F1 1977 - Death of Tom Pryce, South-African GP

[lmlA7Xlml]

I really don't know which crash is worse; Tom Pryce's, Gordon Smiley's or Russell Phillips'. All I know is that I have so much respect for all 3 of them, because they died chasing their dreams. RIP.

[awsomef2004]

Although he went to the car with his buddy without permisson, those marshalls must have lots of balls

RIP Frederik Jansen Van Vuuren & Thomas Maldwyn Pryce

[matthewkosmic]

What is this mean?

[pandadardar]

so who's to blame for the death?

[hariznl]

The uncensored version was... Just... Horrible pfffff. There where even parts of the marshall body on the car. It was really horrible people don't watch it

[TestECull]

@hariznl No, it wasn't. The footage is so grainy you can't really see anything.

[deztructo123]

the driver is a complete sook, he has no idea what he is doing the moment he jumped from the car.

[UFedward]

This one has higher quality though than the other ones.

[MetroKontroll]

How Renzo Zorzi and the other marshal could sleep after this?

[lavernlarsen48]

Your video went viral on Majuro

[NASCARracerr]

@Cloud98

The uncensored version is on Lifeleak.com

[SaxonWR]

shit happens.

[unwicked91]

Seen the uncensored version, god that was messed up.

[ShizuokaDolphin]

Horrific waste of two lives due to archaic safety controls. Hopefully they were tightened up immeasurably after this.

[SSGTrentsXe]

@ShizuokaDolphin .....Well No Shit.

[ShizuokaDolphin]

@SSGTrentsXe No shit that it was a waste of life? No shit that hopefully they tightened up safety controls? Both are givens, so what the FUCK is your point?

[HugoXTS1]

I have seen this in the docomantation ``Faces of death 7´´ in a detailed version...

Horroble... Really.............Horroble...­..

[hirocanlas]

owh ...shit wtf ..]

[s0015]

liveleak.com/view?i=8754d24519 

[s0015]

MUST WATCH FOR REAL VERSION

[1v1oCODoStatus]

Liveleak.com: Tom Pryce video

[JagermeisterDetox]

the uncensored version from the second angle depicts the martial cartwheeling in the air, ripped in half. his legs held onto him by what I assume to be his digestive tract.

it's graphic. but I've seen worse from video games. They televise worse in the news. In alot of the released war images, you can clearly see people ripped in half, or their heads caved in, therefore spilling their brains in these images of bombing aftermath.

I wish they didn't censor this, as it isn't a malicious death.

[dazincalculation]

@JagermeisterDetox Actually I don't think this is censored, it's just that it's filming the incident from the front on camera. But you'll find the camera filming the rear of the cars going by, that version captures the whole graphic scenario...and it was enough to make me feel a little ill personally. -daz in oz

[Sayonarafoo]

トューーーーン……………………………ｸﾞﾌｧ

[The51239]

i am still young and i watched the uncensored the most terrible thing i ever saw

[Gigidag77]

DO NOT WATCH THE UNCENSORED VERSION ON THE NET !

You really won't like to see that

[Beni10PT]

At least he didn't suffered! jesus! I'm sick :c RIP

[vayancetodoalamierda]

OMFG. i saw the uncensored video. that is REALLY something you just DONT want to see. TRUST ME. you can see how the body of the marshal splits in two. horrific

[Abujamra2]

37sec... the driver of broken car notices the human pieces flying over the track. He looks and seems to imagine "that can't be what I'm suposing to be" and goes back try to extinguish the fire on your f1.

[GileraXR1]

For those, who haven't seen the other cut: You don't want to. This was a terrific one. Two retarded staffsmen ran across the track at the home-strech while racers drove there. One of them didn't manage to outrun Pryce's car. Both of them died. Pryce was a victim of human stupidity. R.I.P

[KZipKing]

@GileraXR1 isn't it human stupidity to drive at 200mph?

[GileraXR1]

@KZipKing Compared to running across the track right in front of cars inbound at 200mph? Let me think again...

[KZipKing]

@GileraXR1 parity and perception



[sk8ingdude69]

@KZipKing Yes they are, when there is a death in F1 practice, accidents, qualifying and race of course many drivers and pit crew reflect on what happens and ask themselves, "what are we doing here?...really."

[ChinatownWieners]

@GileraXR1 They were not stupid, one of cars were on Fire that can explode and kill people near-by.

[saberking1992]

At 0:33 the flying chunks at the bottom of the screen aren't car parts... thats all you really want to know. 

[FabiAkaAlex]

:lol:

[hoppy1511712]

A just watched the uncut version and kinda wish i hadn't now, what a tragedy..

[TheExterminator2011]

oh my god!

[JimmyConnerly]

The driver of 17 clearly anticipates this trouble and actually if he'd have stayed where he was he'd have been collected as well.

Although it was a straight the uphill part probably hid the cars. Also, they were reacting to a car on fire and instinctively went to help.

If you look at the other angle it is also clear that the other marshal was fortunate not to get knocked over by an earlier car.

It all looks unbeleivably naive now.

[aqsw468219]

can someone tell what happened???

[gerrylazlo]

From the beginning of the video, it appears to be a good ways down a straightaway. How hard is it to see that there a cars coming at you? And also clearly people need to be available on the other side so you don't end up running across a fucking f1 racetrack. I swear some of these races were set up to guarantee that people die.

[Cloud98]

If you guys have the guts, google the uncensored version, it shows it from a different angle.

[donnajoystevenson]

@Cloud98 i just watched it, hold shit man

[beastybilly1]

@Cloud98 i did and it was some crazy shit there was close ups on this guys face it was crazy

[Cloud98]

@beastybilly1 Yeah it still is pretty crazy each time I see it. You could tell the other dude was in shock after getting out.

[Dogman36]

@Cloud98 i cringed herder at the video you suggested harder than when i watched saw 5

[mellesick]

@Cloud98 i did, it looks like the marshall hits both cars... so horrible: R.I.P

[ripper1300]

@Cloud98 I never saw that comin.

[FANGSUP7]

@Cloud98 I know this is gonna sound really fucked up, but did you use "guts" on purpose? It seems too, fitting.

[Lights0ut1109]

Why was there no caution? Could of saved lives.

[waletto]

0:35 oh god D:

[ksioamaral89]

@waletto i hadn't paid attention to that part until I see many 0:35 references,that's really disturbing!

[waletto]

@ksioamaral89 I know.. that's a tragedy...

[crazygamer3D]

I only just noticed the flying body parts, Horrific accident R.I.P

[WhuBilly10]

Possibly the worst incident I ever see in F1 apart from Senna's crash. RIP.

[TheNFSRocket]

0:19 :DDD

[AdyMiles]

this is the easiest view to watch. the other two views are horrific

[pollemar]

If you play 0:35 very slow, it's horrific!!! Very very sad.

[66606cl66]

@pollemar fucking god that used to be a guy! lordy!:(

[dortmundfan13]

the driver at the start of the vid was lucky not to get burned

[seattle0002]

STUPID FUCKING VIDEO

[PubliusAfricanus]

This is why teenagers shouldn't be allowed out of the house.

[MrButterneo]

not trying to be funny or anything but didn't the marshall SEE if there was any car on the road ????

[jcoe85]

@MrButterneo There is a huge crest before where Zonzi pulled over, so there was no way the marshalls would have seen a car coming. Then when the cars do appear over the crest, they're going at nearly 200mph, no chance.

[nightwish22893]

i dont get what happend in the video, its tarts with a F1 that cought fire, but then jumped to something else?

[frambesbuckeye]

@nightwish22893 At 0:33 there is a marshall that is running across the track with a fire extinguisher and driver Tom Pryce hit him at full race speed cutting the marshall's body in half and Tom Pryce died when the fire extinguisher the marhsall was carrying hit him in the head. The red debris you see is the marshall's body after the hit. There is another view of this hit where they show it if you look for it.

[nightwish22893]

@frambesbuckeye Holy Fuck...

[SyrannosaurussTumo]

is he ok?

[leadzeplinsucksInc]

@SyrannosaurussTumo youre not funny

[2fast012]

Yellow Flag?

[EpicFishFingers]

Ah yeah, I've seen the .gif file of this happening. You can see part of what I think is the body of the marshall at 0:34

[daehelttaR]

@EpicFishFingers i think youre right, especially if you watch other videos from different angles....but mostly...the white material is the guys car exploding...... kinda even too brutal for me. respect.

[GangstaDogg21]

Guy with his car on fire just takes a look at the marshal who's in two pieces and acts like nothing happaned and just keeps fking around his own car.... What a fucking douche....

[Georg1979]

@GangstaDogg21 He's in shock. It's a natural reaction. I was shocked as well, when I first saw it on video! It happened infront of him. How would you react to a situation like that?

[MintyModF1]

@GangstaDogg21 If you're driving a car at speeds of close to 200mph, and you hit somebody, you already know the outcome.....It's the shock that did this to him, and until you've been in that situation, you have no right to make comments. Race Marshalls and racing drivers risk their lives for this sport, show some respect.

[FUCK202]

@GangstaDogg21 allright so what should he do? walk up and kiss him better? your a retard

[TheZonda5002]

@GangstaDogg21 I'd like to see you seeing your teammate ripping a man in half a few feet from you and flooring completely dead towards the next curve. You'd fucking puke and shit your intestines out at the same time while screaming like a little girl and getting run over by Niki Lauda and ending up like Van Vuuren and niki getting out safely. now please care to fuck off.

[Herrasmiesvaras]

@SamirNasri1011 I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING GLAD WITH THAT, BITCH.

[ZamolxisReborn]

always look before crossing the street.

[theshugchannel]

I remember the first time I saw this it gave me nightmares for weeks

[tsharpmac420]

ive seen it unedited, its fucking crazy,in my book its tied with the video of marshalls taking roger williamson out of the car, he looked like a human size fried chicken

[QuikdrawlMcgraw]

wowo never saw this with sound

[Hermpiokkr]

Very very disturbing scene. F1 and motorsport came a long way since then… Just how amateurish the marshalling is there is amazing…

Poor guys, i mean Tom Pryce wasn't at fault in any way, and the young marshall simply did his best to help Zorzi.

Hopefully F1 can't go worst than this…

[GForce429]

why do they not run to the other marshall they just stand there and the driver is like huh what nevr mind

why just walk to him he is just ride over

[Hugerfamilyguyfan]

:34-:36 gorefest, someone gets hit

[joelgardner94]

i don't get it?

where there two crashes or something?!

[SimoMcGauneo]

What strikes me about this video is the reaction. I mean, they've just seen that young marshall get cut in two right? Obviously, at the time, you wouldn't know what the hell to do or think, but they just seem to not really pay attention at all. Unless his body was just thrown from the track completely, I dunno.

[Lavern4101]

@SimoMcGauneo That's what I was thinking. Just after the guys body goes flying across the tracks, the driver just kinda gives a double look at what had just happened. But doesnt really seem very concerned. Then he just starts paying attention to his race car again like nothing happened. If it were me and I just saw something like that, I'd be mortified.

[SimoMcGauneo]

@Lavern4101 I know, I would probably just throw up or something. Maybe in all the confusion they couldn't work out what had happened. RIP anyways

[thehitchrules]

@Lavern4101 He was probably in shock. He wouldn't have been able to fully take in what he was seeing and we only get to see a few seconds of his reaction. he was also trying to get himself safe from his car which was on fire. Not as clear-cut as you seem to think. Nobody really knows how they would react faced with such horror.

[generalhans1]

thats why we need zebra crosses on racetracks.

[catscantfly]

its his oxygen pipe.

[BrotherYounis]

what is this douchbag trying to pull from the car.

[erasetoimprove]

@BrotherYounis what makes him a douche bag?

[mailmeonline]

the name of the marshal was van burren something like that, he was young though, i think like 19

[thehitchrules]

shocking. must be one of the worst F1 accidents ever.

[wesleypiglover]

how bad is that? they watch him fly past and then just continue to look at him then concentrate on the car. Just disrespectful...

[Alfee94]

@wesleypiglover if you do a little research, you can see the video from another angle and see he did get help from other marshals.

[wesleypiglover]

@Alfee94 yeah, i think i have found that, but still a little respect could of been shown but i guess the shock was a lot to take in

[KyuuA4]

@wesleypiglover It's easy to point that out because of video hindsight. So, don't forget the speed at which all of that took place.

[dannythebest86]

Oh my God!! The impact smashed the marshall into pieces!!! 8-O

[valmiustila]

@dannythebest86 Yeah, and marshall's fire extinguisher killed the other F1 -driver.. Extreamly horrible accident :S There's unsencored video at other pages

[TheShenmoki]

@dannythebest86 there's another vid that show's it in slo-mo... fuckin gross as hell but, it's kind weird to loom at, and if you want to see it at a good angle that's your best bet, the marshal was walking across the raceway to help when another f1 car came by and hit him hit of, ripping him in half.

[Defenseman619]

@TheShenmoki yep. The chunks flying by are what's left of the marshal. But what people aren't realizing is that the marshal was holding a 40lb fire extinguisher which killed the driver of the car that hit him. At 170mph, there's little time to react. The other angle is BRUTAL. Quick deaths to be sure.

[TRAPBOULTERNAS]

im at 0:56 should i continue to watch?

[mystfire]

@TRAPBOULTERNAS look at the bottom of the screen at 0:30, you can see him being hit.

[felipinhogiro]

0:34 in the botom part of the video

[aflsbrng]

stupid marshall

[tedymouragama1]

Look the driver, he did not mind about the others,he just took care of his car.Tom pryce and the officer died because him...

[youteacher78]

@tedymouragama1 The marshalls had no permission to cross the track. Not the drivers fault imho.

[mailmeonline]

@youteacher78 you have to understand that at the time in f1, you never knew when a car could burst into flames, it wan't uncommon that after a mild crash, the car would burst into flames and the driver be burned most likely to death. In my opinion, this was a situation where the marshal was trying to do what he thought was right, without really thinking about the danger.

[donzie975]

@mailmeonline i agree totally, when u watch Zorzi panicking and trying to get out of the car the marshalls obviously thought like him that his car was gonna burst into flames so they tried to get across the track as quickly as they could to help. Such a tragic accident

[nightwish22893]

@youteacher78  it does not matter, seeing as the driver died as well...

[Rastafarizah420]

I first thought that the marshall is Tom Pryce, but he is the driver who got hit by some of the marshall's equipment which killed him right? anyways, sick stuff...

[Jobei1986]

@Rastafarizah420

no, tom pryce hit a marshall, parts of the body, you can see at 0:34

[TheRockZH]

You probably watched the video and ask yourself: What's the big deal? If that's the case stop the video at 0:35

Yes it's human flesh

[johnny2o2o]

@TheRockZH no it isn't

[TheRockZH]

@johnny2o2o

Talk to the hand

[PowerOfTheColours]

if it wasn't for a fucking marshall running across the track! Tom pryce would be still alive!

[oneinamillion232]

@PowerOfTheColours yeah, it's an absolutely shocking state of affairs. Tragic.

[SPAZZY1912]

there is another video taken from the back and you see the guy getting hit really clearly, its really gross....i wish i didnt see it

[darkangelglue500]

if anybody is wondering at 0:34 a pit crew member is struck by a formula 1 car and the driver has a fire extinguisher through his head and crashes full speed.

[mqmqmwmw]

0:15 Hahahaha!!! Hurry up baby !

[Lavern4101]

@mqmqmwmw What the fuck is that supposed to mean?

[mqmqmwmw]

@Lavern4101 Why dont you just watch the fucking video before asking me that ?

[Lavern4101]

@mqmqmwmw I already watched the video. Now why dont you answer the fucking question.

[mqmqmwmw]

@Lavern4101 Dont you see the fucking fire behind him at 0:15 you fucking idiot ?

[Lavern4101]

@mqmqmwmw Wow...fire. And what did you find so hilarious about his car catching fire you stupid inbred fuck.

[mqmqmwmw]

@Lavern4101 What the fuck do you care ?

[Lavern4101]

@mqmqmwmw I enjoy publically calling out idiots and making them feel like fools. Secondly, have some fucking descency. There's nothing funny at all about this video. You're obviously just some stupid fuck who thinks tragic events like this are humorous.

[mqmqmwmw]

@Lavern4101 Yeah I found that Part as funny as fucking your fat whore mother.

[Lavern4101]

@mqmqmwmw May one day your head get crushed underneath an 18 wheeler. You'd deserve it, seriously. Later faggot.

[mqmqmwmw]

@Lavern4101 Shut the fuck up Pussy and learn to read and interpret my first comment instead of come here to troll for a while

[SpukiTheLoveKitten75]

@Lavern4101 They're trolls! They're probably just as mortified as you but they say stupid stuff to razz people! Don't feed them, please! YEESH!

[tveab]

ohh shit that was crazy

R.I.PTom pryce 

[SyahinCSO67]

check wikipedia

Van vuuren is a marshall the guy who got hit by the car He was TORN into half

the driver was Tom Pryce, the extinguisher Hit pryce's head and he died in the car and it hit to the first corner after the start/finish line

[CitroenC4WRC]

@SyahinCSO67

Absolutely right! Stuck missed Van Vuuren about some inches. He was the car in front of Pryce. After the extinguisher hit Pryce's head, the car was running down the straight with the dead Pryce behind the wheel. In the first corner the car of Pryce hit the Ligier of Jacques Laffite!

[Pier2pie]

@SyahinCSO67 can you explain everything that happened??? im so confused lol

[SyahinCSO67]

@Pier2pie When the marshall went to run across the road,Which is Van vuuren his name, Got hit by an oncoming f1 car so he was hit badly that he fly and torn his torso and bottom apart.He was holding an extinguisher. It hit Tom Pryce's head and he died on the straight line and hit the first corner while it hit another f1 car

[xJohnx228x]

@SyahinCSO67 the marshall was only 19 years old.

[SyahinCSO67]

@xJohnx228x so sad right?

[PopiOpirus]

это жесть, как человек с огнетушителем мог был таким совсем беспечным

[mercsmania]

@SuperMario51397 no standardised flags (yellow or even red in this case) until the late 70s by the FIA. in those days it wasn't a "spectator sport" and the drivers were left on their own if anything went wrong. this was the start...albeit a very bad one...of trying to install some safety in the sport after losing rindt and clarke...

[mercsmania]

awful events brought on by some truly remarkable errors. the death of the young lad williamson (where he burnt to death in an upturned car that caught alight and only one driver stopped to try and help) meant the stewards panicked when they saw a little bit of flame. it's also ironic that the only two safety measures in place were poorly designed and led to the death (metal extinguisher and poor helmet strapping). horrible time for F1. too many greats went too soon =(

[ToroRosso20]

The irony of this was Pryce's teammate had not had the mechanical issue this would have never taken place.

[Filippomilanista]

fucked indifference...

[superara1]

tom pryce was driving at 200 mph round a corner i believe, he never saw the marshall run over the road carrying a fire extinguisher, tom pryce and the marshall were killed instantly, the marshall by toms car hitting him and tom got hit on the head with the marshals fire extinguisher , toms car carried on with him dead at the wheel until it crashed further down the track. the man on the video was the marshall who was tore in half. Truly the most tragic and heartbreaking footage ive ever seen.

[skorafreestyle]

Pause at 0:35 the flying bits you see is Tom being sliced up by a car and propelled over the track

[Michi201093]

@skorafreestyle

actually it's a marshall who was hit by Tom Pryce while he was crossing the track

[skorafreestyle]

@Michi201093 Oh so Pryce was the driver who had his head ripped off by the fire exstinguisher that van huurten ( the marshal ) was carrying

[Michi201093]

@skorafreestyle i don't think his head was ripped off, but his skull was cracked very badly

[year2000problem]

@skorafreestyle Pryce almost had his head ripped off, the chin strap cut into him, almost decapitating him

[maskmanyeah]

this is the weirdest accident that i ever see..

R.I.P tom pryce

R.I.P Jansen Van Vuuren

[HorrorAddict23]

@maskmanyeah I don't understand, i only saw one person died. Are there two of them? Thanks in advance.

[HorrorAddict23]

@maskmanyeah Oh never mind, i understand now. Thanks.

[45Takosuke]

secondary accident

[LeozinDJ]

1:11 Tom Pryce´s body without head and all blooded.

[mijuto90]

@LeozinDJ

No, it's young man's body. He was going to put down that fire. His fire extinguisher hit to Pyce's head and killed him.

[LeozinDJ]

@mijuto90 no no... if you can see again, the scene of the body is near tom pryce´s car, on the corner... so, that was him.

The marshall died near Renzo Zorzi´s car (the car with problems in engine), in the begining of the line.

[mijuto90]

@LeozinDJ

No, it's young man's body. He was going to put down that fire. His fire extinguisher hit to Pryce's head and killed him.

[somsak01]

that poor guy had only 19 years --'

[somsak01]

--'

[spacetrance1]

what is the name of the guy that has hit by the car?

[walkthroughsepic]

D; Poor Driver.

[CorvetteZr1S]

0:35........ thats all I have to say :(