I was at this race, and four years old - the last in my state before it moved to Melbourne. It would be years before I realised how serious this accident had been.
From what I've read, Senna's death was down to the front right wheel of the car caving in part of his helmet and skull, a suspension arm still attached to that wheel puncturing the helmet and skull, and the impact of the wheel n his head forcing his head back against the rear headrest, causing further skull fractures.
In short, he didn't stand a chance once the wheel hit him, but it was pure awful luck that it did. He might have been fine.
For the Senna debates below. Senna died 3 times at once. 2 punctures to his skull from suspension parts, and the right front tire slammed into his head and crushed his skull against the back headrest. Why could ford not make a good engine and keep Senna at Mclaren? He would have had every record ever!!! I hate you ford!!
@freewill51 I know this will probably be hard for you to understand, but to simplify Senna's decision to leave McLaren down to one factor is unimaginably stupid. In reality, there were many more factors that motivated him other than the engine situation. Ron Dennis was losing focus on F1 at this time, and the team went into a slump that lasted most of the 1990s as the quality of design output declined throughout the decade, and Senna could see the signs of this, which is why he left.
@SCOTTYHG1 hmm. after I read your comment I needed to come to you with evidences. but I searched for his autopsy report. and we both are wrong. it says the crash caused the front right wheel to break down and entered the cockpit. which crashed his helmet and his skull which caused a severe brain damage.
not the concrete wall. not the steering wheel. right front wheel.
@rastamees Guess the only way to improve is through experience, if you compare these cars to their 1994 counterparts, Hakkinen would have probably been killed. 1995 was a big step from 1994 but experience prompts change, 1996 the cars were much improved and the same in 1997 again. Incremental improvements :)
After this crash the sides of the cockpit got raised higher (in 1996 or 1997) so the head wouldn't get into such huge motion.. later on nowadays they have this neck protection thing also
Holy ****, he was lucky to survive that. Also kudos to the brilliant Sid Watkins who saved his life there.
Mika still suffered from pains when he was racing in 1996, and it really annoyed him constantly.
After Hakkinen's 2nd serious crash in 2001, he decided that he was lucky twice, but pushing his luck a third time could mean he either died or got seriously injured.
@Schumifreak9 And, besides the bad things this crashes imply, that is a good think..not really having time to think about what might happen. It mmust be a gift from god maybe. I secure and less painfull way for all this brave heroes to go...
@Schumifreak9 You might be right. Tough accident indeed. But I do believe, no matter how hard you seem to go and crash into something (and not being a racing driver) I believe they never think they are gonna die on the crash, they always think they are gonna make it, you don´t thing at all (due to the velocity that all happens).
@Schumifreak9 Yhea, I know what you are refering to. I´ve seen the pictures. You are correct .Tragic lost, both of them indeed. That weekend was really something.... That´s life I guess.
@Schumifreak9 I thought Ratzenberger´s helmet did not touch severely on the wall, but indeed we can see marks of an impact on it after the accident. But I do believe for a a basal skull fracture, the head does not need to be in contact with something. Earnard had a basal skull fracture and I believe his helmet did not touch a thing when he had the accident. It is just the pur G force of the impact that provoques the broken bones. Interesting stuff. Sadly enought it happens to people.
Mitte der 80er Jahre wurde das HANS-System von Dr. Robert Hubbard, einem Mitarbeiter der Michigan State University, erfunden. Wegen der Größe konnten die ersten Systeme nur in Sportwagen getragen werden. In Zusammenarbeit mit Mercedes Benz wurde 1997 eine Formel 1-taugliche Version entwickelt, die ab der Saison 2003 getragen werden musste. :-)
It's not Hans that was a big movement in driver safety - that's a much later addition. The big improvements came with padded headrests, safety cells and a lower more protected driving position. Incredibly lucky for Mika Sid Watkins was around!
Just in F1 nothing happened since 1994! You are right, that the carbon-fibre safety cells were very very important for the safety.
BUT: Hans also was a big movement - one of the biggest! Because in Indy-Car or Nascar, or F3, F3000, etc etc... there were deadly accidents after 1994, too!
And after Hans came into the motorsports, the death-rate decreased dramatically in all motorsport-classes...
@TOJA4life Back then people didn´t pay much atention to anything but cockpit resistance. And many times drives would get killed because of this tremendous deacelerations, even without the head touching anything there could be basal skull fractures and stuff, just like I believe it happened to Ratzenberger and Senna (the last one with more injuries, and not only the skull fracture). nevertheless, at least ratzenberger could be saved.
Look at the car, the damage isnt big, that shows that the car did not absorb the impact, if you use a 2008 car without hans, the car will dissolve the impact by crashing its front wing and nose.
Of cos, HANS is also responsible for todays safety standards.
This crash still affects his speech. He was speaking way more fluently before this. You will notice it, if you look his interviews before and after the crash.
Technically, he DID die in this crash. Twice. Chief Medical officer Sid Watkins had to restart his heart twice and perform a tracheotomy at the trackside before he went to hospital. Probably the closest F1 has come to a death, outside of testing, since Senna. Kubica's crash was bad but it's a testament to modern safety measures that he came out relatively unscathed.
Part true, HANS helps at frontal impacts (when the heads moves forwards) and together with the new cars that are builded so you cant move the head to the sides so much.
HANS is not save a life alone, there are different things, like carbon all around the car as they have today and so on, even helmets are 10 times more safe than earlie, but HANS is a good point at all
Again: why is that kerb so F***G HIGH? It is the only reason why the car manages to brake so little before slamming into the wall.
I've lost count of how many horrible accidents I have seen to be caused by the car getting launched into the air by a high kerb. Get rid of them, dammit!
@shabidabidubidai Er hat seine Zunge verschluckt. Er konnte nicht atmen und war dabei zu ersticken. Nur durch reines Glück waren erfahrene Ärzte nah an der Unfallstelle und konnten nicht nur sein Leben retten, sondern ihn auch vor Gehirnschäden bewahren. Bis der gerufene Krankenwagen da wäre, wär er ohne den Eingrif womöglich tot gewesen. (trans. of hristoitchov)
@Sunaarashii er hat doch nciht seine zunge verschluck ... war bestimmt wenn nur wegen der hohen G kraft auf einmal und weil er wie man in der zeitlupe sieht 3 oder kp 4 mal oder 5 mal mit seinem kopf herumgeschleudert ist...
@shabidabidubidai Durch die hohen G Kräfte und durch den Einschlag hat er seine Zunge verschluckt. Das belegen mehrere Quellen. Steht auch im englischen Wiki. Das deutsche Wiki spricht nur allgemein von einem schweren Unfall. Der herbeieilende Arzt musste ihm ein Luftröhrenschnitt machen, also ihm den Hals aufschneiden, damit er wieder atmen konnte. Hab nach Bildern nicht gesucht. Würde mein Magen auch schlecht vertragen.
@ChrJahnsen i know what you mean, they are there as a deterrent from cutting the corner but they can be fatal as this nearly was, sid watkins had to restart mika's heart twice!
So lucky he was not killed. It's amazing really, if you see how much his head and neck moved, I would've said for sure he was a goner. Good thing they have HANS now, so this can't happen again.
60G is surely possible. Mathematically so anyway. The seat harness restraint would have taken a slight amount off, and the compressed of the monocoque too; but still 55+/-5g.
Exactly. I remember Massa pulling over 100g in his crash with the Sauber. Can't quite remember what race it was, or when, but he buried that Sauber completely into the tire wall, at a 90 degree angle.
60g?? No way! I don't think you can survive anything above 15-20. Regular people can't even drive an F1 or fly a jet for that same reason, after 6-7Gs you just faint.
Its not the G-forces so much if you are properly restrained, its the head whip, ala Earnhardt, Petty, Irwin etc. Thank goodness for HANS and the side head restraints as well.
The FIA has recognized Watkins for being largely responsible for the modernization of medical standards in Formula One as well as the saving of many lives including Didier Pironi (1982) and Rubens Barrichello (1994). Saving the life of Mika Häkkinen at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix by restarting his heart twice and performing a tracheotomy at the side of the track was described by Watkins as his most satisfying experience during his time in the sport.
Wrong. Mika owes his life to the two expert medics that luckily happened to be very close to the site of crash and attended Hakkinen before his brain ran completely out of oxygen to become permanently damaged or dead because that was what was happening. He couldn't breathe, he had swallowed his tongue, they punctured his trachea to deal with that. Of course Watkins took over after but that happened some minutes later and by then Mika was already out of danger.
Yea I remember that, and I also remember that all the everyone relating to f1 was impressed that just how good the medico's were and how fast that he was taken to hospital, the fact that there is one that is just about there, so to speak, where this happen, might have helped.
They are the same crash, he nearly died in the 95 crash during qualifying. 93 in Adelaide was only his 3rd race with mclaren, he didnt have a big crash in 93.
Still NO protection around the monocoque and no padding in the cockpit. I guess the FIA hadn't yet learned from the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Sennna the year before.
Ayrton Senna's death has nothing to do with the cars' cockpit construction. A tiny part of the suspention of his Williams pierced Ayrton's visor, causing terminal injury to the Brazilian. There's a picture on the Internet showing this little hole in the visor of his helmet.
Yeah, but eventually Senna's crash among a few others led to many new rule changes in the construction of the cars. FIA changed the cars radically between 1996-1998, partly because of the bad crashes of Ratzenberger, Hakkinen and most notably Senna.
woah. in all of the years since this horrific crash this is the first time i've seen an onboard view and it is gut wrenching! it is a testament to the medics that he survived this accident and went on to be the champion he is. but far out i am also absolutely shocked that there was only one row of tyres at such a high speed corner...
We nearly lost a great man. Mika was as fast as anyone has ever been over one lap at his peak. That aside-he was and remains a wonderful man-cool, and with a really great dry sense of humour.That wry smile of his says it all. It's only idiots who try to convince you he lacked charisma. Thanks for the memories, Mika!
He so nearly died - he had skull fractures and his heart stopped 3 times - he had to be revived 3 times - that's how close he went to joining the list of F1 fatalities.
Recovering from such a severe crash and going on to fully regain his confidence and speed, surely must go down as one of the greatest if not THE greatest comeback in sporting history.
(Yet people talk about footballers being hero's recovering from kneee surgery - Christ - they aren't even on the same planet as F1 supermen!)
Look Ma, no HANS...
ForTheRealGamer 3 weeks ago 3
Too fast...too much!
Stupid kerbs at Adelaide
sennaf1god94 1 month ago
No HANS!
MsFormule1 1 month ago
Sickening crash. Pretty remarkable that he even survived, let alone went on to win championships
zdfhjk 3 months ago
Very poor track design too. There shouldn't be a curb that could launch the car if the corner is straight-lined...
LuxeXx 3 months ago
Man Hes Very Lucky To Be Alive! If It Were 30 Years Ago He Would Be Unlucky.
LegoDalejr2488 3 months ago
I was at this race, and four years old - the last in my state before it moved to Melbourne. It would be years before I realised how serious this accident had been.
VoidSkipper 3 months ago
Wow, talk about whip lash!!
djmedina85 3 months ago
I heard they performed a tracheotomy on the side of the track.
TittyTittyBangBangXX 4 months ago 4
sid watkins saved a future double world champion in this race
machvelocy 4 months ago 8
They had to give him a tracheotomy after this crash otherwise he wouldn't of survived
palinsux1 6 months ago
@palinsux1 really lucky he survied
MrFifaisbest 5 months ago 2
SISU
AaHoO11 6 months ago 2
From what I've read, Senna's death was down to the front right wheel of the car caving in part of his helmet and skull, a suspension arm still attached to that wheel puncturing the helmet and skull, and the impact of the wheel n his head forcing his head back against the rear headrest, causing further skull fractures.
In short, he didn't stand a chance once the wheel hit him, but it was pure awful luck that it did. He might have been fine.
wahaya2 6 months ago
For the Senna debates below. Senna died 3 times at once. 2 punctures to his skull from suspension parts, and the right front tire slammed into his head and crushed his skull against the back headrest. Why could ford not make a good engine and keep Senna at Mclaren? He would have had every record ever!!! I hate you ford!!
freewill51 7 months ago
@freewill51 I know this will probably be hard for you to understand, but to simplify Senna's decision to leave McLaren down to one factor is unimaginably stupid. In reality, there were many more factors that motivated him other than the engine situation. Ron Dennis was losing focus on F1 at this time, and the team went into a slump that lasted most of the 1990s as the quality of design output declined throughout the decade, and Senna could see the signs of this, which is why he left.
SuperPrivate2011 4 months ago
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is why the HANS device is mandatory these days.
PassiveSmoking 7 months ago 4
What? Senna was hit on his head by the suspension fragments. It broke through his helmet. He didn't die by hitting his head on the wall
srwojtus6 7 months ago 4
that was close year early everyone noes senna got killed by hitiing his head on the steering whell
SCOTTYHG1 8 months ago
@SCOTTYHG1 no mate. senna hit sideway and hit his head into a concrete wall. :(
amokachi31 8 months ago
@amokachi31 thts odd the all the reports say he hit the steering wheel
SCOTTYHG1 7 months ago
@SCOTTYHG1 hmm. after I read your comment I needed to come to you with evidences. but I searched for his autopsy report. and we both are wrong. it says the crash caused the front right wheel to break down and entered the cockpit. which crashed his helmet and his skull which caused a severe brain damage.
not the concrete wall. not the steering wheel. right front wheel.
amokachi31 7 months ago
@amokachi31 ok sorry
SCOTTYHG1 7 months ago
Exactly xyling. Yesterday they removed the curb at the chicane because it was launching the cars. Those curbs are stupid.
nipperdog7777 9 months ago
HANS= How A Neck is Saved...
ursuss100 9 months ago 2
why the fuck werent the sides taller or something, seriously, people were dumb back then
rastamees 10 months ago
@rastamees Guess the only way to improve is through experience, if you compare these cars to their 1994 counterparts, Hakkinen would have probably been killed. 1995 was a big step from 1994 but experience prompts change, 1996 the cars were much improved and the same in 1997 again. Incremental improvements :)
ashacrasha 9 months ago
Jackie Stewart ma man!!!!! (Y)
RFCKB2K9 10 months ago
こわい。
myromance123 11 months ago
After this crash the sides of the cockpit got raised higher (in 1996 or 1997) so the head wouldn't get into such huge motion.. later on nowadays they have this neck protection thing also
akse112 11 months ago
It's amazing Mika survived
tommywm24 11 months ago
Did his head banged the steering wheel ? It really looks like so :/
ursuss100 1 year ago 10
@ursuss100 yes, the button on his steering wheel were imprinted into his helmet (!!)
Milanotjuh 1 year ago 20
Holy ****, he was lucky to survive that. Also kudos to the brilliant Sid Watkins who saved his life there.
Mika still suffered from pains when he was racing in 1996, and it really annoyed him constantly.
After Hakkinen's 2nd serious crash in 2001, he decided that he was lucky twice, but pushing his luck a third time could mean he either died or got seriously injured.
McLarenMercedes 1 year ago
@McLarenMercedes And notice that both Hakkinen's big crashes were due to blown left-rear tires...
ursuss100 1 year ago
he really looks like a ragdoll
MatheusBond 1 year ago
Looks like he forgot about this corner
go2wrona12 1 year ago
whoa. I already thought he'd brake his arm with his own head!!
bubi8894 1 year ago
@Schumifreak9 And, besides the bad things this crashes imply, that is a good think..not really having time to think about what might happen. It mmust be a gift from god maybe. I secure and less painfull way for all this brave heroes to go...
Tuscopa 1 year ago
@Schumifreak9 You might be right. Tough accident indeed. But I do believe, no matter how hard you seem to go and crash into something (and not being a racing driver) I believe they never think they are gonna die on the crash, they always think they are gonna make it, you don´t thing at all (due to the velocity that all happens).
Tuscopa 1 year ago
@Schumifreak9 Yhea, I know what you are refering to. I´ve seen the pictures. You are correct .Tragic lost, both of them indeed. That weekend was really something.... That´s life I guess.
Tuscopa 1 year ago
@Schumifreak9 i´ve read many diferent causes of death on the wiki and other places. The exact one´s are hard to tell.
Tuscopa 1 year ago
@Schumifreak9 I thought Ratzenberger´s helmet did not touch severely on the wall, but indeed we can see marks of an impact on it after the accident. But I do believe for a a basal skull fracture, the head does not need to be in contact with something. Earnard had a basal skull fracture and I believe his helmet did not touch a thing when he had the accident. It is just the pur G force of the impact that provoques the broken bones. Interesting stuff. Sadly enought it happens to people.
Tuscopa 1 year ago
@Schumifreak9 I´cve read the impact on Senna´s helmet also crushed is skull on the back of is head ( sever basal skull fracture).
Tuscopa 1 year ago
This accident is one reason why Mika doesn't speak english fluently. He was better before, but iirc his face is still partially paralyzed.
Mika was one of my favourite drivers in F1, but Jim Clark was, is and always will be the greatest.
Mawerick77 1 year ago
poor Mika.
Australian coverage with the water mark the old wide world of sports.
jpstyles85 1 year ago
he needed like an emergency tracheotomy and had to be cut in his neck so they can provide air.
AtTheDriveBy 1 year ago
0:12 Look at That OMFG !
RemcoGamer95 1 year ago
and thus the HANS device
rexcars27 1 year ago
YES !!! HANS comes 8 years later (2003)
SORRY...my english is not good !!! IN GERMAN !!!
Mitte der 80er Jahre wurde das HANS-System von Dr. Robert Hubbard, einem Mitarbeiter der Michigan State University, erfunden. Wegen der Größe konnten die ersten Systeme nur in Sportwagen getragen werden. In Zusammenarbeit mit Mercedes Benz wurde 1997 eine Formel 1-taugliche Version entwickelt, die ab der Saison 2003 getragen werden musste. :-)
berdidrive 1 year ago
It's not Hans that was a big movement in driver safety - that's a much later addition. The big improvements came with padded headrests, safety cells and a lower more protected driving position. Incredibly lucky for Mika Sid Watkins was around!
thelostlibertine 2 years ago
@thelostlibertine
Hans was a big movement for driver's safety!
Just in F1 nothing happened since 1994! You are right, that the carbon-fibre safety cells were very very important for the safety.
BUT: Hans also was a big movement - one of the biggest! Because in Indy-Car or Nascar, or F3, F3000, etc etc... there were deadly accidents after 1994, too!
And after Hans came into the motorsports, the death-rate decreased dramatically in all motorsport-classes...
TOJA4life 1 year ago
And in F1 we didn´t see any more fatalities God knows why... The HANS device really saves lifes as you say.
Tuscopa 1 year ago
@TOJA4life Back then people didn´t pay much atention to anything but cockpit resistance. And many times drives would get killed because of this tremendous deacelerations, even without the head touching anything there could be basal skull fractures and stuff, just like I believe it happened to Ratzenberger and Senna (the last one with more injuries, and not only the skull fracture). nevertheless, at least ratzenberger could be saved.
Tuscopa 1 year ago
Must have hurt his neck. HANS device really made a difference.
RikterZilla 2 years ago
@RikterZilla
Yeh pity the HANS device didnt come out till about a decade later...
Mclarenmercman 2 years ago
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samiaalt 2 years ago
that was no good for finland peaplo (and i was looking that race at tv) sry for my bad english
penelo1221 2 years ago
lucky he is still laive
urmo345 2 years ago 4
I read somewhere that they had two start his heart twice.
gooseneck12 2 years ago
He actually had a blocked through and nose through blood. Thats why he had a tracteometry.
He was unconcious for 24 hours.
mybizuk 2 years ago
Look at the car, the damage isnt big, that shows that the car did not absorb the impact, if you use a 2008 car without hans, the car will dissolve the impact by crashing its front wing and nose.
Of cos, HANS is also responsible for todays safety standards.
GTAstuntz 2 years ago
Yay, I'm quoted in a video description! :D
hristoitchov 2 years ago 2
This crash still affects his speech. He was speaking way more fluently before this. You will notice it, if you look his interviews before and after the crash.
Tizanidine94 2 years ago
his visor opens by the helmet hitting the steering wheel :S thats bad
makvarochapollo 2 years ago 2
Technically, he DID die in this crash. Twice. Chief Medical officer Sid Watkins had to restart his heart twice and perform a tracheotomy at the trackside before he went to hospital. Probably the closest F1 has come to a death, outside of testing, since Senna. Kubica's crash was bad but it's a testament to modern safety measures that he came out relatively unscathed.
Mossphenom 2 years ago 4
Wasen´t it three times? And i heard that Mika´s skull cracked from ear to ear, think about the energy involved.
teethgrind2 2 years ago
Ive read Watkins book. I dont remember reading that Mika heart stopped. I will have to find that. I dont think its correct though.
mybizuk 2 years ago 4
his heart stopped 3 times
WeDieYoung1083 2 years ago 14
@WeDieYoung1083 yeah and his tounge was in his throat
PlatfootNL 3 months ago
He's lucky he's not dead now, bet he's got some really strong neck muscles to have survived that lol
BishopCR7 2 years ago
They say his helmet had some marks of hitting the knobs of the steering wheel
juhazz 2 years ago
wow this hurts a lot!!!!
smallhero92 2 years ago 2
Look at the Head, he at the risk of one's life
MazzaTello 2 years ago 2
unbeliveble
Kuderer 2 years ago
this is a very strong man
capachiatta 2 years ago 3
Just think, if he had the HANS device he might've walked away from that crash,
ROONTANG 2 years ago 14
true
LoopInc 2 years ago
Part true, HANS helps at frontal impacts (when the heads moves forwards) and together with the new cars that are builded so you cant move the head to the sides so much.
Tibberia 2 years ago
HANS would have helped yes, but it is no 100 %. Even with the the device you can still have fatal injuries. So your right
dalebshelton 2 years ago
HANS is not save a life alone, there are different things, like carbon all around the car as they have today and so on, even helmets are 10 times more safe than earlie, but HANS is a good point at all
Tobiiimnrw 2 years ago 2
His neck move around much like making bobblehead jealous
jraybay 2 years ago 3
jackie stewart=legend
stevom31 2 years ago 2
Again: why is that kerb so F***G HIGH? It is the only reason why the car manages to brake so little before slamming into the wall.
I've lost count of how many horrible accidents I have seen to be caused by the car getting launched into the air by a high kerb. Get rid of them, dammit!
ChrJahnsen 2 years ago 58
ANOTHER EXAMPLE ... BARRICHELLO
rdtli 2 years ago 5
@ChrJahnsen the track may have been not up to par but the people keeping him alive were.............
mushrume 1 year ago
@mushrume er war nie in gefahr zu sterben, he didn´t was in danger to die
shabidabidubidai 1 year ago
@shabidabidubidai Er hat seine Zunge verschluckt. Er konnte nicht atmen und war dabei zu ersticken. Nur durch reines Glück waren erfahrene Ärzte nah an der Unfallstelle und konnten nicht nur sein Leben retten, sondern ihn auch vor Gehirnschäden bewahren. Bis der gerufene Krankenwagen da wäre, wär er ohne den Eingrif womöglich tot gewesen. (trans. of hristoitchov)
Sunaarashii 1 year ago
@Sunaarashii er hat doch nciht seine zunge verschluck ... war bestimmt wenn nur wegen der hohen G kraft auf einmal und weil er wie man in der zeitlupe sieht 3 oder kp 4 mal oder 5 mal mit seinem kopf herumgeschleudert ist...
shabidabidubidai 1 year ago
@shabidabidubidai Durch die hohen G Kräfte und durch den Einschlag hat er seine Zunge verschluckt. Das belegen mehrere Quellen. Steht auch im englischen Wiki. Das deutsche Wiki spricht nur allgemein von einem schweren Unfall. Der herbeieilende Arzt musste ihm ein Luftröhrenschnitt machen, also ihm den Hals aufschneiden, damit er wieder atmen konnte. Hab nach Bildern nicht gesucht. Würde mein Magen auch schlecht vertragen.
Sunaarashii 1 year ago
@ChrJahnsen Are you retarded??? This video is around 15 years old. They don't have high kerbs like that anymore...
Zadan 1 year ago
@Zadan singapore :)
TuneViper 1 year ago
@ChrJahnsen: Yup- there is absolutely no need for them on the OUTSIDE of the turn
arena2101 7 months ago
@arena2101 altho they are dangerous as seen here, they provide extra grip in some situations if used correctly
ForzaTeamRacer 7 months ago
@ChrJahnsen i know what you mean, they are there as a deterrent from cutting the corner but they can be fatal as this nearly was, sid watkins had to restart mika's heart twice!
xelvemagicx 7 months ago
@ChrJahnsen Cos Adelaide was a street circuit and therefore has temporary curbs. Unlike purpose built circuits with permanent curbs.
jimbo231082 6 months ago
OMG...
dj7oya 2 years ago
he would have a massive headache
ferrarif169 2 years ago 5
HANS is brilliant.
xyling 2 years ago 100
@xyling HANS wasn't around that era!
bigmadbad 1 year ago
@xyling they didnt have HANS in 1995
BAUERGOALIE97 1 year ago
@BAUERGOALIE97 Sorry for not being clearer- HANS would have reduced injury substantially in this accident. You're right, not used in F1 yet.
xyling 1 year ago
@xyling yeah it would
BAUERGOALIE97 1 year ago
@xyling
HANS saves so many lives
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filpower8989 2 years ago
From being in a coma, to becoming world Champion in 1998, exactly 1000 days from this crash! Mika is one of the best!
ajd0408 2 years ago 10
Well, that just tells how tough finnish guys are XD
ExtremeDude95 2 years ago 3
Only one layer of tires though... Not much really
bhkthree 2 years ago 2
hans is a blessing...
maciekgdapl 2 years ago 5
True, it should've been in use earlier too, a lot of drivers would've survived with it.
Necros1984 2 years ago
So lucky he was not killed. It's amazing really, if you see how much his head and neck moved, I would've said for sure he was a goner. Good thing they have HANS now, so this can't happen again.
willski1221 2 years ago 2
bloody hell, how fast does his head move!!
jeesus
damstudios 2 years ago
he is lucky that his neck did not snap like a twig
corianll 2 years ago
he was lukcy and did not die like senna
pesisbest 2 years ago
60G is surely possible. Mathematically so anyway. The seat harness restraint would have taken a slight amount off, and the compressed of the monocoque too; but still 55+/-5g.
TheYoghurtTop 3 years ago
60 G is possible at this crash. Don't forget that only a milisecond that force hits his body.
F1freak8 3 years ago
Exactly. I remember Massa pulling over 100g in his crash with the Sauber. Can't quite remember what race it was, or when, but he buried that Sauber completely into the tire wall, at a 90 degree angle.
Quite an impact!
Y00p 2 years ago
60g?? No way! I don't think you can survive anything above 15-20. Regular people can't even drive an F1 or fly a jet for that same reason, after 6-7Gs you just faint.
Educalifa 3 years ago
David Purley survived a crash of 180 G:s in 1977.
default1976 2 years ago
thats 15-20 g's sustained, not in a split second
carsdankandchicks 2 years ago
How high was the G-Force?
robinjosovic 3 years ago 3
im going for memory here; +60G
Milanotjuh 3 years ago 14
@Milanotjuh yeah i think it was 60+
Anepanehiirta 1 year ago
@Milanotjuh
+60G!!?!
thats MENTAL.. 0_o
CamShaft200 1 year ago
@CamShaft200 thats nothing compared to a indy car driver who survived 222G'S! a forgot his name though...does anybody know at all?
97ginoVDB 1 year ago
@97ginoVDB kenny brack.
combatking20 1 year ago
@97ginoVDB
Its not the G-forces so much if you are properly restrained, its the head whip, ala Earnhardt, Petty, Irwin etc. Thank goodness for HANS and the side head restraints as well.
Mopar21277 1 year ago
holy shit!!!
the hard impact and high g force was impressive!!!
Lucky Mika
raikko2007 3 years ago
BIG CRASH HE WAS LUCKY
zahjulien 3 years ago
I thought he broke his neck and died :\
jraybay 3 years ago
Sid Watkins:
The FIA has recognized Watkins for being largely responsible for the modernization of medical standards in Formula One as well as the saving of many lives including Didier Pironi (1982) and Rubens Barrichello (1994). Saving the life of Mika Häkkinen at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix by restarting his heart twice and performing a tracheotomy at the side of the track was described by Watkins as his most satisfying experience during his time in the sport.
EJ25RUN 3 years ago 2
Wrong. Mika owes his life to the two expert medics that luckily happened to be very close to the site of crash and attended Hakkinen before his brain ran completely out of oxygen to become permanently damaged or dead because that was what was happening. He couldn't breathe, he had swallowed his tongue, they punctured his trachea to deal with that. Of course Watkins took over after but that happened some minutes later and by then Mika was already out of danger.
hristoitchov 3 years ago 4
good to know...thanx
EJ25RUN 3 years ago
Did u copy the description from this vid:
watch?v=F1gqpQBkDuU&feature=related
I just happened to watch that vid before coming..
GTAstuntz 2 years ago
Mika Hakkinen owes his life to Sid Watkins. As do so many F1 drivers that competed while he was there.
EJ25RUN 3 years ago
huge impact
rdtli 3 years ago
Yea I remember that, and I also remember that all the everyone relating to f1 was impressed that just how good the medico's were and how fast that he was taken to hospital, the fact that there is one that is just about there, so to speak, where this happen, might have helped.
robinalexlewis 3 years ago
Weird that it's Jackie Stewart describing the crash...
LuxeXx 3 years ago
yeah... a'little bit safer keytek9! it was accidents like this that brought upon the HANS devices and the carbon 290 crash density in the back.
bromanormi 3 years ago
it was so dangerous when the drivers where sitting high in the car
kamlondonuk 3 years ago
now the cars are safe
keytek9 3 years ago
safER
billabongodrum 3 years ago
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dazzyboy74 3 years ago
They are the same crash, he nearly died in the 95 crash during qualifying. 93 in Adelaide was only his 3rd race with mclaren, he didnt have a big crash in 93.
mclarenf1006 3 years ago
Still NO protection around the monocoque and no padding in the cockpit. I guess the FIA hadn't yet learned from the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Sennna the year before.
vuetube 3 years ago
Ayrton Senna's death has nothing to do with the cars' cockpit construction. A tiny part of the suspention of his Williams pierced Ayrton's visor, causing terminal injury to the Brazilian. There's a picture on the Internet showing this little hole in the visor of his helmet.
Serge192 3 years ago
True.Senna had a bad luck in that crash.
JuzziZ 3 years ago
Yeah, but eventually Senna's crash among a few others led to many new rule changes in the construction of the cars. FIA changed the cars radically between 1996-1998, partly because of the bad crashes of Ratzenberger, Hakkinen and most notably Senna.
Petskuta 3 years ago
woah. in all of the years since this horrific crash this is the first time i've seen an onboard view and it is gut wrenching! it is a testament to the medics that he survived this accident and went on to be the champion he is. but far out i am also absolutely shocked that there was only one row of tyres at such a high speed corner...
2o2y 3 years ago
We nearly lost a great man. Mika was as fast as anyone has ever been over one lap at his peak. That aside-he was and remains a wonderful man-cool, and with a really great dry sense of humour.That wry smile of his says it all. It's only idiots who try to convince you he lacked charisma. Thanks for the memories, Mika!
Stereolabdream 3 years ago 9
Agree.
MikaHakkinen83 3 years ago
"""Unbelievable that there is only 1 row of tyres, this was only 1 year after Imola as well.
Mental when you think about it. """
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helmans 3 years ago
mental
yes
MENTAL
RADIO RENTAL
THERE'S MENTAL
AND THEN THERE'S THIS
IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT UNIVERSE OF MENTAL
robinoi 3 years ago
He wouldn't have been hurt if he had worn HANS (used from 2004 on) and if his car had had high cockpit walls (from 1996 on, 5cm higher 2008).
therealadler 3 years ago
HANS was used from 2001
LermanxDLOL 3 years ago
Yes, voluntarily, but not all drivers wore it, it was duty from 2004 on.
therealadler 3 years ago
Yeah youre right
LermanxDLOL 3 years ago
HAN WAS INDEED MOST 'HANDY'
LOL
robinoi 3 years ago
He had luck. His neck could broke in any moment of the crash.
Flame55555 3 years ago
and he could have been shot dead by lee harvey oswald.
tsk!
robinoi 3 years ago
Unbelievable that there is only 1 row of tyres, this was only 1 year after Imola as well.
Mental when you think about it.
reds005 3 years ago
He so nearly died - he had skull fractures and his heart stopped 3 times - he had to be revived 3 times - that's how close he went to joining the list of F1 fatalities.
Recovering from such a severe crash and going on to fully regain his confidence and speed, surely must go down as one of the greatest if not THE greatest comeback in sporting history.
(Yet people talk about footballers being hero's recovering from kneee surgery - Christ - they aren't even on the same planet as F1 supermen!)
mallamoozoo 3 years ago 13
Well, I think the comeback of Mr Lauda wasn't too bad either.
schopfheim91 3 years ago 11
good lord, I guess he was lucky not to break his neck, that slow motion shot is just shocking...
mrf34 3 years ago
to me the very last shot is the most shocking. Just one row of tyre barrier..
Milanotjuh 3 years ago
Wow that slow motin replay shows you how far his neck was extended, nearly hit the front of the cockpit.
7mgtesup 4 years ago
it did hit it. In an interview mika hakkinen told that the buttons of the steeringwheel left a mark on his helmet
Milanotjuh 4 years ago
this scene explains the importance of the HANS device.
gutoputo 4 years ago 21