The non-fatal but most spectacular crash thread

[GitanesBlondes]

Michael Andretti crash Brazil 1993.

[Daliracing]

Simona de Silvestro on fire. don't know the track or the year.

[marcush.]

Ferrari crash in bavaria ...amazingly the driver survived with severe injuries...60 (!)firemen ,16 rescuecars a helicopter were in charge ...26trees were destroyed the drivers seat complete with drivers side floorpan was severed from the main car held only by wire and cabling dangling from the right side of the car ....apparently the Car flew ito the trees at considerable height ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hXTndk3iG8

[WaikeCU]

Geoff Bodine, Daytona 250 NASCAR Craftman Truck series (2000)

[wesley123]

Ken Block's crash in the 2011 Rally Portugal is still one of my favorites

[Vettel Maggot]

Zonta in testing at Silverstone in 2000 - ended up in the front of the grandstand

[countersteer]

Patrick Carpentier's backflip over the fence at Laguna Seca in 2000....

[dobbster71]

Another Lotus, this time Derek Warwick at Monza

Didn't he run down pitlane, get checked out by Sid, and climb in the spare car? Or am I thinking of another incident?

That's the one!

[Blanchimont]

Pikes Peak

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojO9IxCXxeM[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsca3UqysrI[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YelodRFABH0[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh1OMX4pyFw[/youtube]

[strad]

Hill in 69 at the Glen

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[dave34m]

The surprise wheel-bailout crash from Buemi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgRNYuFewS4

I was really surprised that there wasn't some pretty harsh penalty for this, sending car out that was clearly dangerous to both the driver and spectators seems worth a decent penalty.

[Belatti]

How can you forget this one?

[Just_a_fan]

Wendlinger at 1994 Monaco GP.



He never recovered enough for F1 (he tried but with no success) although he did share a couple of class wins at Le Mans a few years later.

[dren]

Piquet Jr. at Singapore 2008:



Alonso at Singapore 2008:

[Manoah2u]

Stirling Moss being helped out of his wrecked lotus' after crashing violently during the 1962 British grand prix @ goodwood