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5. Nick Heidfeld and Takuma Sato (2002)
The crash that happened between Nick Heidfeld and Takuma Sato in 2002 at Austrian Grand Prix amazingly ended without difficult injuries for both of the drivers. That is a pretty hard to believe after you take a look at the video and see with what kind of force Heidfeld’s car hit Takuma Sato. Sato received medical treatment immediately at the track and suffered a concussion and a few bruises, while Heidfeld was carried away from his car in deep shock.
4. Niki Lauda (1976)
Surely one of the most horrific crashes in the history of F1 was the one which almost cost the F1 sport one of its greatest drivers, Niki Lauda. It was 1976 and the German grand prix at the Nurburgring. Lauda lost control of his Ferrari in the second lap of the race, his car spun into the barriers on the right side and then back across the track, where he collided with another car and burst into flames. It was his fellow drivers who saved his life, pulling him out from the fire. Although his face was heavily burned, his lungs had been badly damaged by the flames and gasses, although he fell into coma and looked so critical that a priest was invited to read him the last rites, he has survived. But not only he had survived, it’s just six weeks later that he sat again into his Ferrari.
3. Rubens Barrichello (1994)
As if it was a warning for the upcoming days, Rubens Barrichello had a heavy crash at Imola in 1994 when his car lifted in the air and hit the fence. It was the same weekend that took two F1 lives: a F1 rookie Roland Ratzenberger and the magnificent Ayrton Senna. It was a terrible time for Formula One.
, 2. Gerhard Berger (1989)
Many probably remember the horrific accident of Gerhard Berger in his Ferrari in 1989 at Imola. It happened at the Tamburello corner, when Berger lost control of his car and hit the wall in high speed, slided down the road and then went on fire since his gas tank was almost full. No one could believe that he had escaped with nothing but bruises and a few burns.
The huge pile-up in Belgium in 1998 involved unbelievably 14 cars: Eddie Irvine, Coulthard, Wurz in his Benetton, Nakano’s Minardi, and both Prosts, Saubers, Stewarts, Tyrrells and Arrows drivers. It happened at the first start when Coulthard used too much throttle in his McLaren in wet conditions. Surely only a look at the video can best describe what a mess that was.
