the driver is at the center of rotation and so he would held in place and stabilized. Like the center of a gyroscope or a figure skater.
3:28 the way he shouted gave me chills
Should definitely do a part 2 with Niki Lauda’s F1 crash
He was beyond lucky to survive
Yeah, given the era that it happened in its really a miracle he survived and came out of it with just the injuries he sustained
Also a heroic moment for some fellow drivers who saved him
Was thinking the same, suits back then weren't what they are now and Arturo Merzario risked his life to take him out.
@@Ezio_1907 Let's not forget Harald Ertl, Brett Lunger and Guy Edwards who also dove in.
@@Meodread Absolutely you're right in the video they don't mention it but you can clearly see so many lunging in and so many running across to help they all put another life before their own despite the lack of safety gear.
The engineering in F1 is truly insane. The number of crashes ive seen that would be fatal in a normal car, but they walk away unscatched is insane.
TBF consumer cars are INCTEDIBLE at surviving crashes nowadays too. You put any car made in the past say 15y against something from the 70s, 80s thru a crash test, its insane the engineering thats gone into makijg the car fail around you while trying to keep you in a syable cage during extreme impact.... while at the same time, makijg cars more dhrable from lighter crashes! Theres gonna come a day in the next few decades youre gonna need vintage car licenses and not just for emissions, but just the safwty gaps
Some places iirc even ket certain vehickes over a certainnage not even have seatbwlts and drive around (usually just lioe, your city or town tho, not highway etc, still tho)
also you gotta respect the pilots, driving that fast is a hell of a exercise! F1 pilots have the strongest necks in the world
@@Hashiriya985 Indeed They Do! I Think The G-Forces Of Some Crashes Would Kill Any Non-Formula Series Driver.
As someone who hit a pole at 120mph , I know that had to have sucked, but I can’t imagine hitting something that fast *AND* being engulfed in flames. Sends chills through my whole body remembering what I went through.
Omg😨
are you okay now?
Poles and trees are some of the most dangerous, you got really lucky it didn’t split you along with the car
12:20 this man is immortal dude
In my time as an F1 fan I've seen many deadly crashes live on t.v such as Ratzenberger, Senna, Bianchi and Hubert that really hurt to remember. But to think how much the safety has improved since I saw Ratzenberger's/Senna's crash is remarkable.
Sweet summer child.
You came at the end of the "you race, you die" era.
You never knew the tension of watching a race and being used to losing your favourite driver by season end.
Truly a summer child.
I feel pretty relieved that I didn’t start watching racing until around the mid 2010s so the sport was fairly high in safety by that point, but I do remember when they implemented the halo’s and I remember watching Grosjean’s crash on stream with my parents and thinking to myself “there’s no way he survived that” and then being ASTONISHED when we saw him actually get out of the car and WALK.
i wasn't even born when senna died, but my dad has told me so much about him, he seemed like a great guy
rip senna, true legend
Maybe you'd want to talk about Niki Lauda's crash in Nurburgring in 1976. He suffered quite a nasty burn that permanently damaged half of his face. Also, he inhaled the toxic fumes from the fire and burned his lungs.
Niki's crash and Kenny Bräck was the two i feels should had been there
@@antonsamuelsson1317 Robert Kubica 2007 Canadian GP would have been my vote as one that was missed.
Niki is a legend!
"I have a reason to look ugly, most people don't"
@@colpul2103
Fact is he wasn't that ugly. he was still quite handsome for his age.
He came back after 3 months and won the championship 👏👏 🫡
Dr Mike I’m very glad you mentioned that they should not continue to walk after a wreck. One of my friends was in a wreck a few years ago and he walked to a house nearby and was fine. They had him sit down and call his parents. As the adrenaline rush started to slow down he started losing consciousness and died very shortly after due to internal injuries. It’s so terrifying to see what the body can continue to do while it’s essentially an auto pilot from the adrenaline alone
This is so true. When I was a teenage I was involved in an accident at home (broken glass) and had a very severe open wound / cut to my achilles heel (in fact my heel was cut off and you could see it's tendon). I lost like 1/4 of my blood without even noticing my injury. I was walking around for like 3 minutes until I realized how badly injured I was. Adrenaline is crazy.
This is exactly why my sister did not move after she was in a nasty collision four years ago. She was so worried about injuries (Biology major. And she was on her way to school!) that she didn’t even want to frantically look for her phone! The paramedics were able to lift her out of her car (94 lbs, she’s tiny) and got her fully checked out. But now… constant lower back pain, soreness in her hip and side, stiffness in her neck and shoulder, and occasional splitting migraines. Doctors can’t find anything, even though she frequently goes in for check ups.
At the time, her worst injuries were burns on her hands from the airbag deploying, the powder in her mouth and throat, a bloody nose, and a few scratches on her face from the rear windshield shattering and ricocheting
What he didn't say is that it was something around 40 minutes before he walked those couple meters to the ambulance, after being seated and checked out in Medical Car. The way this is shown here, makes it look like they walked him there straight after pulling him out of the wreck, which is misinforming and makes FIA Medical Delegate look incompetent.
Similar thing happened to a friend about 30 years ago.
@@Ralesong I’m not sure where you’re getting your information. He was pulled out of the fire in immediately walked over to the medical car…
I must say I really admire how Doctor Mile always praises other health professionals. Unfortunately some doctors think they are above everyone else, it's sad.
i want mike to react to niki lauda's crash, the fact he walked away from that at a time when it was virtually impossible, crazy
yup, totally agree
Niki Lauda also drove again - only 42 (!) days later. He won another two World Driver Championships after that crash. Just unreal commitment, passion and competitivness. We miss you, Niki.
@@Torres9MZ not to mention he only barely lost the championship that year!
@@Torres9MZ insane one of the best drivers of all time, literally never got to see him race but he really cemented my love for merc and i wish i couldve seen him in his prime, the mindset is just unreal
@@Torres9MZ Not to mention that he had the last rites delivered to him in the hospital, as it was assumed he wouldn't survive...
i watched the grosjean accident live and it was the most stressful few minutes that felt like an hour. can't even imagine how he felt being trapped inside the car trying to get out
Would have really liked to see the reaction to Nika Lauda's infamous crash at the Nurburgring, another crazy flame-engulfed crash. The extra sad part is that before the race, he called a driver's meeting to try and convince them not to race in the heavy rain.
It's horrible how FIA handles thing like that. No one wanted to race after Roland's death at the very fateful Imola 94, but FIA said race to be going ahead, and then we lost Aryton Senna. Did not do a Red Flag after Sutil's crash in soaked Suzuka 2014, would have saved Jules Bianchi. 😢
@@girlytomboyx business before safety used to rule in those times...
But u can see nowadays that almost NO ONE uses the true blue wet tires... Like only slicks and inters are used nowadays... Cuz its understood that if u have to use wets, then the track is already undrivable...
Although fans are now trolling F1 for forgetting the wets completely and are potentially rallying to make the teams use wets...
But they forget the dreadful results of these videos...
Who's Nika Lauda?
@@AlejandroLZuvic 3x F1 world champion
I appreciate the conversation about the pressure on the neck with F1. People don't realise that it takes a huge level of fitness to endure that
I'm older than Robert Wickens but he is my hero. His determination and perseverance to return from his injuries and race again was inspiring. He is racing again and won multiple races this season in the IMSA TCR category. He and Alessandro (Alex) Zanardi are amazing stories.
I was recently in a car wreck where my car ended up flipping upside down and I find it really difficult to watch any type of car accidents now. But Dr. Mikes compassion and explanations actually made this video a little easier to watch 💖
Omg!! Im glad your ok!
If you could ever talk with Dr Jerry Punch, I think you'd be amazed at his stories. He was an emergency room doctor who moonlighted as a NASCAR correspondent for ESPN and has so many amazing, and incredibly scary, medical stories from racing.
Dr Jerry Punch is a real deal level 1 trauma doctor. He's got some amazing stories about how his quick thinking has saved lives
Ok this is a 10/10 vid it educates people and it's fun to watch
I was in Melbourne at the grand prix in 2016 when Alonso’s crash happened and it was the scariest not knowing what had happened and if he was ok. Alonso ended up missing the next race with a rib injury, but the scariest part of that crash is seeing it in slow motion and then finding out it was something like 46G. Safety has come a long way in F1 and seeing all these high speed crashes with drivers coming out of them makes you fully appreciate the developments in safety that have been brought about.
Not rib injury, pneumothorax. But yeah, crazy that less than a month later he was racing again as if nothing had happened.
That first one was absolutely insane. Miracle that he survived.
Without halo , he would be dead
less miracle, more safety regulations working well 😅
67Gs, 27 seconds in the flames while freeing his stuck foot and smashing the headrest with his helmet to escape and the race doctor taking a huge risk himself to help him over the guardrail and out of the fire, since the fire marshal stayed useless at the side and just spraying his extinguisher in the direction of the flames, but too far away to actually hit the flames.
I watched it live. I never thought, I would witness a miracle, until I saw him climb out of the flames.
Bro popped his totem of undying
I remember at the time it happened it was talked about in a Discord server i was in (only after we knew he was okay) and someone said "ten years ago, maybe even five years ago, that would have been a fatal crash."
What you said about internal bleeding: American legend Mark Donohue crashed heavily at the 1975 Austrian Formula 1 GP practice session. He walked away and no precautionary actions were taken. He felt bad during the night and he was taken then to hospital. Unfortunately, it was too late: he died two days later due to a cerebral haemorrhage.
This is the same race that Brambilla won just to note.
Seeing the results of that first crash is why I have a morbid fascination with accidents and disasters. A lot of other people have died from crashes like that, which resulted in changes being made that save lives today. We've learned from our mistakes and now take precautions so that it can be possible to survive a crash at 160 miles per hour.
At 7:46 Mike mentions that in some motorsports the drivers are trained to take their hands off of the wheel and form a kind of "brace position". I believe this is the case with rally drivers, as I have seen details in games such as Dirt Rally. For example, when you crash in first person, the driver places their hands crossed over their chest to brace for the impact. Kind of cool to see that even game devs take safety seriously.
That brace position depends a lot on what kind of cars you are driving. If it has powered steering, you don't need to take your hands off the wheel as a heavy hit with the suspension will not snap the steering wheel, but the power steering lines instead. If there is no powered steering, you better do that or you might lose some fingers. Usually it is encouraged to do that anyways powered steering or not
In group b you’d be better off just jumping out of the car
That's cool.
@@psychosis1767 don't forget about the car type itself.
In open wheels competition, is MANDATORY to release the steering wheel before impacting a wall.
@@psychosis1767 ok but the wheel snapping is nothing compared to whats in this video
Came here for the Grosjean crash specifically. Drive to survive did an insane job keeping you on the edge of your seat with that and covering it and interviewing everyone. I knew he was alive and I was still holding my breath, eyes locked open, as my brain seemingly forgot that I knew he was ok. That was an insane crash.
Although watching it in drive to survive may have been scary, i remember watching it live, and whenever a crash like that occurs in F1 F1 cuts away from that area of the track to make sure the viewers don't see a dead man,. (Learning from Ayrton senna's crash in 1994)
And that is one of the most terrifying scenarios i see in F1.
@@connoredwards7000 They did it for Antoine Hubert in F2 and also Lando Norris until they got a confirmation from Seb's radio saying he was ok.
Zhou's crash in Silverstone? Nissanys crash in Silverstone?
For some reason, I love when any TH-camr I know mentions my favorite sport. It's just an unusual feeling
Hahahaha I thought I was the only one, also happens to me with my country
@@josevalerio2448 If only Doctor Mike would do a video on South African rugby 😪 Or cover Alison Botha's story
thats such a mood
Felipe Massa’s accident in Hungary 2009 is an interesting one to judge as while it only involved himself it just shows why things like the Halo & Helmet are so important to protect a driver & just how something as simple as a spring can do so much damage at high speed
Fun fact about Grosjean:
In f1 they added halo's which are there to protect the drivers from crashes. Grosjean was one of the drivers who were against the halo's but after this crash he saw how it saved his life.
When I was studying to be a paramedic, one of our professors played us a video about the rapid response teams to the isle of man tt. Incredible video about trauma from high-speed accidents.
If anyone is interested, look into a man named Jerry Punch. He’s a former NASCAR commentator and pit reporter and is an ER Doctor. He’s saved lives at a race track. Absolutely incredible stuff.
(Also Mike, for the clip at 12:00; Michael Waltrip is well known for being a bit of a lovable wacko in NASCAR, so him being confused isn’t too surprising)
You should very definetly do this with wrc / rally crashes. Would be extremely interesting.
That Fernando Alonso crash is what essentially got me into F1. I was doing homework while my parents were watching the race, they called me out to see the crash (because that’s the kind of thing my family does lol like ‘look at this? Isn’t it crazy?’) and I took that as an opportunity to procrastinate homework and ended up watching the rest of the race with them. And then I was hooked.
“You see the ground, then you see the sky, then you see the ground again…..”
Abbie Eaton’s fairly recent crash was a perfect example of how something so minor looking can be so severe.
and a good example that safety only works for what it is designed to do
an impact from the wrong direction can cause a lot of damage, sadly
I remember watching Ryan Newmans crash live. Ryan was my favorite driver and seeing him get critically injured was absolutely devastating. Like many NASCAR fans, I did not know if he would survive the injuries. When I first learned how bad the injuries were, and hearing he may not survive, I cried. The incident was kind of ironic because my dad’s favorite driver growing up was Dale Earnhardt Sr. Dale died in a crash in 2001. Ryan almost died in 2020. Scary times.
I remember that too. I met him back in 2013 I think, he was so sweet. I still have the hat he signed for me. We couldn't get pictures, but I'll never forget meeting him. That night I was terrified he wouldn't make it, thank God he did
Ryan has had several wild wrecks. He's tough evidently, or lucky.
Oh hey, it took 10 comments but someone knows another crash other then Grosjean's lol
The first point you made about spraying him in the face is exactly what i first thought when i saw that, like i get it, you really need him to not be on fire, but also he needs to be able to breathe 😅
Miraculous escape
I remember watching the first one live. Our entire family were watching mouth open in shock I was pacing the room with my hands over my mouth thinking I had just watched a man die on live TV nearly about to cry... when he got out I'd never sighed in relief so loudly in my life... we really thought he was dead. Was scary to see.
Really felt like forever between the crash and him getting out
I cried in relief after he got out....
Gets me everytime i eatch it....
@@heidi_1love the reason it felt so long was because they waited quite some time to make sure he was alright before showing any footage again
My parents and I also watched it live on TV. I was pretty horrified, along with my mom. My dad, who’s watched racing for a longass time was pretty composed but I remember just thinking “there’s no way he could have survived that” and starting to cry, and then the feeling of utter astonishment when he literally WALKED AWAY from the accident. Then my mom and I both started bawling in relief.
Gorsjean didn’t wave his hands to show that he is all good and strong. He knew that his wife and kids were watching and just wanted to give a sign to them that he survived
...so he was waving to his wife and and kids to show that he is all good and strong
edit: his, not bi's
@@fishylegoreviewsandcustoms1508 What OP is saying that Grosjean didn't do it out of ego and bravado (like "good and strong" implies), he wanted his wife and kids to see that he was ALIVE. Every single person, both at the racetrack and at home was convinced he was dead. Getting pulled out in a stretcher wouldn't do anything to change that. Walking out did.
Yeah, especially if his kids were younger, I can see why he would want them to see him walking right away, to spare them the trauma of thinking their dad is dead.
@@GB-np4pi "hey i wanna show that i'm alive so i'm going to risk my life more by delaying medical care" very logical
@@anomaly3215 Adrenaline will make it so that you feel somewhat fine, he felt good enough to make that gesture since obviously his family was the main thing on his mind. Even then, he was helped by the medical team to the ambulance.
We would love to see a part 2 for sure. I am happy to see you have some enthusiasm for the topic. Here are some quite interesting crashes:
1994 Imola Rubens Barrichello
2018 Macau Sophia Flörsch
2007 Canada Robert Kubica
2009 Hungary Felipe Massa
2004 Germany Petter Solberg
2011 Le Mans Allan McNish
1994 Hockenheim Jos Verstappen
2013 German GP Cameraman
1994 Imola Ferrari worker
I was just waiting for Sophias crash to come up and was very surprised when it wasnt featured, that crash is one of the worst ones i’ve in the last few years!
There are some more I can think of from nascar
1987 Bobby Allison talladega
2000 Jimmie Johnson watkins glen
2008 carl Edwards talladega
2010 Elliot Sadler Pocono
2012 Juan Pablo Montoya hits the jet dryer Daytona
2013 Kyle larson Daytona
2015 Austin Dillon Daytona
1994 Jerry Caminito, Nhra
His Funny car went through the guardrail at 280mph. He survived.
2000 Tony Schumacher, Nhra
His Top fuel losses the rear wing at around 320mph and crashes.
2010 Valencia Josef Kral is scary one as well
I was going to mention Alex Zanardi's crash at the Lausitzring in Germany (2001) and Katherine Legge's Crash in 2006 at Road America (Wisconsin) as examples of what that era's cars did for survivability as they broke apart and shed energy (Kat) or failed catastrophically (Alex).
Racing has always been proud of it's involvement in improving Road Car efficiency but should be equally proud of it's efforts to advance Safety (just unfortunately, often after tragedy) of the cars we drive & the roads we drive on.
Thanks Doc!
In 1978 I was involved in a car crash on the road. It was a black ice deal. My father was driving a 1963 Ford falcon and we went head on with a truck. My father died on scene from a rib rupturing his aortic artery. My brother was in a coma for months. I broke the growth plate in my left elbow. Unbeknownst to the hospital staff, I also had a ruptured spleen. By the time it was realized I had been transferred to a different hospital. I died on the table and was revived. Long story short, my brother has never been the same. I guess myself either. My mother is the strongest person I have ever met.
It really amazes me that some of these drivers just walked away with so little injuries. Same with Zhou's crash this year in f1, he flew straight into the barrier but he only got a couple bruises from it even though it looked like it could have definitely been fatal
And one important point of data from that crash was the roll hoop failure. FIA went quite the mile investigating that and luckily the Halo acted as a failsafe for it. Had that rollover happened before 2018, Zhou would have most likely been dead.
My ex watched Anthoine Hubert's fatal crash which messed him up pretty bad for a while. We both watched Grosjean's crash only a year later and I was convinced I'd just watched someone die. I'm so thankful that the cars they race in are much safer than they were but it doesn't stop this sport from being scary.
How are you doing today?
@@mannixjorryad bro is trying to rizz her up 😭😭
Yeah, same on the Grosjean crash. The safety features these cars have today are just INSANE
@@theguh52 nahh 😭 😭 😭
The reason Fernando wasn't taken to hospital, because he was feeling okay after the adrenaline has passed, didn't report any major pain, and because his crash telemetry was deemed not severe enough (he was taken to the paddock medical facility) The suits are equipped with an accelerometer in the ear piece, and their gloves had biometrics sensors, so after the car stopped, the data could be read to see exactly how bad of a time the driver has been having. This crash of Fernando's didn't put much more G load on his head than going through a high speed corner at normal race speed would.
its crazy to think about the tech thats in these cars, not only to make the car faster, but a whole lot of crazy things like this!
13:17 ok but I immediately said "ok king julian" that voice saying move move just was to perfect