Updated video with all formula one drivers who passed away within a Formula one world championship event. th-cam.com/video/Isdr-W8BwP8/w-d-xo.html Currently also making a video about formula one drivers who passed away at a non Formula one world championship event (Elio De Angelis, Patrick Depailler, Jo Siffert among others)
Riccardo Paletti never had the chance to prove himself how good he could be (he died in his second F1 race), but many people don't know that he was an ABSOLUTE PIONEER when it comes to consider F1 a serious athletic sport. He was one of the very few (maybe the only one) to constantly check his body and heart with EKG and other monitors, do intensive workout and have a healthy diet. He wanted to prove that a driver should be in the best shape possible, mentally and physically. Nowadays, every driver understand this, but back in the day having unhealthy lives and smoke cigarettes everyday was the life of an average F1 driver and therefore, considered "cool". That's why I respect Paletti so much. He didn't stay for long and died in such a horrible way (you can watch some footage here on YT), but he inspired other teams to start training their drivers, considering it an important part to have a chance for a championship. The man + machine duo improved like never before. R.I.P Riccardo Paletti.
One thing its worth mentioning about Donahue is that he actually walked away from his crash and even felt okay, but he had a severe brain injury, which got worse that day and claimed his life days later. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Donahue's death is part of the reason why drivers nowadays are mandated to go through medical check-ups after sustaining a certain amount of g forces in an impact, even if the driver claims to be fine.
You forgot one of the greatest drivers of all time, Alberto Ascari, he died in Monza during a practice session where they were trying out the new alfa romeo in 1955, Legends says that he Always wanted to race with his lucky shirt and his lucky helmet, but the day he died he wasn't wearing his lucky shirt and his lucky helmet
@@TattvaRajput24 The same could be said about Hawthorn. Neither should have been on this list because their deaths were not F1-related. If this were only a list of dead drivers who had competed in F1 then it would have been hours long.
Well, when you add some of the others who are not in this list, like Jim Clark, Mike Spence, Pedro Rodrigues, Ricardo Rodrigues, Ludovico Scarfiotti, Jo Bonnier, Jo Siffert, etc., you can see why. This video doesn't give the full picture and to tell the truth, I don't think it's that well researched.
You have forgotten Patrick Depailler (1980) and Elio De Angelis (1986). Let me give you a good-natured tug on the ears, because these are some pretty big champions.
Point on the video is that crash or accident has happened during official World Champion Grand Prix weekend. There is lot more who has died on crashes test sessions(example Maria deVillota, Elio de Angelis, Patrick Depailler) or unofficial races (example Pedro and Ricardo Rodriquez, Jo Siffert)
@@Donnerfink Sure, but its not F1 car, so if include him we have to widen criterias to other classes. Then comes also example Alberto Ascari and Stefan Bellof.
Jochen Rindt 💕. We moved to Vienna from Finland in 1969 when I was 10 years old and I started to watch Formula 1. He was my biggest F1 hero. His talent was incredible. Also the only one in history winning the F1 championship already in his grave. I still remember reading the heading in Kurier: "Jochen Rindt ist tot" 🙁
You're missing three important talented drivers: Jo Siffert at Brands Hatch in 1971 during a Rothmans Championship Victory Race, he crashed after he suffered a left front suspension failure inflicted by a slight contact with Ronnie Peterson during the early laps of the race, on 15th lap Siffert lost control hits the embankment and summersaults then his car erupted in flames, Siffert didn't have any injuries but succumbed to toxic inhalation after being trap in his burning P160 chassis. Patrick Depailler at Hockenheim 1980. Depailler was killed while testing his new Alfa Romeo 179B when it's rear suspension collapsed approaching the high speed Ostkurve, Depailler slammed into the Armco barrier sideways then landed upside down, the Frenchman suffered a fatal head injuries. Elio De Angelis at Paul Ricard Circuit Le Castellet 1986. De Angelis was killed while testing his Brabham-BMW BT55 approaching the extremely fast turn of Paul Ricard Circuit his rear wing detached whilst doing more than 175mph De Angelis's BT55 suddenly reacted from the loss of downforce he went airborne and landed into the barriers then burst into flames De Angelis also didn't suffered any injuries but was succumbed to suffocation.
There were other F-1 drivers who lost their lives on the race tracks, but not driving a F-1 car, like Alberto Ascari, Pedro Rodriguez , Ignazio Giunti Jo Bonnier, Rolf Stommellen, Harald Hertl, Stephan Bellof, Manfred Winkelhoff, and obviously Jim Clark... In fact this was the case of Denny Hulme too, but he was long retired from F-1 when it happened (differently from these others). There are others who lost their lives driving a F-1 car but not running for official FIA F-1 teams like Brian McGuire, John Dawson-Damer, Fritz Glatz, Denis Welch and David Ferrer. There were others who died as a consequence of injuries suffered on accidents driving F-1 cars but not immediately after the accident, like Maria de Villota (and even Niki Lauda could be listed here). And there were F-1 drivers who lost their lives on accidents which happened on roads or streets like Mike Hawthorn (then the F-1 champion), Mike Hailwood, Andrea de Cesaris, Clay Regazzoni. There are F-1 drivers who lost their lives on airplane accidents, like Graham Hill and José Carlos Pace. Right now there are three well-known cases of ex-F1 drivers who suffered almost fatal injuries on accidents (out of a F-1 event), but are still alive... Nelson Piquet, Alex Zanardi and Michael Schumacher, the last two requiring permanent and intensive medical care.
F1 ended for me when Senna died, I was so wrapped up in his flawed, uncontainable genius. That crash broke a lot of hearts around the world. All these drivers who have died had a searing passion and a cast iron focus but not one of them should have to had to pay the ultimate price, nothing is worth that, nothing.
@@waynesimpson2074 I would rather race than work for peanuts had probably the best hand eye coordination of them all but without money you are going no where.When I was 17 just got my license I practiced and was racing up and down the highway 55 mph one arm on the wheel completely sideways whipped back and forth in a blizzard never lost the car.Had motorcycle on track instructor said I had natural talent he was not close to me when he started on a motorcycle and he raced for 30 years said he never saw some race around the track like I did and with only 4,000 miles of experience on a motorcycle. I was not afraid of dying.Could not do algebra in High School and had no guidance when I was a kid now collect SSDI.I did not have someone blow sunshine up my ass.
For me Jochen Rindt by far the most touching. I was 11 y old living in Vienna when it happened. He was my hero. Talentwise Jochen was out of this world, very close to Senna level.
For fans of F1 trivia, some may not know the eerie coincidences about America's only two F1 World Champions. In 1961 at Monza, two Ferrari teammates were in contention for the championship, Phil Hill and Wolfgang von Trips. During the race, von Trips crashed and died, essentially guaranteeing that Hill would win the title. In 1978 at Monza, two Lotus teammates were in contention for the championship, Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson. During the race, Peterson crashed and died of his injuries within days, essentially guaranteeing that Andretti would win the title. The races at Monza in 1961 and 1978 were both held on September 10. von Trips' accident was caused when his car collided with that of Jim Clark. Clark was driving a Lotus.
Yep, Ronnie Peterson too, he just had terrible luck and never had a good enough car or he would’ve been the 70’s senna setting blistering pole laps and
Also Musso and Collins, Collins even had the chance for the '57 Championship, but he let his mentor and idol Fangio to win in his final season. He thought he will have plenty of years winning it...
@@joshjackburns his team mate and friend, Andretti said the same thing. Back when you'd wait on Road and Track to give you the complete details of all the races. Patrick Depailler died mid-season, in 1980 at Hockenheim, testing for the German Grand Prix.
@@viktorjansson5370 Of the Americans _not_ to win a world championship, I rate Peter Revson the best, or at least the equal of Dan Gurney. In his first full season in F1, in 1973, he won two races for McLaren. He finished a remarkable fifth in the WDC in 1972, after competing in only 75% of the season. Or was it so remarkable...? I don't know why he switched to Shadow, other than (possibly) because they were an American team. I think it was a mistake and not just because of his crash. Oh well... Watch the replay of his win in the 1973 British Grand Prix. It was an exceptionally good drive from a man who had relatively little time in F1. He was 'on it' all the way. His passing manoeuvres were clean, decisive and sure footed. No messing about. And he was quick. IMHO, he was one of the best and fitted in very well with the F1 circuit, something few American drivers have been able to do. His brother Douglas was also killed in a racing accident. Their father, Martin Revson, died in 2016 at the age of 105. But Revson was 35 and his opportunities were going to be comparatively short. Starting his F1 career at 37, Donahue would have had even fewer opportunities, even driving for an American team. Unfortunately, Roger Penske pulled out of F1 just as the team was showing potential.
You forgot Maria de Villota. During testruns to the British GP in 2012, her Marusia collided with a truck, parkt next to the track. She died 2013 of a heartattacke as a late result of the crash. (and guys dont give me the ""But she was only the testdriver"" Her death is the result of crashing an F1 car during a test)
Her death was because ecclestone needed a woman in f1 for propaganda and maria was not fit for all the risks at the track, soecially that one unexpected with a truck.
This list looks like it is made of drivers killed during an actual Formula One weekend, either practice, qualifying or during the race. It's not Formula One drivers killed in a racing accident. Another example, Mike Spence, who was killed at Indy in a practice run. Formula One driver, not at a Formula One race.
It is believed that 1 of his rear tires blown up bacause of some air pressure failure which caused him to lose control, this was at the time the most accepted hypothesis since none of the pilots that did race alongside him believed he would lose control by himself or make any mistake or something like that I red it like a year ago
Stirling Moss said that it was the risk of death which was a large part of the thrill for him. Nothing in the world is 100% safe. The admission ticket warns you that motor racing is dangerous. "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
It was the risk factor that elevated the status of those early generation drivers to a level no longer seen in motorsports. They were real *MEN* in their times back then.
My mother saw the race (the first and only Grand Prix of Morocco) in the tribune when Stuart Lewis Evans was wounded in a car crash and died after the race. 😢
My father was at Monza in 1961 when Wolfgang von Trips was killed racing for Ferrari...along with those spectators in the stands. Those cars were flying gas tanks back then. Motorsports safety has come a long way.
I remember Gilles's fatal accident. I can still picture him hanging on the fencing after being thrown. Yet another future champion was killed in an odd way.
Good that F1 has become so much safer! 1950s: 15 fatalities (mostly in Indianapolis) 60s: 14 70s: 12 80s: 4 90s: 2 (Ratzenberger & Senna) 00s: 0 10s: 1 (Bianchi in 2014/15, last so far).
In the seventies, I count Courage, Rindt, Siffert, Cevert, Williamson, Koinigg, Peterson, Pryce and Donohue based on the 'F1 weekend' criteria. If you add Revson, that would be 10. So, who are the other 2?
I hope all these racing gladiators can now rest peacefully😔🏁But i have to say that these guys dont look like the type to die in retirement home at 90-years old either, these guys died doing what was their passion and calling💪☄
Roger Williamson - died after his car overturned and burst into flames. The saddest thing about his crash, he died within (?) 25 metres (it was just around the next corner) of a fire truck which the marshals refused to move because they didn't want to drive backwards on the track. That has always stuck with me.
And to be honest was the right call. In these days flags meant nothing. The Safety Car wouldn't even be introduced for another 20 years. You can't really have a vehicle for any reason going backwards along the track whilst cars are at racing speed. Even today recovery vehicles always go in the direction of the track. The medical car is almost always going to be the first vehicle at the accident scene if its required, and they have to drive the track in the direction of flow
A lot of the F1 fatalities when the World Championship began in 1950 through the end of the 50's were from either the practice/qualifying sessions or during the race for the Indianapolis 500, which was originally a race counting towards the World championship from 1950 to 1960.
I bought and watched the film Senna and at the end of the film, it said that due to changes in safety regulations, no fatalities (deaths) have occurred in formula one since Ayrton's death which is not true. Formula one along with other motor sports will never be 100% safe. RIP all the people who have died in motor racing 🙏😥
@@alessandrobaricci4375 Its true he was in coma that day but wake up later so you were not away from the truth...A distant souvenir !But its strange:he stayed alive during his dangerous career, but died on another motor engine, his lawn mower...
Ho iniziato a seguire le gare di F1...all'eta di 11 anni..dal ''74!!!! Rimasi estasiato dal debuttante Gallese Tom PRYCE!!!.. così divenne. il MIO IDOLO!!...sarebbe stato l' astro nascente del decennio futuro.. ma il sogno si infranse quel tragico Sabato 5 Marzo 1977....per SEMPRE nel Mio ❤️ R I.P...Tom PRYCE
Ronnie Petersen suffered a badly broken leg, was removed from the car alive, was operated on, visited in hospital by James Hunt and then died of a blood clot possibly caused during the operation.
@@jesperbrudigam9886 I suggest you read James Hunts biography. He was writing it with the assistance of Gerald Donaldson. Both were at the race, Hunt was one of the first to Peterson's car, he found his friend alive. It's all in the book.
My take away is the immense progress that is made by safety measures of a kind while still allowing fantastic races at record high speeds and lap times. This is called progress and it’s applicable everywhere.
I have always wanted to know why the Indianapolis 500 was a part of the Formula One World Championship in the early years of the championship from 1950 to 1960.
They were probably trying to get Americans more interested in the World Championship (sound familiar? 70 years later they're still trying). The effort failed because the European teams weren't willing to travel to the US for the race, so they just skipped it. The US didn't have an actual GP until, I believe, 1959. Interestingly, right after the Indy 500 was eliminated as a points paying GP race, some Europeans did get interested (Brabham, Clark, Chapman) because of the prize money. They earned big pay days for their success, but no points.
@@RRaquelloIt probably explains why drivers from the United States have scored championship points from just racing in the 500 and I think the first USGP in 1959 was either at Riverside or Sebring before going to Watkins Glen until 1980, Cesar's Palace from 1981-83, Detroit from 1983-88, Phoenix from 1989-91, Indy from 2000-2007, COTA in Austin since 2011 with the USGP-West at Long Beach from 1976-83 and the current street races in Miami and Las Vegas
In 1994 I thought something like this would never happen again. And if safety car had been on track in Suzuka in that heavy rain in 2017, I would have been right 😞
John McLean Canadian Comstock GT-40 driver The Hairpin, Sebring 12 Hours, 1966 Lost a wheel, flipped in to the sand bank, burned. Some of us tried to put out the fire. Lexan windows and wrap over doors sealed him in. Deputies hit us with cattle proud's to make us quit! Quelle Horrors! J.C.
Indeed Lately SAFETY has substantially improved! Fewer Fatalities! : F1 is also kind of R&D laboratory test ground for improvements in the Auto Industry! : 2 Entries missing in the record is 1962, November 1 - Ricardo Rodriguez - 1971, 24 October Jo Siffert Germany.
Missing from this list are Clark and Joseph Sifert. Sifert died in 1971 in a race that, although it was not included in that year's championship, was an F1 GP.
Pierre Levegh Automobile 1956: Zbigniew Raniszewski Motor Bike 1957 Keith Andrews F1 1958 PatO'Conner F1 1958 Peter Collins F1 1961: Wolfgang Von Trips 1967 Lorenzo Bandini F1 1973 Roger Williamson F1 1973 François Cevert F1 1982 Gilles Villenueve F1 1994 Blaine Johnson 2 Cars Race 2010 Kevin Ward Jr. Sprint Car 1994 Ayrton Senna F1 1994: Roland Ratzenberger F1
Most of the earliest deaths in the video are USAC drivers at Indianapolis. You also missed Greg Moore and Dan Wheldon from INDYCAR. And of course one of the greatest F1 driver of all Jim Clark.
@@davidreichert9392 Even mentioning Greg Moore in this context is ridiculous. He never even raced in a series that participated in the Indy 500. He drove in CART after the split. A great driver, but never anywhere near participating in F1 OR the Indy 500.
Lucien Bianchi Aston Martin, Ford GT-40 and ALFA Tipo 33/3 driver April 1969 Le Mans Tests at the The Kink in The Mulsanne. Aero stability issues with the ALFA.. I had a good chat with him at that Sebring 12 Hours The ALFA was overheating... J.C. Tech Editor FLA Racing News, Miami... 1972-1973..
Ascari died in a private test when he was wearing normal clothes when he crashed in monza. Jimmy crashed in hockenheim in a f2 race in ‘68 and thus why these 2 aren’t mentioned here although they should be anyway. 2 of the best drivers of their times.
Always a challenge to find all data. The only information I had on Levegh was his entries for f1 in 1950 until 1951. No indication that the 1955 race was part of the F1 calendar. But I might have missed something?
That race was not part of the F1 calendar. The French Grand Prix (and a few others) was cancelled after that crash, i.e there was no F1 race in France that year. It was supposed to have been held at Reims.
@@planetdata7210 You forgot Jose Carlos Pace José Carlos Pace, or Carlos Pace, Moco was a Brazilian Formula 1 driver, winner of the 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix. Wikipedia Born: October 6, 1944, São Paulo, São Paulo Death: March 18, 1977, Mairiporã, São Paulo Death: March 18, 1977 (32 years old); Mairipora, SP
Once Senna died it was over for me. He had the youthful exuberance of a teenager behind the wheel of their dad's sports car. After him I no longer follow F1
I seem to remember Paletti didn't hit Pironi, it was the other way round, ...and for alessandrobaricci: Brambilla didn't die on the same day as Peterson, he died in his home garden some years later of a heart attack. Correct me anyway if I'm wrong. Jim Clark may be missing because he died while testing an F2 Lotus, yes...Depailler, Siffert and De Angelis are missing. The most horrifying was Tom Pryce's death for sure, along with the marshal.
@@billkunert7281 It was part of the WDC until the end of the 1950s. That's why it's included. Otherwise we'd have to include drivers like Mike Spence, who died at Indy in 1968.
Technically speaking, the Indianapolis cars that earned points in the World Championship in the 1950's weren't "Formula One". Most likely they could best be called "Grand Prix" cars and they were in a race that was part of the World's Championship, but couldn't be called "Formula One" for the simple reason that they didn't match the "Formula".
The 2000s were only without fatalities if you only count driver deaths. Two track marshals died in the 2000s after they were hit by flying wheels, one at the italian grand prix in 2000 and one at the australian grand prix in 2001.
Para mim, a morte mais sinistra e triste, foi o acidente que envolveu o pobre fiscal de pista e tbm do piloto Tom Prince. Horrível. Mas o pior foi o fiscal, pois todo seu corpo foi desintegrado pelo velocidade. Chocante de ver num vídeo, imagine vendo tudo isso pessoalmente.
Vc também viu o vídeo pelo jeito.... não dá para descrever...vc sabe que fizeram uma chamada após a corrida dos fiscais..??? Porque não estavam identificando o fiscal... espero que não façam isso no cinema... não quero ver isso....
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@@fabiosiniscalchidequeiroz9000 muito sinistro e triste!
@ e Tom Price eram um dos pilotos que os britânicos apostavam que poderia ser um futuro campeão da F1...A F1 década de 70 não deixou....cobrou o preço mais caro de todos... O carro descontrolado batendo na proteção também é complicado de assistir...
Unfortunately this is just the tip of the iceberg because many other drivers died in crashes elsewhere. Didier Pironi, Michele Alboreto and Andrea De Cesaris to name but three.
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Updated video with all formula one drivers who passed away within a Formula one world championship event.
th-cam.com/video/Isdr-W8BwP8/w-d-xo.html
Currently also making a video about formula one drivers who passed away at a non Formula one world championship event (Elio De Angelis, Patrick Depailler, Jo Siffert among others)
Also Jim Clark
@@bugattiwu Jim Clark died in a formula two race.
@@TheColinChapman Oh true
Depailler and the others were f1 drivers too
Anthoine Hubert da F2 no Gran Prix da Bélgica.
Riccardo Paletti never had the chance to prove himself how good he could be (he died in his second F1 race), but many people don't know that he was an ABSOLUTE PIONEER when it comes to consider F1 a serious athletic sport. He was one of the very few (maybe the only one) to constantly check his body and heart with EKG and other monitors, do intensive workout and have a healthy diet.
He wanted to prove that a driver should be in the best shape possible, mentally and physically. Nowadays, every driver understand this, but back in the day having unhealthy lives and smoke cigarettes everyday was the life of an average F1 driver and therefore, considered "cool".
That's why I respect Paletti so much. He didn't stay for long and died in such a horrible way (you can watch some footage here on YT), but he inspired other teams to start training their drivers, considering it an important part to have a chance for a championship. The man + machine duo improved like never before. R.I.P Riccardo Paletti.
One thing its worth mentioning about Donahue is that he actually walked away from his crash and even felt okay, but he had a severe brain injury, which got worse that day and claimed his life days later.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Donahue's death is part of the reason why drivers nowadays are mandated to go through medical check-ups after sustaining a certain amount of g forces in an impact, even if the driver claims to be fine.
Well, he was hit on the head by a part of the catch fencing so it wasn't so much a matter of G but of concussion. He died of a cerebral haemorrhage.
And the building of a chicane in Zelrweg track
They call that talk and die, people think they are ok after a head injury when they are not
He died later that evening or early the next day.
You forgot one of the greatest drivers of all time, Alberto Ascari, he died in Monza during a practice session where they were trying out the new alfa romeo in 1955, Legends says that he Always wanted to race with his lucky shirt and his lucky helmet, but the day he died he wasn't wearing his lucky shirt and his lucky helmet
Ascari died testing an Ferrari Sports Cars. So not F1 related.
But he raced in F-1
Those Indy car guys never raced in F-1, either...
FAHRT!
J.C.
@@375GTB The Indy 500 in the 1950s was a points-counting race for the F1 driver's championship.
@@bloqk16 yes but Ascari is an F1 legend nonetheless his death should've been included
@@TattvaRajput24 The same could be said about Hawthorn. Neither should have been on this list because their deaths were not F1-related. If this were only a list of dead drivers who had competed in F1 then it would have been hours long.
Rest easy François! You’re still remembered fondly.
Rest In Peace Senna. He was the legend of F1 in the 80's and 90's
Di tutti i tempi.
No a legend of f1 forever
The best in history men ..
Bro , the Ayrton Senna crash has 30 years ago.
He caused a lot of crashes which was not very nice.
They really weren't kidding when they said "each year, two of us die".
Well, when you add some of the others who are not in this list, like Jim Clark, Mike Spence, Pedro Rodrigues, Ricardo Rodrigues, Ludovico Scarfiotti, Jo Bonnier, Jo Siffert, etc., you can see why. This video doesn't give the full picture and to tell the truth, I don't think it's that well researched.
You have forgotten Patrick Depailler (1980) and Elio De Angelis (1986).
Let me give you a good-natured tug on the ears, because these are some pretty big champions.
Point on the video is that crash or accident has happened during official World Champion Grand Prix weekend. There is lot more who has died on crashes test sessions(example Maria deVillota, Elio de Angelis, Patrick Depailler) or unofficial races (example Pedro and Ricardo Rodriquez, Jo Siffert)
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@@ralepej And let's don't forget the GOAT: Jim Clark. Died in a F2 race.
@@Donnerfink Sure, but its not F1 car, so if include him we have to widen criterias to other classes. Then comes also example Alberto Ascari and Stefan Bellof.
@@ralepej there are several that died in test sessions AND are in the video. Go check yourself.
Among them, Rindt.
Jochen Rindt 💕. We moved to Vienna from Finland in 1969 when I was 10 years old and I started to watch Formula 1. He was my biggest F1 hero. His talent was incredible. Also the only one in history winning the F1 championship already in his grave.
I still remember reading the heading in Kurier: "Jochen Rindt ist tot" 🙁
You're missing three important talented drivers:
Jo Siffert at Brands Hatch in 1971 during a Rothmans Championship Victory Race, he crashed after he suffered a left front suspension failure inflicted by a slight contact with Ronnie Peterson during the early laps of the race, on 15th lap Siffert lost control hits the embankment and summersaults then his car erupted in flames, Siffert didn't have any injuries but succumbed to toxic inhalation after being trap in his burning P160 chassis.
Patrick Depailler at Hockenheim 1980. Depailler was killed while testing his new Alfa Romeo 179B when it's rear suspension collapsed approaching the high speed Ostkurve, Depailler slammed into the Armco barrier sideways then landed upside down, the Frenchman suffered a fatal head injuries.
Elio De Angelis at Paul Ricard Circuit Le Castellet 1986. De Angelis was killed while testing his Brabham-BMW BT55 approaching the extremely fast turn of Paul Ricard Circuit his rear wing detached whilst doing more than 175mph De Angelis's BT55 suddenly reacted from the loss of downforce he went airborne and landed into the barriers then burst into flames De Angelis also didn't suffered any injuries but was succumbed to suffocation.
And Ricardo Rodriguez
You forgot Pierre
Levegh Who died in 1955 at Le Mans where 82 spectators died it was the greatest disaster in motor sports
@@giovannasperni2095 great mention but we're talking about Formula One.
Its in less mans@@giovannasperni2095
There were other F-1 drivers who lost their lives on the race tracks, but not driving a F-1 car, like Alberto Ascari, Pedro Rodriguez , Ignazio Giunti Jo Bonnier, Rolf Stommellen, Harald Hertl, Stephan Bellof, Manfred Winkelhoff, and obviously Jim Clark... In fact this was the case of Denny Hulme too, but he was long retired from F-1 when it happened (differently from these others). There are others who lost their lives driving a F-1 car but not running for official FIA F-1 teams like Brian McGuire, John Dawson-Damer, Fritz Glatz, Denis Welch and David Ferrer. There were others who died as a consequence of injuries suffered on accidents driving F-1 cars but not immediately after the accident, like Maria de Villota (and even Niki Lauda could be listed here). And there were F-1 drivers who lost their lives on accidents which happened on roads or streets like Mike Hawthorn (then the F-1 champion), Mike Hailwood, Andrea de Cesaris, Clay Regazzoni. There are F-1 drivers who lost their lives on airplane accidents, like Graham Hill and José Carlos Pace. Right now there are three well-known cases of ex-F1 drivers who suffered almost fatal injuries on accidents (out of a F-1 event), but are still alive... Nelson Piquet, Alex Zanardi and Michael Schumacher, the last two requiring permanent and intensive medical care.
Villeneuve and Senna will always remain in our hearts. At least the died doing what they loved the most : driving a rocket at 330 kph :(
F1 ended for me when Senna died, I was so wrapped up in his flawed, uncontainable genius. That crash broke a lot of hearts around the world. All these drivers who have died had a searing passion and a cast iron focus but not one of them should have to had to pay the ultimate price, nothing is worth that, nothing.
@@waynesimpson2074 I would rather race than work for peanuts had probably the best hand eye coordination of them all but without money you are going no where.When I was 17 just got my license I practiced and was racing up and down the highway 55 mph one arm on the wheel completely sideways whipped back and forth in a blizzard never lost the car.Had motorcycle on track instructor said I had natural talent he was not close to me when he started on a motorcycle and he raced for 30 years said he never saw some race around the track like I did and with only 4,000 miles of experience on a motorcycle. I was not afraid of dying.Could not do algebra in High School and had no guidance when I was a kid now collect SSDI.I did not have someone blow sunshine up my ass.
For me Jochen Rindt by far the most touching. I was 11 y old living in Vienna when it happened. He was my hero. Talentwise Jochen was out of this world, very close to Senna level.
For fans of F1 trivia, some may not know the eerie coincidences about America's only two F1 World Champions.
In 1961 at Monza, two Ferrari teammates were in contention for the championship, Phil Hill and Wolfgang von Trips. During the race, von Trips crashed and died, essentially guaranteeing that Hill would win the title.
In 1978 at Monza, two Lotus teammates were in contention for the championship, Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson. During the race, Peterson crashed and died of his injuries within days, essentially guaranteeing that Andretti would win the title.
The races at Monza in 1961 and 1978 were both held on September 10.
von Trips' accident was caused when his car collided with that of Jim Clark. Clark was driving a Lotus.
Spooky. Good trivia.
Damn, lots of these guys died at the Indy 500. Then again it is one of the fastest circuits in the world.
And one of the oldest
I believe it is actually the fastest. Monza is the fastest non-oval track
There's also the 'Brick yard' at Indy which alters the traction of the tyres.
@@efnissien It was called that because it was originally paved with about 3 million bricks. However, it has been completely paved since 1938.
Gordon Smiley died at Indy too, but he's not here (1982)
Almost ten years since Jules Bianchi passed away... seems like yesterday! Rest in Peace!
next year it will be 10 years since Bianchi left this world and 30 years since Ratzenberger and Senna perished...
We had Mark Donahue completely robbed from us. I truly believe he would've been a Formula 1 Championship contender had he survive his crash.
Same with Peter Revson
Yep, Ronnie Peterson too, he just had terrible luck and never had a good enough car or he would’ve been the 70’s senna setting blistering pole laps and
Also Musso and Collins, Collins even had the chance for the '57 Championship, but he let his mentor and idol Fangio to win in his final season. He thought he will have plenty of years winning it...
@@joshjackburns his team mate and friend, Andretti said the same thing. Back when you'd wait on Road and Track to give you the complete details of all the races. Patrick Depailler died mid-season, in 1980 at Hockenheim, testing for the German Grand Prix.
@@viktorjansson5370 Of the Americans _not_ to win a world championship, I rate Peter Revson the best, or at least the equal of Dan Gurney. In his first full season in F1, in 1973, he won two races for McLaren. He finished a remarkable fifth in the WDC in 1972, after competing in only 75% of the season. Or was it so remarkable...? I don't know why he switched to Shadow, other than (possibly) because they were an American team. I think it was a mistake and not just because of his crash. Oh well... Watch the replay of his win in the 1973 British Grand Prix. It was an exceptionally good drive from a man who had relatively little time in F1. He was 'on it' all the way. His passing manoeuvres were clean, decisive and sure footed. No messing about. And he was quick. IMHO, he was one of the best and fitted in very well with the F1 circuit, something few American drivers have been able to do.
His brother Douglas was also killed in a racing accident. Their father, Martin Revson, died in 2016 at the age of 105.
But Revson was 35 and his opportunities were going to be comparatively short. Starting his F1 career at 37, Donahue would have had even fewer opportunities, even driving for an American team. Unfortunately, Roger Penske pulled out of F1 just as the team was showing potential.
You've forgot Jean Behra, who died in 1959 German GP
It pretty impressive that after all those deaths they went 20 years without another death and his death was a freak accident
Ayrton Senna da Silva
The greatest of all time
Taken too early
I’d agree but Jim Clark exists. I’m a huge Senna fan but he wouldn’t have seen which way Jimmy went
@@ougal84 I agree. Clark had none of the early training Senna had.
En 1972 murió Jo Siffert en una carrera de Formula 1 en Brands Hatch. Si bien no era un Grand Prix que otorgará puntos, era una carrera de Formula 1.
Yes! 24 Oct 1971 missing in the vid record.
R.I.P. Jo.
1971
You forgot Maria de Villota. During testruns to the British GP in 2012, her Marusia collided with a truck, parkt next to the track.
She died 2013 of a heartattacke as a late result of the crash.
(and guys dont give me the ""But she was only the testdriver"" Her death is the result of crashing an F1 car during a test)
Totally agree. Maria is too often forgotten.
Her death was because ecclestone needed a woman in f1 for propaganda and maria was not fit for all the risks at the track, soecially that one unexpected with a truck.
RIP :(
Girls aren’t allowed
This list is packed full of omissions, how can anyone forget perhaps the greatest of them all, the legend that was Jim Clark.
Yes
He died in Formula 2 race, not Formula 1, that's why he's not here.
This list looks like it is made of drivers killed during an actual Formula One weekend, either practice, qualifying or during the race. It's not Formula One drivers killed in a racing accident. Another example, Mike Spence, who was killed at Indy in a practice run. Formula One driver, not at a Formula One race.
What happened to Jimmy Clark. Yes I know he died in an F2 race after making his bones as a F1 world champion. I don't think it's fair.
It is believed that 1 of his rear tires blown up bacause of some air pressure failure which caused him to lose control, this was at the time the most accepted hypothesis since none of the pilots that did race alongside him believed he would lose control by himself or make any mistake or something like that I red it like a year ago
Forgot to say If i remember correctly there was rain the day he crashed
As Jo Schlesser was a friend of Guy Ligier, all the Ligier race cars had JS in ther name.
Thanks, I didn't know that.
The crane should never have been on the track side of the barrier in Bianchi’s crash.
Stirling Moss said that it was the risk of death which was a large part of the thrill for him. Nothing in the world is 100% safe. The admission ticket warns you that motor racing is dangerous. "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
It was the risk factor that elevated the status of those early generation drivers to a level no longer seen in motorsports. They were real *MEN* in their times back then.
Patrick DePallier .
Jim Clarke?
@@jamieteal2107 Jim died in an F2 race at Hockenheim
F1 test session ten day before the German GP
Elio de Angelis 1985
@@marcelopla7045 I don’t think this list includes test sessions
My mother saw the race (the first and only Grand Prix of Morocco) in the tribune when Stuart Lewis Evans was wounded in a car crash and died after the race. 😢
My father was at Monza in 1961 when Wolfgang von Trips was killed racing for Ferrari...along with those spectators in the stands. Those cars were flying gas tanks back then. Motorsports safety has come a long way.
Formula 1 racing seems like it was a battleground during the 20th century 😮 RIP
I remember Gilles's fatal accident. I can still picture him hanging on the fencing after being thrown. Yet another future champion was killed in an odd way.
And some of these were extraordinarily horrifying.
RIP.
Tes, fortunately we left out the gory details of most of them.
Good that F1 has become so much safer!
1950s: 15 fatalities (mostly in Indianapolis)
60s: 14
70s: 12
80s: 4
90s: 2 (Ratzenberger & Senna)
00s: 0
10s: 1 (Bianchi in 2014/15, last so far).
Both the 90s two were in the same weekend - wow. And then no-one else.
In the seventies, I count Courage, Rindt, Siffert, Cevert, Williamson, Koinigg, Peterson, Pryce and Donohue based on the 'F1 weekend' criteria.
If you add Revson, that would be 10. So, who are the other 2?
@@kyle381000 Brain died in Silverstone in 1970 & McGuire in Brands Hatch in 1977, in F1 cars, but NOT during F1 weekends, correct.
2000’s has no deaths
um absurdo oque aconteceu com jules bianchi.. Senna sera sempre eterno
I hope all these racing gladiators can now rest peacefully😔🏁But i have to say that these guys dont look like the type to die in retirement home at 90-years old either, these guys died doing what was their passion and calling💪☄
You forgot Jim Clark
Yeah, he was on my list. But I believe he passed away at a F2 race.
@@planetdata7210 Correct
he's not on wiki page either
He died at a Formula2 race.
@@planetdata7210 But he was a full time F1 driver
Roger Williamson - died after his car overturned and burst into flames. The saddest thing about his crash, he died within (?) 25 metres (it was just around the next corner) of a fire truck which the marshals refused to move because they didn't want to drive backwards on the track. That has always stuck with me.
And to be honest was the right call. In these days flags meant nothing. The Safety Car wouldn't even be introduced for another 20 years.
You can't really have a vehicle for any reason going backwards along the track whilst cars are at racing speed. Even today recovery vehicles always go in the direction of the track. The medical car is almost always going to be the first vehicle at the accident scene if its required, and they have to drive the track in the direction of flow
A lot of the F1 fatalities when the World Championship began in 1950 through the end of the 50's were from either the practice/qualifying sessions or during the race for the Indianapolis 500, which was originally a race counting towards the World championship from 1950 to 1960.
Hey, forgot to mention the cause of Senna's death. The steering wheel column weld broked in the middle of the corner.
Williams would never admit that.
The most terrible fatal crash was the death of Helmuth Koinigg ! It still scares me !!! But every driver was a real hero !
I bought and watched the film Senna and at the end of the film, it said that due to changes in safety regulations, no fatalities (deaths) have occurred in formula one since Ayrton's death which is not true. Formula one along with other motor sports will never be 100% safe. RIP all the people who have died in motor racing 🙏😥
You forgot also Vittorio Brambilla, died after the same accident that involved Ronnie Peterson in 1978 at Monza
You are wrong, Brambilla died in 2001,aged 63, of an heart failure...
@@Lefab3470 sorry
My mistake
It has to be the age…..
@@alessandrobaricci4375 Its true he was in coma that day but wake up later so you were not away from the truth...A distant souvenir !But its strange:he stayed alive during his dangerous career, but died on another motor engine, his lawn mower...
Ho iniziato a seguire le gare di F1...all'eta di 11 anni..dal ''74!!!!
Rimasi estasiato dal debuttante Gallese Tom PRYCE!!!.. così divenne. il MIO IDOLO!!...sarebbe stato l' astro nascente del decennio futuro.. ma il sogno si infranse quel tragico Sabato 5 Marzo 1977....per SEMPRE nel Mio ❤️ R I.P...Tom PRYCE
Bonjour,
Il nous manque Jo Siffert les frères Rodriguez, Joachim Bonnier Patrick Depailler entre autres
1959 Jean Behra
1980 Patrick Depailler
1986 Elio de Angelis
Ronnie Petersen suffered a badly broken leg, was removed from the car alive, was operated on, visited in hospital by James Hunt and then died of a blood clot possibly caused during the operation.
whereu there?
@@jesperbrudigam9886 I suggest you read James Hunts biography. He was writing it with the assistance of Gerald Donaldson. Both were at the race, Hunt was one of the first to Peterson's car, he found his friend alive. It's all in the book.
He suffered a fat embolism because of his leg injuries and died as a result of it. During the night.
@@nascarwildcatfan7577 ohh so u where there
@@jesperbrudigam9886 That’s the only response your moronic mind can come up with.
Vi siete dimenticati di Patrick Depailler nel 1980 in Germania
Yves,not a Food Report: forget Jo.Siffert,and Rodriguez,both 1971 😐
Et Patrick depailler
Ricardo Rodriguez is missing from the list. Lorenzo Bandini accident was one of the most horrible, can't imagine the pain he suffered...
Rodriguez lost his life at the 1962 Mexican Grand Prix but it was unofficial in F1 that year
Bill Vukovich didn't die during the Indy 500. He died while testing a car fir a friend of his at the speedway.
if you want to learn more about these, i would reccomend peter brook f1's video. underrated f1 youtuber
@stcb Djago13 all the ones who didn’t die in qualifying or F1 race. Those drivers are not included in this list or didnt you get the memo
My take away is the immense progress that is made by safety measures of a kind while still allowing fantastic races at record high speeds and lap times. This is called progress and it’s applicable everywhere.
And you forgot Patrick Depaillers in 1980 and Elio de Angelis in 1986.
und stefan belloff
____Jim Clark, F1 World Champion died on a F2 race/qualifying.
Technically the Indy 500 races weren't run under F1 regulations, although they did count for the World Drivers Championship for some years.
Ayrton senna died of a heart attack before he hit the barrier this is a known fact you need to do better research 😡
I have always wanted to know why the Indianapolis 500 was a part of the Formula One World Championship in the early years of the championship from 1950 to 1960.
They were probably trying to get Americans more interested in the World Championship (sound familiar? 70 years later they're still trying). The effort failed because the European teams weren't willing to travel to the US for the race, so they just skipped it. The US didn't have an actual GP until, I believe, 1959. Interestingly, right after the Indy 500 was eliminated as a points paying GP race, some Europeans did get interested (Brabham, Clark, Chapman) because of the prize money. They earned big pay days for their success, but no points.
@@RRaquelloIt probably explains why drivers from the United States have scored championship points from just racing in the 500 and I think the first USGP in 1959 was either at Riverside or Sebring before going to Watkins Glen until 1980, Cesar's Palace from 1981-83, Detroit from 1983-88, Phoenix from 1989-91, Indy from 2000-2007, COTA in Austin since 2011 with the USGP-West at Long Beach from 1976-83 and the current street races in Miami and Las Vegas
In 1994 I thought something like this would never happen again. And if safety car had been on track in Suzuka in that heavy rain in 2017, I would have been right 😞
Il coraggio di questi ragazzi che corrono in auto o in moto è incredibile.nel cuore tutti.come tutti che muoiono sul lavoro per poco o nulla.
John McLean Canadian Comstock GT-40 driver
The Hairpin, Sebring 12 Hours, 1966
Lost a wheel, flipped in to the sand bank, burned.
Some of us tried to put out the fire.
Lexan windows and wrap over doors sealed him in.
Deputies hit us with cattle proud's to make us quit!
Quelle Horrors!
J.C.
You forgot about the Swiss Joseph Sifert, who died in Brants Hachs in 1971
Indeed Lately SAFETY has substantially improved! Fewer Fatalities! : F1 is also kind of R&D laboratory test ground for improvements in the Auto Industry! : 2 Entries missing in the record is 1962, November 1 - Ricardo Rodriguez - 1971, 24 October Jo Siffert Germany.
Profound insight.
There’s a few missing… Alberto Ascari, Jim Clark, Patrick Depailler, Elio De Angelis and I’m sure there’s more.
Forgotten Mc Laren Clark Depailler De Angelis
Jim Clark 《 THE BEST -(1936-1968 )
1968
So how many people did the Indianapolis 500 kill?
Yes you did forget one of the greatest.....Jim Clark. How could you?
Missing from this list are Clark and Joseph Sifert. Sifert died in 1971 in a race that, although it was not included in that year's championship, was an F1 GP.
I guess it is because it was an F2 race.
Pierre Levegh Automobile
1956: Zbigniew Raniszewski Motor Bike
1957 Keith Andrews F1
1958 PatO'Conner F1
1958 Peter Collins F1
1961: Wolfgang Von Trips
1967 Lorenzo Bandini F1
1973 Roger Williamson F1
1973 François Cevert F1
1982 Gilles Villenueve F1
1994 Blaine Johnson 2 Cars Race
2010 Kevin Ward Jr. Sprint Car
1994 Ayrton Senna F1
1994: Roland Ratzenberger F1
Everyone forgets about Roland ratzenberger
Most of the earliest deaths in the video are USAC drivers at Indianapolis. You also missed Greg Moore and Dan Wheldon from INDYCAR. And of course one of the greatest F1 driver of all Jim Clark.
Yea, this video missed way too many of the greats to be taken seriously. Very amateurish.
This video is exclusively about drivers who died during F1 events. The three you mention were not participating in F1 when they died.
@@davidreichert9392 Even mentioning Greg Moore in this context is ridiculous. He never even raced in a series that participated in the Indy 500. He drove in CART after the split. A great driver, but never anywhere near participating in F1 OR the Indy 500.
Not surprisingly fans call it the cruel sport. I stopped watching for years after Jimmy Clark was killed.
Lucien Bianchi Aston Martin, Ford GT-40 and ALFA Tipo 33/3 driver
April 1969 Le Mans Tests at the The Kink in The Mulsanne.
Aero stability issues with the ALFA..
I had a good chat with him at that Sebring 12 Hours
The ALFA was overheating...
J.C.
Tech Editor
FLA Racing News, Miami...
1972-1973..
Can't believed Formula 1 season in 1958 continued despite 3 out of 21 F1 drivers died !!
Ayrton forever❤😊
Ayrton Senna 🇧🇷 😢
Great video, you're missing Ascari and Clark.
Ascari died in a private test when he was wearing normal clothes when he crashed in monza. Jimmy crashed in hockenheim in a f2 race in ‘68 and thus why these 2 aren’t mentioned here although they should be anyway. 2 of the best drivers of their times.
And Jo Siffert.
I guess you forgot Pierre Levegh. He passed away in 1955 in LeMans 24h, when this race was part of old F1 calendar.
Always a challenge to find all data. The only information I had on Levegh was his entries for f1 in 1950 until 1951. No indication that the 1955 race was part of the F1 calendar. But I might have missed something?
That race was not part of the F1 calendar. The French Grand Prix (and a few others) was cancelled after that crash, i.e there was no F1 race in France that year. It was supposed to have been held at Reims.
@@planetdata7210
You forgot Jose Carlos Pace
José Carlos Pace, or Carlos Pace, Moco was a Brazilian Formula 1 driver, winner of the 1975 Brazilian Grand Prix. Wikipedia Born: October 6, 1944, São Paulo, São Paulo Death: March 18, 1977, Mairiporã, São Paulo Death: March 18, 1977 (32 years old); Mairipora, SP
@@mariacantalice2374 this video is only for deaths directly related to F1 crashes, Carlos Pace died on a plane crash iirc
@@lRedKill3r Yes, as Graham Hill...
new subscriber
You also forgot Ricardo Rodríguez who dies in the Mexico City gp
Once Senna died it was over for me. He had the youthful exuberance of a teenager behind the wheel of their dad's sports car. After him I no longer follow F1
no Siffert, Patrick Depailler, Stefan Bellof, Manfred Winchelock, Jo Gardner, Elio De Angelis, Jim Clark,
It says Fatal crashes '55 - "23 but the video only goes until "94,. There is another crash in F2 to be precise, Antoine Hubert in 2019.
It's only crashes in F1.
There has been made safety progress so crashes are not lethal and fatal but danger is stoll hiding in every split of second in any race
Forgot Alfonso de Portago, stommelen, rodriguez brothers...and denny hulme of a heart attack while driving at Bathurst.
David Earl "Swede" Savage Jr. - Fatal crash at Indy 1973. Hit the wall coming out of turn four. Died at the hospitol five weeks later.
Indy 500 was a round of the F1 WC in the fifties, not in 1973.
I seem to remember Paletti didn't hit Pironi, it was the other way round, ...and for alessandrobaricci: Brambilla didn't die on the same day as Peterson, he died in his home garden some years later of a heart attack. Correct me anyway if I'm wrong.
Jim Clark may be missing because he died while testing an F2 Lotus, yes...Depailler, Siffert and De Angelis are missing. The most horrifying was Tom Pryce's death for sure, along with the marshal.
If 45 years for a Ronnie Peterson crash 😢
for people wondering where is jim clarke, he died during f2 german gp and this list is crashes in f1
I don't think Indy Car has ever been considered Formula 1.
@@billkunert7281 It was part of the WDC until the end of the 1950s. That's why it's included. Otherwise we'd have to include drivers like Mike Spence, who died at Indy in 1968.
Technically speaking, the Indianapolis cars that earned points in the World Championship in the 1950's weren't "Formula One". Most likely they could best be called "Grand Prix" cars and they were in a race that was part of the World's Championship, but couldn't be called "Formula One" for the simple reason that they didn't match the "Formula".
whats interesting and depressing is that the 2000s has been the only decade without a fatality
The 2000s were only without fatalities if you only count driver deaths. Two track marshals died in the 2000s after they were hit by flying wheels, one at the italian grand prix in 2000 and one at the australian grand prix in 2001.
Manca il pilota della Ferrari Eugenio Castellotti morto durante dei test privati a Modena nel 1957.
Jim Clark missing , died on gp F2 Hockenheim in 1968
Missing from this list Elio de Angelis in 1986
Para mim, a morte mais sinistra e triste, foi o acidente que envolveu o pobre fiscal de pista e tbm do piloto Tom Prince.
Horrível.
Mas o pior foi o fiscal, pois todo seu corpo foi desintegrado pelo velocidade.
Chocante de ver num vídeo, imagine vendo tudo isso pessoalmente.
Vc também viu o vídeo pelo jeito.... não dá para descrever...vc sabe que fizeram uma chamada após a corrida dos fiscais..??? Porque não estavam identificando o fiscal... espero que não façam isso no cinema... não quero ver isso....
@@fabiosiniscalchidequeiroz9000 muito sinistro e triste!
@ e Tom Price eram um dos pilotos que os britânicos apostavam que poderia ser um futuro campeão da F1...A F1 década de 70 não deixou....cobrou o preço mais caro de todos... O carro descontrolado batendo na proteção também é complicado de assistir...
When Denny Hulme died in 1992 (of a heart attack while mid touring car race), he was the first F1 champion to die of natural causes.
Unfortunately this is just the tip of the iceberg because many other drivers died in crashes elsewhere. Didier Pironi, Michele Alboreto and Andrea De Cesaris to name but three.
Why not a mention to Elio De Angelis?
I remember the Ratzenberger accident, it was brutal, I think he cracked his helmet on impact......
Why Revson and not Depailler and De Angelis? Revson died during a test not included in the South African Grand Prix.
The Tom Pryce thing was the absolute worst ever. Its so brutal that footage of it is hard to find.
If you include testing the list grows longer.
May all the F1 driver's that died may RIP .😢
you forgot Jim Clark died in 1968 in F2 race at Hockenheim
"F2 race"
Not F1
Falt a patrick depallier choco 1agosto y fallecioel 2 agosto 1980 en alemania