Brand Hatch F3000 1988

[Nohjjohnthegreat]

This is what one small mistake can do.

[TheDeejayTH]

the evelst crash i've ever seen

[getupstairstobed]

this is up there with the best single seater crashes but although you cant see any of it spa 98 was the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[africanjungle52]

o.O

[AleXcr86]

There's a very insightful interview with Johnny in Motorsport magazine this month, and he talks about this crash. He said when his car came to a stop all he could see was a hole in the monocoque where his legs should be, and he shouted at the marshals to knock him out.

Seven years later when he won the British GP, he said for the last ten laps he was screaming into his helmet because his legs hurt so much, but he never told anyone.

Guys like him and Zanardi are genuine heroes.

[hash626]

yea just look at that camel car when its being taken away, its amazing he lived. and a few years later he won Le Mans

[jbutton113]

Good old Johnny Herbert, very unlucky driver

[backtwobedlam]

I was a paramedic on that day, a couple of turns up, with the car I was driven around the circuit until it got to where Johnny was, my duty that day was getting the morphine, and giving him heaps of it. He was choppered out after a short while in the Med Centre to Queen Mary's Hospital.

[AndyW76]

I was at Brands as a spectator that day. My dad used to sponsor Russell Spence. I remember people saying that Herbert wouldn't race again and that his injuries were worse than Jacques Laffite's. Incidentally, Russell had a lucky escape (he was cars 17) when he was hit on the head by a tyre. If he hadn't slowed down for the crash, he might have been seriously injured by it.

[birrman2008]

Which one was Herbert?

[AndyW76]

Herbert was the yellow car starting from poleposition. He was running 3rd when the crash happens.

[reynard89]

This crash almost certainly destroyed his chance of becoming world champion. It's amazing that he still managed to compete and win 3 GPs. Incredible bravery.

[schumisatokubica]

Appearentely theres still some grass in his legs

[cassin16]

@schumisatokubica I've actually read the interview with him where he said he found a blade of grass growing out of his toe a couple of years later. It was in an issue of F1 Racing! maybe is was having a laugh coz he was always that kinda guy but would be gross if he was serious!

[WHATEVERNEXT22]

Havent seen that video for a long time, it still made me feel sick. I can say that I have met Johnny many times since and he's just gorgeous and I love him. If you read this Johnny. Just keep being yourself you cannot improve on perfection. XX

[davedavid86]

shame.. Herbert was never quite the same.. oh well still a v fine bloke and not many ppl get to win a grand prix let alone 3!

[richiespeedisback]

Wow, that was nasty. Good 'ol Herbert before his f1 days.

[AleXcr86]

That's two sickeningly high-speed head-on impacts for Johnny, it was almost certainly the second one that crushed his feet because the car's crumple zones had already done their work after he hit the wall. I think he could have been F1 champion.

[AndyW76]

The entire nose box on the car was gone at the first impact. At the second impact, the first thing to hit the barrier was Johnny's feet.

[indigoblue555]

How did it happen?I was told Herbert and Foytek collided -

[dutcheros]

Jezus thats really nasty

Herbert had to be carried to his car in his first races, and after his last F1 race he had to be carried away, after a crash with his Jag.

[Bortron]

Yeah, it's a miracle that Johnny survived, let alone went on to win Grand Prix. Apparently he had bits of grass in his legs for years after this, they were pushed out over time.

[manmonkee]

OOOOO!!!, poor Johnny, the nose of the cars just gone, Only Zanardi's accidents worse. I heard that the first guy to come to Johnnies aid was acctually sick when he saw the condition of his legs.

[manmonkee]

OOOOO!!!, poor Johnny, the nose of the cars just gone!, Only Zanardi's accidents worse. I heard that the first guy to come to Johnnies aid was acctually sick when he saw the condition of his legs.

[lemanslegend]

I ripped that video from a dvd sometime last year and it still a terrible accident to watch.

[f1diva]

Herbert felt that if he hadn't crushed his feet in this crash (having to create himself a new driving style in the process) he could have been f1 champion.

[AndyW76]

Herbert actually ended up 1 inch shorter and couldn't move his ankles in a certain way.

[RaQnaR0ck]

I believe him on his word because that really was a nasty crash, i really feel sorry that this happened to him.

[AndyW76]

Herbert is the guy in the Yellow car with the nose (and some of the footwell) missing. He is the one that hits the bridge abutment. Foitek is in the white car that barrel rolls along the grass verge.

[tomateiro]

ho is hebert and foithe on the crash?

[OWfan]

I knew that Herbery had a nasty wreck but jeez. It's amazing that he and Foitek survived.

[RaikkonenforRenault]

he went to the same go kart place where i used to race (buckmore park) after that crash.

[mazziewag]

look how short the nise is of herberts car at the end. his right ankle was hanging off apparently

[dazcouz]

WOW! I never seen this much footage of Herbert's accident before. It is amazing that under a year later he would be in F1 in Benetton and came 4th in his first race.

[christian350zdude]

i know, very nasty!

[Superhorns3]

Its a wonder he maanged to build an F1 career after that accident...very nasty.