1990 - Derek Warick Massive shunt in Monza - BBC Version

[tor378a]

Terrible crash, but Derek's reaction was classic. He calmly pulls himself out of the car, casually walks off the track as is he had just parked to go into the grocery store. Then, we he realizes that the race is stopped, he sprints back to the pits to get in the spare car, his enthusiasm completely undetered. These F1 drivers are a breed apart.

[reading70]

3:27 Did you see how lucky is the marshall behind the guard rail not to be hit by the car debris?

[bourlivak88]

oh my, oh...and it´s a LOTUS!!!!!! :D

[fgtxpaco7458ss]

V12 sound! :3

[jimmykneesall]

Apologies everyone. I'm very stupid. It was 1990. Thanks for your comments!!! :)

[13570neil]

1990 season

[MrDannyg5150]

I dont understand how this man is now running our sport

[13570neil]

Definitley 1990. The next race in spain was where Martin Donnelly had his career ending crash

[jimmykneesall]

Wasn't this from the 1989 season?

[berlinmitte10117]

@jimmykneesall No - 1990

[RippedWingCommander]

@ArtificialRed1083 No, absolutely not, I know that racing drivers are arrogant, but Irvine took that to a new level lol! My favorite driver has to be Alesi after I met him! Who's your favorite of all time?

[RippedWingCommander]

@ArtificialRed1083 Cracking = Fantastic, Bloke = Guy ;) damn English slang rubbed off on me, I'm Irish originally, but some of that stuff is sure easy to pick up and hard to shake ;)

[RippedWingCommander]

Once they are out they can switch cars?

[Myau76]

Alesi was pure talent. He ruined himself nad his carreer driving for the worst Ferrari in its history.

[MrScoop77]

When you watch Alesi here and at Phoenix and Monaco this year you wonder how he never won a race hardly never mind a title.

[RippedWingCommander]

@MrScoop77 Met him recently in Dubai! Cracking bloke!

[Donfrak]

Alesi ROCKS!! 0:50 fifth to fourth, 1:11 fourth to third with a tyrrel, great driver.

[absinthedude]

That's not the live coverage it is from the highlights. Murray's original reaction was "Oh my, oh God....that is a Lola, that's all I can tell you...no...it's...my....it's Derek Warwick who's crashed at the Parabolica and as you can....my goodness...he's OK....that's a tremendous testimony to the strength and construction of the cars these days"

[EricIrl]

As for lack of talent - how many times did Senna go off due to driver error?

[HDTanel]

LOL, WTF :D Spare car???????? epic!

[dazincalculation]

@HDTanel In fact 6 years later in Aust GP, Brundle did a similar thing! Yes amazing stuff! -Daz in Oz

[ikelleners]

Never ending story music xD

[MrGF95]

il est solide le mec

[ZamolxisReborn]

warick is baller for the restart.

[supercooled]

That looked like the marshall took some debris in the head. He fell rather awkwardly if I do say so myself.

[Malosovich]

@supercooled indeed, he didn't have his arms out to protect him. good spot.

[nonamoricordare]

L'unico coglione capace di correre dietro a Warwick in simili momenti è stato, manco a dirlo, Ezio Zermiani.

Mah!

[moondog203]

only 2/5 of a second away Murray that's 0.400 quite a lot in F1....

[SmeurkeDeKat]

Gotta love the shot at 1:33 with all the different engine notes :)

V10 - V10 - V8 - V12 - V12 - V10 - ..

Compared to todays V8 format...

[microaggancio]

very funny pilot,warwick...a little fat...hihihi

[SynthieAl]

@Ryan831754 equal. not better.

[xxaltered7xx]

so arrivati pure i carabinieri

[Davetheravepow]

I can't stand Jonathan Legard thats for sure!

[HastaLaVista6666]

2:31 Car Security Win! 4 years later more 2 drivers lost! Roland Ratzemberger and Ayrton Senna, those were driving a security f1 and ....

[YouthEnergy]

@HastaLaVista6666 The thing that killed Senna could kill any driver today. Senna was INCREDIBLY unlucky when that piece from his suspension pierced his helmet. That could happen even today, albeit less likely because of the higher cockpit sides that protect the drivers head and neck.

[McLarenMercedes]

@YouthEnergy

I blame that seriously dangerous Tamburello curve in Imola. Senna wasn't the first to crash there. Berger had a serious accident in 1989 and Barrichello in 1993.

[YouthEnergy]

@McLarenMercedes Why do you blame the curve for something that could happen anywhere? A piece of the suspension hit Ayrton in the head, that was not Tamburello's fault.

[McLarenMercedes]

@YouthEnergy

Sure it could happen anywhere, but in Tamburello the likelyhood of that happening (or other accidents as given by my examples) was considerably higher.That counts

Most of the drivers told that they didn't like the safety on Imola and that Tamburello was a place where accidents were just waiting to happen. The same applied to the lethal Masta kink on Old Spa Francorchamps, there's a reason they never raced there after 1970, the track was a killer.

It couldn't happen anywhere btw.

[McLarenMercedes]

@YouthEnergy

Could that accident happen in some of the modern circuits with lots of gravel traps and run off zones? Extremely unlikely. You see, that's why these modern circuits are designed with safety in mind.

Imola was designed at a time when safety wasn't even considered, and several drivers wanted the organizers to make Tamburello more safe. Piquet, Berger, Patrese, Barrichello crashed there.

To say that the curve wasn't a very important factor for Senna's death is absurd.

[YouthEnergy]

@McLarenMercedes The curve would have been just as safe as any other modern curve if it only had a gravel trap and at least four layers of tyres along the wall. There was no need to make a chicane.

[d0d0Lgarutz]

it's scary if he got out okay and then a car hits his car

[U5ERNAMEINVALID]

@SynthieAl Hunt was an alcy and walker was always borderline senile, i can't remember a single race where he didn't get a drivers name wrong or confuse team mates. he was like an automated cliche machine. i liked Murray and feel nostalgic and shit but i don't pretend he was ever a good commentator.

Brundle pisses on them both from a great height.

[LucvanDijk]

Wow, what a horrific crash..

[inkjet08]

.....this man is not human lol

[Ben4810]

There is a very good interview with Warwick (i think one of the best ever with an F1 driver...very candid & open) in the UK 'Motor Sport' magazine this month, where he talks about his career & mentions this very crash. He says he simply got too close to Gugelmin, lost downforce & understeered off.

Martin Donnelly continues to race occasionally also, & won an epic Lotus Elise Trophy Final race at Brands Hatch at the end of March this year.

Both Top Blokes & Legends of the sport....!

[jackobcooper]

what a legend!

[bourlivak88]

Donnely ended up much worse in Jerez...

[Jelsick]

Good place for the marshal to stand...ha ha. Spare car? Obviously different rules than today's f1.

[Rosvolainen]

@Jelsick Yeah, I kind of miss the good old days when there were spare cars. Half the field could crash out in the start, they red flagged it and then most of them were back in a new car for the restart. But that you could change car and continue after crashing out shouldn't have been allowed imo.

[milkshaker74]

It's a fact...he is a Massive Shunt

[patav2]

Jeez he was quick to get into the spare car. No checks just went in and out.

[Miklus023]

@ 3:28 the poor marshall eats the grass

[ICEMANZIDANE]

McLaren 1-2 :D

mcalren mercedes forever

[JackDavis16]

epic music at the start

[redplague]

That's all Warwick used to do was crash and spit at people he didn't like.

[grahamblood]

Prick!

[hottotrot75]

1990 great f1 season miss those days...great looking cars, great sounding engines...bernie what have you done...

[RifledBarrel]

Monza is the greatest race track in the world and those were the days when F1 was exciting to watch - unlike now..it's just a boring merry-go-round

[grahamblood]

Monza isn't the best track & Formula one has always been a traffic jam.

[Ulfinho13]

What a great lap by Alesi! His overtaking of Prost was more than awesome! Too bad the race had to be stopped - I'm sure he would have attacked Berger in the 2nd lap!

[DailyTerror666]

goddamn sleeping cameramen

[bugpowderdust27]

The marshall took one hell of a beating.

[SynthieAl]

murray walker and james hunt - best BBC commentators ever.

[ssssroryssss2]

Best commentators in the world! Murray and his enthusiasm and James's bluntness and...... Bullshit hehehe

[xtc79]

@SynthieAl ...for me, it was a John Watson - Ben Edwards duo

[SynthieAl]

@xtc79 I agree. They weren't bad, too.

[BvB4ever09]

What happend to the marshall?

[stewux]

It's a shame his team mate Donnelly wasn't as lucky with his crash in Spain, ( was it the following year? ), which was one of the most horrific crashes you could ever see.

[BvB4ever09]

It´s a shame donnelly wasn´t so lucky?

He survived!

[stewux]

I know he survived! But he wasn't as lucky as Warwick was he, seeing as he never raced again.

[stewux]

Hahaha, I was about to post a comment about him walking away like he was popping down the paper shop, and then i read your comment! It wasn't just me then!

[afuzzyduck]

grid music (Y)

[sixtolojunior]

lol at 0:55 on the back of the grid

[wladosu]

drunken formula

[NASCARWWEclubpenguin]

ROFL it is funny he spun but didnt lose much gap haha.

[ppeter1982]

I love the way the guy at the back arrives at the first corner backwards and still makes it round!

[ozzy7990]

so many cars

[DnylF1]

Incredible luck! It must have been a heaven scent that he got away from that big highspeed crash completely unhurt.

[illicitstill]

Wow, I didn't even notice the marshall until the replay.

[ChazzzaEustice47]

i have never seen bravery like this before! that crash was sickening, but it's almost laughable the way he walks away like hes just getting the morning paper! then, he's not deterred by the crash, but enthralled, and wants anohter go!

[topski100]

he said he was taking off the steering wheel as he slid along with his helmet scraping the tarmac

[d3vi1]

At first I thought that marshall is Warick

[andywhyteuk]

Epic!

[elritchie]

ah Muddly and James Hunt.happy days.=)

[Corvonix]

I'm a brazilian but I'm a huge fan of murray walker ^^

[skynet0912]

agree... he really is the "voice of motorsport"

[Visor988]

Senna took the start great, Berger unmade it, but he could overtake Prost. I don't see what happened to the Ferrari.

Warwick's accident was harsh on the Parabolica.

[illicitstill]

That marshal was one lucky guy (I hope).

[sorinvideo]

I like too, the music in the background, when showing the grid. What is the name of it?

[journalistgirl07]

it is the music from the Neverending story, part one! lol

[sorinvideo]

thanks! ;)

[journalistgirl07]

the ivory tower theme

[varga1988]

what is the music during the grid line up???

[indywordfx]

lol i love the way he just ran back to the pitlane and got back in the spare car haha great stuff!

[SwanKong11]

One tough MOFO!!

[Rosssmith21]

Alesi was on form!

Daredevil move to get Mansell at the first corner and great overtake again on Prost. When the race was stopped he was on Berger's exhaust as well!

[indigoblue555]

Fortunately for him the accident occurred with already safer cars compared to sadly famous fatal crashes - we can see how stiff chassis,cockpit and roll bar already were,and how firesafe the tank already was.Furtherly lucky as no collison did occur eventhough

the pack was still close in a slipstream race,and the car didn't go on rolling over.

[vikirad]

The Lotus-Lamborghini 102 was a bit of a death trap. Warwick was lucky to escape unharmed from this shunt and restart in the spare car... but two races later, in qualifying at Jerez, a horrifying crash ended Martin Donnely (Warwick's teammate)'s career, Donnely being thrown out of the car and suffering massive injuries which imposed a 4-5 year long recovery period.

[ma55aracin9]

did Team Lotus switch over to Lamborghini power that year?

[vikirad]

Yeah. They used Judd engines in 1989 and 1991, but they swapped to the Lamborghini V12 for the 1990 season, without significant results.

[SennaTeamRacing]

Right Ford in 1992-1993 and Mugen-Honda in 1994 but i think Mugen-Honda but is a worst lotus powered by Mugen-Honda no points!

[vikirad]

That was because of Eddie Irvine, who punted off Herbert in the Lotus-Mugen Honda at Monza in '94, in a race that Herbert says he could have won (new, powerful engine, and 4th place on the grid). The day after, the Lotus F1 team went into administration, and shut up shop at the end of the year.

[SennaTeamRacing]

yeah right !

[kingofpwnage92]

lotus used lamborghini engines in 1989 and 1990 and then switched to judds for 1991.

[vikirad]

Check your facts a bit. They only used Lamborghini engines in 1990, and they used Judd engines in 1989, after losing the Honda engines, and in 1991, after ditching the Lambos. Only the Larrouse Lola team used Lamborghini V12s in 1989. Search on ChicaneF1 for "Lotus 101" (the 1989 car) and you'll see that it had Judd engines.

[kingofpwnage92]

chicanef1 chats crap because on the championships bit, under m schumachers 94 title it said he drove a williams! (which he didn't! he drove for benetton) search for team lotus on wikipedia and click on 'lotus grand prix results and it shows the engines that lotus used on somewhere on the left. lotus used lambos on in '89 + '90!

[byggxx]

It's better to read what there's standing: It doesn't mean that Schumacher drove a Williams, it means the Constructors' Champion is Williams, and that is CORRECT!!!

[vikirad]

Wikipedia says:

1989 Lotus 101 Judd V8

1990 Lotus 102 Lamborghini V12.

[vikirad]

Oh, and search for any onboards from a Lotus in '89 and from '90 and tell me if the sound is the same. I can tell you that it ISN'T, because of the difference in sound between a V8 and a V12.

[kingofpwnage92]

ok i stand corrected. i glanced at it and i wasnt feeling too good, sorry.

[NickPatrick2]

...And our reporter Ezio Zermiani tailed him for more infos.

Outstanding.

[JeanAlesi90]

i never liked Derek Waricks helmut with that large chin part, always thought it was wierd when i was young...can't believe he ran back to the pits though after that!

And how the hell did Alesi make that Tyrell go so fast

[jackstringer2193]

Derek Warwick- what a talented driver

[Jerseybornjerseybred]

@jackstringer2193 there is far better. but its ok, derek warwick now runs a car dealership now. lol

[crezzwell]

@jackstringer2193 Talented?? Your being sarcastic right?

[nvstewart]

@jackstringer2193 If he was so talented he would not of gone off the track all on his own while the other lesser talented drivers took the corner normally. Talented my ass.

[khanadani1]

very good comentary

[duerdenn]

Derek Warwick was as talented a driver as Nigel Mansell but never had a truly competitive car...if memory seves me he did have the chance of signing for lotus for 1986 but Senna vetoed this-so instead Johnny Dumfries got the drive..

Another decent British driver(a la Martin Brundle)never given a top rank car

[FuzzyBerk]

At least the two of them can battle in the GP-Masters. Warwick's done pretty well in it against the big names like Mansell, Prost and Fittipaldi.

[thehitchrules]

@duerdenn Yes, and Senna vetoed him because he knew Warwick was talented. Senna always had to be top-dog and always made sure he was . Mind you let's face it he was the best ever .

[ninjapostman]

The V10s & V12s going round the curva grande sound wicked ,unlike todays muted V8s which all sound the same.

[ilferrari]

Thanks. Does your friend have any more F1 videos to upload? ;)

[fatriani]

he can get out or potentially explode and burn to death, and memories of Roger Williamson are still fresh today, atleast for me, thats one of a few things that ill never forget

[AhBen567]

is he allowed to come out of the car like that?

[AlonsoLegend]

Scary crash getting into the middle there and hoping that nobody hits you!

[indigoblue555]

.. and the car didn't keep on rolling over and over - huge amount of luck for everyone:

driver,marshall,other cars following=

[AlonsoLegend]

Definitely.

[VBPSucks]

whow that marchal at the wall was realy lucky :o

[me35656]

Sandro Nannini....he was good....whatever happened to him?

[BritishBulldog99]

Had to Retire Early in his carrer after a helicopter Crash. I beleve he damaged his arm im not sure on why

[me35656]

kk cheers

[indigoblue555]

He had lost it - I may be wrong but it was found a few feet from his body and only a kind of microsurgery (hope it's correct) miracle allowed him to recover with a partly functional arm =

[WLLRNNN]

He retired only in F1, he went on to have a sucessful career in DTM and had one more season in FIA GT before retiring to run his coffee shop

[tommye75]

Impressive driving there by Alesi!

[BigAngeloSantorini]

Man those rear tires were wide at the time.

[jazzbo1974]

ONE HELL OF A WRECK ....

[juhdiakathat]

hahahah... safety cars, yeah right, holy shit there were so small safety areas on those days... wow

[stu1002]

Brilliant video. lovely to see the footage exactly as it went out on BBC. I remember that music!!! Interesting to see some of the names on the grid listing at the start too. Where are they now I wonder!?! Formula One just doesn't have the sparkle it once did!

[7UpJordan]

I reckon some of the names on the grid listing wouldn't be any better than Sakon Yamamoto or Christijan Albers, some of those drivers had a knack of being moving chicanes, especially De Cesaris and Alliot.

Anybody know what that grid listing music is? Or did the BBC just make it up for fun?

[luniemiester]

No that was the 1988 race

[AlonsoLegend]

That marshal was bloody lucky. Full credit to Warwick for getting in the spare, I remember Alexander Wurz doing that after his triple roll at the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix. Alesi's move on Prost was great. I know Prost was probably faster, but I like Alesi more.

[kajjhrv]

What happens to the guy who we see stumbling to the ground at 3:27? Did he die?

[tartz1970]

He did not injured.

and I remember that he returned to his pit with runnning.

[CandyTyrrell]

cant belive its so many years ago, seems like last year

[flohr89]

what happened to the marshal ????

[BigAngeloSantorini]

Nothing. He just dodged.

[adamb198408]

That was gr8! Does anybody have the restart of the race? can't find it anywhere!

[gp4nut]

incredible balls of warwick!

[davedavid86]

that's so outdated music.. but good footage..

[sstiel]

May I ask where you found this footage? Thanks very much?

[wak4life]

Thank you very much!! Fabulous footage.

[justfillingtime]

watched this live on the BBC when it happened, this takes me back!