Rolf Stommelen crash live @ Montjuich 1975 Formula 1 Grand Prix
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- Rolf Stommelen crash Montjuich 1975
F1 - 1975 Montjuïc GP
"Unfortunately, Rolf Johann Stommelen inadvertently played a role in the end of the Spanish Grand Prix's tenure at Montjuich Park in Barcelona when he crashed there in the 1975 race after the rear wing of his Hill GH1 failed which caused his car to fly into the crowd, resulting in the deaths of five spectators and him being seriously injured." - Hudba
The drivers were shocked by the poor condition of the track and wanted the race cancelled but were ordered to drive because of their contracts. Emerson Fittipaldi drove a few very slow laps in protest and quit. I cannot imagine what went through his mind when he saw the aftermath of Rolf Stommelen's tragic misfortune. Stommelen broke his legs in the accident.
4 people died in that crash too
not only because of their contracts. In case of a cancellation, the spanish military government threatened the teams with locking them up in the Montjuic stadium (which served as a Paddock) in case of a cancellation.
the spectators were in a place they shouldn't have been
His rear wing came off and 5 spectators died in the ensuing crash. Stommelen retired in 1976 and died in 1983. You can just see his wing lift off the car as he moves out of shot.
I read that the struts supporting the rear wing were carbon fibre which was a novelty at the time.
The track was a very up and down layout and there are pictures of the cars jumping off the track at times like at the Flugplatz on the Nurburgring.
The jumps over stressed the wing supports and they failed on Rolfs car and he cleared the barrier killing some onlookers.
Not good.
0:06 The accident.
Lella Lombardi scored her only point there (well half a point since the race was cancelled before it reached 75% of its completion)
A rear wing failure is one of the scariest incidents a driver can have, as all of a sudden, the driver has no control of where the car ends up. Sadly, spectators paid the ultimate price in this case and Stommelen sustained a broken leg
I agree, but the spectators and photographers were standing in an exclusion zone at their own risk.
A Fireman, a photograper, and 2 members of the crowed where killed while rolf stommelen broke a leg😮
As the car flew high in the air it severed TV and phone cables and news of the tragedy only arrived at the pits 10 minutes later, at which time the Clerk of the course raised the Red Flag to terminate the event. Jochen Mass was awarded the win and given half points.
Yo estaba allí tenía 19 años y trabajaba de mantenimiento de las vallas protectoras, recuerdo al día siguiente desmontar la alambrada donde fue el accidente con restos humanos...
No era seguro ese circuito .
@@pablofloresmoreno9605 pues debería de ser la ostia.
I remember seeing a pic of Ken Tyrrell out with a wrench tightening armco before the race. That’s how poorly organised it was. I hope the organisers had those people’s deaths on their conscience for the rest of their lives. Scandalous!!
I was eleven y.o., i was obviously stuck on TV and I saw everything happened. And i saw our great and unforgettable Lella Lombardi ❤️
His car took flight as it touched to side fender of Paces Brabham and hit the third rail of the barrier as it was rising. This caused the car to jump up higher and crash on the other side of the barrier after smashing into a lamp post breaking it into large, separate pieces.
Rolf Stommelen the driver who crashed due to rear wing failure recovered from his injuries and continued racing. He was killed in another crash in 1983 driving a Porsche 935 at Riverside in California. Ironically his fatal crash was caused by rear wing failure at 190 mph. The Porsche hit a concrete wall, somersaulted and caught fire, Rolf died from head and chest injuries in the massive impact.
Stommelen had a habit of wings flying of his car. Its how he died.
Stommelens rear wing became completely separated from the car just at the beginning of the climb up to the Stadium jump and his car went wildly out of control as he crested, smashing into the right-side guard rail and rebounding across to the other side at 155mph!
in which turn happened this crash?
@@master-kq3nw if you look carefully at 0:06 and at 0.25X speed, you will see the bottom car lose its rear wing. This is just after the pits, in the main straight (which is not straight by the way).
At 0:15 you can see the rear wing flying away.
The crash is barely seen.
Ruhe in Frieden
Der Unfall, durch den er gestorben ist, war jedoch ein anderer
A fireman a photographer and 2 members of the crowed qhere killed while stomellen broke a leg😢
@broditoro fully agree. one of the best ever.
im sorry but- what the hell happens in this crash
Kkkkkkk there's no videos
dangerous street circiut
Ach wie schade um den schönen Stadtkurs von Barcelona ! Wäre dem Rolf Stommelen damals der Heckflügel nicht weggebrochen hätte der Grand Prix noch einige weitere Jahre stattgefunden !
Julia Oberwinkler War das beste, den GP zu streichen.
Genau, wie den Nürburgring.
@@DropkickNation Aber am Nurburgring motorsport war nicht verboten. Nur F1.
@@DropkickNation Das ist ziemlich verlogen, solange in Monte Carlo noch gefahren wird.
@@jurgenthomas5993 Wie ist es bitteschön verlogen, wenn du meine Meinung zu Monaco noch gar nicht kennst?
mil veces mas ancho que Monaco, pero Montjuich nunca ha tenido la suerte ni los dolares del principado
Stommelen's car in 1975 went into a restricted area and four people died...NONE of them were spectators. Three of them were corner marshals and one was a photographer and all of them knew the risks of what they were doing!...That does not diminish the loss of life, but spectators were NOT involved and Rolf Stommelen was pretty badly injured!
+PJ's Auto World Classics Yes, one spectator died, but he entered the restricted area. And his brother in law, who did the same, was seriously injured and became phisically and psicologically ill since then. The son of the dead spectator explained it in a forum.
pazzesco
Anyone else want to say what happened? Is ten enough?
rojf, es ist stommelen rojf!!!
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