Martin Brundle crashes heavily at Monaco. 1984

[iiDangerCloseBK]

Lewis Hamilton is under investigation by the stewards for the incident with Martin Brundle.

[SGDeGalvez]

ok, the car is laying on the guys head. it could burst into flames at any second, and you are criticizing the marshals for flipping it right side up?

[BikerBonno]

Marshall fail at 0:02 then a second marshall fail when they literally throw his car back onto what's left of its wheels.

[bonnemannetje]

Martin: I SWEAR! At the begin of the race the car had a right side!

[blainyrules]

Is this F1? Or is it F3?

[kzimera]

@blainyrules F1

[Ixdriftz]

@blainyrules f1

[azapro911]

Funny how all of Brundle's most famous moments always involve him driving an F1 car the wrong way up.

[ebyard]

@azapro911 he said himself that most of the Jordan cars he drove had more grip upside down!

[azapro911]

@ebyard They did seem to glide more smoothly on their roofs. :-)

[luke140495]

I've never seen a car wrecked that badly at Monaco, I didn't even know it was possible

[atjays]

brundell how many cars you gonna destroy in your career?

[kimi450]

he dead ??

[Pianoguy32]

@kimi450 no he is bbc f1 commentator now and his foot almost came off in the crash

[kimi450]

@Pianoguy32 Oh.... Thx

[ronnycnc]

Bad recovery.

[Bobobidodo]

Marshal: Ya dead maan?

Brundle: Yaah maan

[Cain353]

@Bobobidodo

Marshal: You can pee now.

Brundle: Too late.

[Bobobidodo]

@Cain353 Cool Runnings ftw :P

[RedhotIta1]

looks 1983.... Rear Wing Style

[supercas46]

@RedhotIta1 Brundle was in British F3 in 83 racing against Senna.

[RedhotIta1]

@supercas46 oh thanks. :)

[TheColinChapman]

@supercas46 Yes, and Martin was able to hold the fight for the title open to the very last race, one point behind Senna . There, Ayrton Senna solved the problem in his usual way: he ran Martin over. Both were out, Ayrton became the 1983 British F3 Champion.

[gerryff]

@TheColinChapman ah, Senna won the last of the championship with Brundle in 3rd. I'd check ur facts. They didn't collide in the final race

[TheColinChapman]

@gerryff you're right, I checked that up - they didn't collide in the final round. But regardless of that I dare to say that this was the way Ayrton solved problems. de mortuis nil nisi bene, but this is a way of winning I can only despise. A dead hero doesn't automatically make a saint.

[gp75motorsports]

I'm OK. Let's just tow it back to the pits and tape it up. It'll be fine. :)

[duannejacksonbox]

this is the crash where brundle says he can't remember it happening and the first thing he remembers after it he goes to his garage and team manager who asks him if he's ok, brundle says yes, just remind me where we are lol

[crv26]

these stupid fucking course workers...don't they know that by flipping him over at the violent landing and cause serious problems...what is a broken vertebrae was neck to the cord and then they did this shit...done fucking deal

[bdcollecter]

@crv26

And when someone comes round the corner and plows into his head with their front wing then what?

[crv26]

@bdcollecter these are F1 drivers. the highest echelon of all motor-sports. I am not saying you have not done any racing, but even in my club racing, you are trained to look for flags. I have only seen

"one plow" in F1 and that was due to a mechanical issue. Being in the medical field, the aforementioned act, is a "no-no." I can understand your point because his head is exposed, but it is just simple protocol. You can delicately "right" the car, but first you must look to the spine.

[Sast06]

lol at the marshall who runs to the car at 0:04 and slips under the car :D

[kevintje82onboard]

84 because those little extra flaps on the rear wing of that ATS in front of Brundle where banned in 85

[darthbandon10]

Shame the 84 Tyrrell was declared illegal by the FIA, wiping out Brundle's results.

[monk3ypilot]

Brundle had some big accidents, melbourne 96 was a monster too

[tonip420]

..i think his arm is slightly broken...

[m015094]

Ivan Vanko (Whiplash) fucked him up good.

[nitel10]

he said ken told him after that crash he still has to go and do a quali lap as he had not set a time. after agreeing , he asked ken what track they were at and that was when ken said ok switch the car off.

[Fwibbib19]

hahaha...i literally did lol then

[A9XXC]

@nitel10 Even Ken had his limits! Wonder what Bernie would have said at Brabham........

[symonh2000]

I love the way the mashals turn the car the right way up with Martin still in it. For all they knew he could have had spinal injuries.

[superlame64]

Well at least it seems a better option than to have the entire weight of the car on your head and neck...

[Ultrajuiced]

No it isn't because it could kill you when your spinal cord gets injured. He didn't have the weight on his head or neck. They build rollover guards for that.

[PassiveSmoking]

He looked like he might have been pinned by his arm to me. See how it's hanging out the cockpit when the car's upright? Maybe that's the only way they could get him out the car. Having said that, medical care in F1 has come a long way since then.

[NeoCon2K7]

To be honest what else could they do but flip the car back over. They wouldn't have got him out if he was strapped in and upside down. Safety can only be so good, and frankly after such a massive impact the damage has probably already been done. Any injury would like come from the impact... the whiplash and roll are likely to 'finish off' any major injury such as neck or spine.

[fanaticaluk]

yes, because having an F1 car on top of you is great for your spine....

[wahaya2]

but the point is, that where he ended up...whatever damage there was was not going to be made better by turning the car the right way up quickly, so it makes sense to take care and try not to cause any more damage...I suppose there is something to be said for getting the car the right way up quickly so as to check the guy inside is still breathing, but the marshals still didnt need to essentially drop it once it was past vertical...if you watch nowadays, the marshals take so much care...

[elvee88]

@wahaya2 back then fires were a real danger, therefore the first thing they always did was get the driver out, now adays they indeed take more time to check if he hasnt broken his back or anything.

[kalava182]

@elvee88 Yes, because fires aren't a real danger now-

[Droidparty]

@kalava182 Well they aren't as big of a concern as they were then. Certainly fire is a big concern,but the cars have safety measures in place around the fuel tank to prevent the breakout of fire.

[GKOBE]

@elvee88 I agree. Wrong mode to safe the driver.

[jimmyass]

yh this has all changed now, try and see the 1994 crash at san marino where barrichello crashed (nearly killing him) and would have made it the thrid in one weekend. the marshal just pushes the car over with no car in the world, shociking if that happened today there would be an uproar!

[driller007]

yeah that wasnt a good move at all. similar to gugelmin at paul ricard 89

[CHOyaDANGEROUS]

yet another moment fucking lost to whipping the camera out and pressing record ...

[urbannibja123]

lol. he was told he had to do a qualifying lap and he said 'ok. what track am i at?' and that was when he was taken to hospital...

[dombou70]

Yep - before Ken Tyrell promptly turned the ignition off :P

[urbannibja123]

yep :)

[ahmini76]

I believe David Coulthard described this crash as the point when Martin Brundle "ran out of talent in 1984" during the BBC Monaco 2009 race coverage. Harsh! ;)

[hoogestefan]

Pretty bold statement for someone who didn't have any talent himself...

[randar3]

Oh now that's harsh. I love Brundle, but DC has won 13 GP compared to Martin's 0, and two of them were on this very circuit.

[starlionblue]

And would DC have won ONE race with the shit cars Brundle drove? Also, remember that in the second half of 1992, Brundle was OUTSCORING Schumacher at Benetton. True that Schumi won at Spa but his points consistency was horrible. Also, name the driver who crashed in the PITS in Adelaide in 1995... Even Murray Walker couldn't believe his eyes as his priceless commentary shows!

[darthbandon10]

@starlionblue Brundle had 8 years in F1 at that point, a lot more experience than Schumacher. Schui was very much a rookie at that point.

[Hadrees7860]

@hoogestefan That's why he was in Formula 1 racing alongside the likes of Senna and you are..... Exactly.

[frusciante39]

@Hadrees7860

+1

[hanigan000]

@hoogestefan Considering he couldnt brake with his left foot due to an injury, i think he did ok! (if youre talking about brundle)

[hoogestefan]

@hanigan000 No. I was talking about Coulthard's statement about this crash.

[EmersonMeyer33]

David who?? Ther driving chicane??

[qwerty123456789jhdtg]

That's irony, cause David ran out of talent before his career even started.

[randar3]

Not Harsh, it's just he's using Martin's own catchphrase against him, as Brunlde has many time said a driver has run out of talent.

[starlionblue]

@ahmini76 Yeah and DC himself seems to have run out. He never won a single championship either. DC is no Jackie Stewart.

[McLarenMercedes]

@starlionblue

In Coulthard's defense it must be said he mostly had champion team mates like Hill, Hakkinen and Raikkonen, and on a good day he beat all of those. Trouble was DC never had good days two or three races in a row. His spin in rain in Nurburgring while leading in 1999 effectively ended his chance to become champion in 1999 (and also denied McLaren the constructors' championship the same year).

[H151NF3RNA1MAJ3STY95]

im guessing u've read the May issue of F1 Racing?

[mpmcufc666]

Yes I have it was very interesting.

[dazcouz]

"It was at this point that Ken Tyrrell asked Brundle to get out the car." was how the story ended, I think I remember reading

[edshortridge]

the saftey (by the marshals) was so bad then like 1994 when barichello crashed in imola they just pushed the car over rather than protecting his neck.

[mauownage]

Brundle actually ran back to the pits, still shaky and dizzy, jumped in the spare, and asked Ken Tyrrell: "Great, now which track am I in again?"

Legend.

[IShallTellYouWhat]

Fantastic insight there. I love these sorts of nuggets of background history.

Cheers.

[mauownage]

I got that snippet from Top Gear, in a segment called "Campaign for Real Racing Drivers", which includes Raikkonen, Bellof, Don Garlits, Duncan Hamilton, Dario Franchitti, and if I remember correctly, the legendary James Hunt.

[IShallTellYouWhat]

Brilliant stuff.

After all these years and having forgotten or been oblivious to so much that I now want to know, it's really appreciated that I can learn these things, even though the nostalgia's quite moving in a way.

[cncondron]

His book Working The Wheel is very good

[thrillathakilla]

Yeah I love that story

[jacktls26]

is he the guy wit black hair who appears on itv coverage of f1?

[lzcrc]

yes, he's been commenting for itv alongside James Allen

[jraybay]

and??

[randar3]

he didn't break his own leg, he broke the leg of a track marshal

[muddwell]

Ive always felt that drivers who break legs are all rubbish drivers. Very valid point ... fuckhead.

[pigeonkill]

exactly, take Micheal Schumacher, did he achieve anything in F1?

[liobeking]

Yeah, he's the biggest asshole in the history of F1.

[DAH210774]

True Grit Brit Brundle... lmao "What circuit am I on"?!

What a guy... :-0

[wootmajor]

that first guy that dived under the car to try and flip it over by him self is my hero.

[jraybay]

he didn't dive. he slipped in gazoline or oil XD

[Nicknamevanniks]

David Purley and Gerhard Berger are even bigger heroes in my book. Don't get me wrong, the stewards do a brilliant job usually but nobody expected what those 2 guys did.

[musicalinfluenced]

What did Gerhard Beger do to be a hero??

[Nicknamevanniks]

I can't remember what race it was but he pulled over at an accident that was more serious than it seemed while all the other drivers were driving past the debris gawping at the wreck.

[Tobiiimnrw]

if i got u right u mean his crash at imola san marino 89 ?

[jimmicampkin]

I doubt he pulled over to help at his own accident..

You might be thinking of Senna helping Comas (Berger and Senna both drove for Mclaren during their careers and that might be where you are confused). In that case, it wasn't so much drivers going past and gawping; Senna was just first to the scene.

[leverage1990]

Driver's are generally told not to stop at accident sites and let marshalls and doctors do their job. However I've heard that Senna knew what he was doing. I'm not entirely certain if my source is to be trusted, since it is a documentary "film" on Youtube, Ayrton Senna - Life, made by a random fanboy. According to the material in part 11, after Donnelly's nearly fatal crash Senna wanted Sid Watkins to teach him what happens to a driver during accident so that he could help

[jimmicampkin]

Yes, that is true.  Sid Watkins mentions it in his autobiography.

[leverage1990]

...if he'd encounter a situation like that in the future. Senna held Comas' head in right position until doctors arrived.

Say, what the heck does this have to do with Martin Brundle? :D

[Terrorista91]

@wootmajor great comment :D

[SpeedDaddyRacing]

@wootmajor he didnt dive under the car at all mate he clearly slips and slides under the car by mistake although fair play to the guy for getting out there quick and helping like he did.

[dj7oya]

man this time they were very stupid !!!!

look what they did with the car !!!!

they rolled it. Today u cannot touch the car, just doctors can do it !!!

F1 security develops very much those decades !!!

[Milanotjuh]

dont forgetthat cars in those days after a crash would go on fire very easy

[zudthespud]

Yeah 2 years previously there was the paletti incident

[JeanAlesi90]

hehe 'what circuit am i at' that is classic. bloody hell he had a few big ones, including melbourne 96

[BNPBloke]

If only Martin hadn't crashed and qualified for the race. He could have won it or got a podium!

After this accident, he got back to the pits into the spare car and asked Ken Tyrrell 'Okay, what circuit am I at, and what way do I turn to leave the pits?'. Ken reached into the cockpit and turned off his engine. He was sent back to the hotel and later on he was in agony and had to seek out Lauda's physio.

Oh well, at least Martin had great races here in 89 and 94!

[Kurac80]

Wow that is interesting. Are there any other videos or even interviews afterwards?...because that's scary to be in the car and not knowing what circuit you are on.

[chrisy2654]

Looks like his arm was under the car, it was certainly outside the cockpit...nasty

[Kurac80]

Yeah but it was on the ground and luckily not under the car as he would be seriously injured.

[me35656]

i think this is 1985

[alexminardi]

Definitely 1984. The 85 car was blue. And i captured it from a 1985 pre season programme =P

[me35656]

If you watch the race highlights you see that Stefan Bellof's Tyrrell is black, and in this vid Brundle's isn't.

But i dunno

[theycallhimsim]

You're right, but it's definitely 1984 - the Tyrrells ran different colourschemes that year.

[me35656]

Ok your right its 84

[Bryan2799]

@alexminardi also Brundle definitely had his crash in 1984... because he talks about it on TV...

[AstraJOM]

Wasn't this at Dallas, where he brake his leg? By the way, today the corner workers are not allowed to pull the car before the medical car is at the scene.

[alexminardi]

This was definitely at Monaco at Tabac corner. Brundle did have another crash at Dallas but i've never seen that one before.

[f167657835]

Thanks for this. Never seen live version of this crash.