This video shot by a spectator during the Monaco Grand Prix shows how the collision between Pastor Maldonado and Max Chilton ended up blocking the track.
Chilton and Maldonado collided on lap 45 of the race, sending the Williams into the barriers at Tabac. The impact dislodged the TecPro barrier, pulling it across the circuit.
Jules Bianchi, who was following the pair of them, was unable to avoid hitting the barrier. The video shows Giedo van der Garde’s Caterham coming to a stop to avoid the wreckage.
The race was stopped and drivers had to file slowly past the scene of the accident which left only a narrow gap for them to pass through.
Maldonado was unhurt and Bianchi was able to continue in the race after having his front wing replaced. Chilton was given a drive-through penalty during the race for causing the collision.
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F1abw (@f1abw)
29th May 2013, 21:24
From this angle it seems like a lot of good luck that the barrier did come round or else Bianchi would have connected with Maldonado with a pretty hefty hit and a pretty bad angle.
MNM101 (@mnm101)
29th May 2013, 22:23
definitely a good thing that happened, judging by the damage Bianchi was left with after he collided with the barrier, crashing into Maldonado probably would have been a disaster
BasCB (@bascb)
30th May 2013, 7:05
Certainly looks like the barrier formed a protective bubble around Maldonado’s car. I am sure this is not supposed to happen, but in a way it made it far less dangerous.
baldgye (@baldgye)
29th May 2013, 21:27
amazing video, gives you a really good angle!
hey (@hey)
30th May 2013, 0:07
Yeah. Even after playing multiple sims and watching it on tv, there’s nothing like a home-video from a different viewpoint to knit everything together and make it feel more like a real place that they’re driving around.
verstappen (@verstappen)
29th May 2013, 22:09
These amateur video’s always seem to show more raw speed. Good angle indeed!
josephrobert (@josephrobert)
29th May 2013, 22:25
The best thing about monaco crash videos is watching the marshals work. They really are the best in the world, in some countries marshals run out with the old fire extinguisher and then the are like urhhh there’s 3 of us and urrr lets try and push it. But in Monaco they stay safe, well organised and there’s loads of them. Usually they know what time window they have to work with before the car’s come round and they can crane the crash out.
BasCB (@bascb)
30th May 2013, 7:03
It really is the top of the crop in Monaco, isn’t it.
Kiril Varbanov (@)
30th May 2013, 8:19
650 marshals were appointed for this race and it was quite a fast work.
Although I had the chance to comment the race on the TV and look at the incident from lots of different angels, the world stream never showed this one, so thanks for sharing it.
Lin1876 (@lin1876)
29th May 2013, 22:26
Really brings home the violence of that accident. Fantastic video.
xjr15jaaag (@xjr15jaaag)
29th May 2013, 22:47
They are going so slowly!!!
It’s painful to see the speed they’re taking through Tabac
Fisha695 (@fisha695)
29th May 2013, 22:48
What the heck was the Yellow thing?
GT_Racer
30th May 2013, 0:01
If your on about the yellow car towards the end it was the Renault Megane course car thats usually parked at the harbor chicane.
http://f1.imgci.com/PICTURES/CMS/10500/10599.jpg
GT_Racer
30th May 2013, 0:01
Sorry meant Renault Clio.
Fisha695 (@fisha695)
30th May 2013, 7:02
Ah ok.
uan (@uan)
30th May 2013, 3:11
I thought it was an HRT that snuck into the field :)
Alexis Ryan (@wench)
30th May 2013, 1:24
Great video. Awesome perspective. Couldn’t tell at all that it was as bad as that on TV.
uan (@uan)
30th May 2013, 3:12
If I could make it to the Monaco GP, that’s the where I’d like to watch it from. What a great view of the course. It’s also amazed me how quiet it becomes as the cars disappear up to Casinos square. Wouldn’t even know there’s a race on until they start coming out of the tunnel again.
JohnBt (@johnbt)
30th May 2013, 3:22
Very good angle of video and I like the vertical effect. Well done!
Felt like Pastor hit a snake hiding.
Bleu (@bleu)
30th May 2013, 3:23
Looking at the video, it took little less than minute to red-flag the race.
SaturnVF1 (@doublestuffpenguin)
30th May 2013, 3:53
That barrier came out way too easily. It looks like Pastor’s wing dug in and pulled it but I’m surprised they’re not tied back somehow to prevent that.
karter22 (@karter22)
30th May 2013, 3:53
Awesome video but please people, say NO to vertical video… geez, it would have been great if we could have gotten a wider view…. :/
LosD (@losd)
30th May 2013, 10:47
+1. Every phone should replace the view with a “Stop being an idiot” sign if the user tries to record video in portrait mode.
Mike Dee (@mike-dee)
30th May 2013, 11:56
I disagree. My screens are in portrait mode, too, so vertical videos are perfect for me (at least for the lunch break at work)!
MJ4
30th May 2013, 20:39
Wasn’t it recorded vertically for the simple reason that the orientation of the race track (which is, after all, the relevant part of the shot) is vertical from that point of view?
Fisha695 (@fisha695)
30th May 2013, 23:25
I actually feel that the vertical works in this video for that very reason, with the layout of the track it allows you to see the run up the hill after the accident too.
Dane (@n0b0dy100)
30th May 2013, 4:50
This guy had an awesome view of the race. Probably pays through the nose for that apartment though.
BasCB (@bascb)
30th May 2013, 7:04
I understood apartments go for about 60.000 USD for the weekend.
TedEadman007
30th May 2013, 21:19
Do you mean $60 or $60,000? If it’s either, check your figures. LOL!
BasCB (@bascb)
30th May 2013, 22:52
That is 60.000 Ted. (do you mean you have other information about apartment rent in Monaco for the GP weekend, then please share that with us)
Fisha695 (@fisha695)
30th May 2013, 23:26
Nah I think he was confused by the European period versus the American comma as the separator.
BasCB (@bascb)
31st May 2013, 6:53
That might be so (except its the US comma vs. the worldwide period), but I was wondering mainly about the “LOL, check your figures” part @fisha695
Maybe Ted thought I meant the cost of buying an apartment there, as opposed to the rent for an appartment with a balcony offering premium view of the track for the Monaco weekend?
Common Monsoon (@commonmonsoon)
30th May 2013, 7:50
Ouchie, not a nice crash at all. Glad to see Pastor escaped unharmed after such a sudden stop like that. Still can’t believe how long it took the director to pick up on the fact the track was blocked. It’s also odd that it took them so long to throw a red flag considering the track was almost completely blocked.
anon
30th May 2013, 15:44
It’s only luck that there hasn’t been a crash at Monaco where are car has gone over a fence and taken out several marshals. So many parts of the circuit where people are directly exposed. Only a matter of time before it does.
BasCB (@bascb)
31st May 2013, 7:04
Remember last year, when Derek Daly’s car almost went over the catch fencing in the GP3 race?
wsrgo (@wsrgo)
31st May 2013, 8:04
@bascb Surely you mean Conor Daly?
BasCB (@bascb)
31st May 2013, 8:21
Lol, oops, now that would be a sight, a 65+ aged driver in GP3! Yes, you are right @wsrgo :-)
BJ (@beejis60)
30th May 2013, 16:24
Vertical phone video ruined it for me.
Jason (@jmwalley)
30th May 2013, 17:06
Great perspective, thanks to however posted it.
When the cars come around after the crash and have to wait for the marshalls to clear the barrier out of the way, had Lewis and everyone already dove into the pits? I was expecting Lewis to sill be second and this barrier be why he took so long to get back to the pits, so now I’m really mystified at how badly he botched his safety-car speed in-lap so much slower than the others.
Bleu (@bleu)
30th May 2013, 19:47
The pit stops were around SC caused by Massa’s accident, not this one.
mark b (@mark-b)
30th May 2013, 21:44
My wife and I were there in K2 for that. I saw Maldonado touch the wall and then catch that piece of barrier. I really think it may have prevented a much worse crash the way it curled around him.