Kimi Raikkonen crash - Nurburgring 2005

Kimi Raikkonen's crash at the start of the final lap of the 2005 European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring.

Sorry for poor quality, but it was found on an old VHS tape.

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Sports

Tags:

• Kimi
• Raikkonen
• crash
• 2005
• European
• Grand
• Prix
• Nurburgring

[AshHill07]

That front right looks flatspotted in the on board camera. I wouldn't have been surprided if he hadden't locked up that tyre earlier on. I daresay the vibrations from the flat spot eventually shattered the suspension.

[davepusey]

@AshHill07 That's exactly what did happen.

[IINEZZAII]

why would pitting have made a difference?, you weren't aloud to change tyres in 2005

[davepusey]

@IINEZZAII - Not even for a puncture? Surely they could argue the tyres were damaged.

[rakka84]

very poor audio quailty..

[davepusey]

@rakka84 - Old VHS tape, as mentioned in video's description.

[JunkieJay3000]

This reminded me of how much I hated James Allen's commentary.

[JKayFI]

I loath James Allen. Whatever pocessed the BBC to hire him for 2011 is beyond me. Sorry 5Live listeners :(

[keiranperchisback]

@IINEZZAII You could change 1 tire in 2005 during the races if u had problems like he did or a flat tire.

[Ezza190]

The Tires in 2005 is what which ruined Ferrari that year, and it was also sadly the final year of the V10

[xTDLWx]

@IINEZZAII You were allowed to change tires, otherwise this would have happened every race

[gemini7Sky]

that Honda was soooo close:D

[ChAoMC]

Russia Comment

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[Rizleyy]

the saddest moment in F1 :(

[Chingonshushu]

@IINEZZAII you was..

[TheLambov12]

@ensuingyelps Oh my mistake, was it to do with the USA grand crash Ralf had?

[ensuingyelps]

@TheLambov12 Know your F1 history. In 2005, for some godforsaken reason, the rules were you had to run the whole race on one set of tyres. Only if a tyre got damaged or punctured, were you allowed to change it. They still pitted for fuel though - watch any pit stop footage from 2005 and you'll see the mechanics inspecting the tyres, but not changing them.