Elio was quite the gentleman and played piano on a professional level. I couldn't believe it when I read of his death. Safety in the "golden age" of F1 was absolutely appalling.

@thepsychologist8159

8 ай бұрын

True. But with all sports, motor racing has risks. Racing drivers know and understand these risks. Yes, I agree by 1986 there should have been higher safety standards even when testing, but so too is it the responsibility of participants to take an interest in safety - it can't just be assumed. Using a separate example, by which has relevance, it's no different to a tradesperson going on the worksite but finds no or minimal safety gear provided. If that tradesperson then decides to proceed (i.e. gets up on a roof without a harness), the tradesperson has then assumed the risk - voluntary assumption of risk.

Poor Elio, he would've survived that crash had it occurred during racing weekend. In the testing session safety arrangements were near non-existent back in the day.

@peppop1809

2 ай бұрын

Ok, but now races are boring.

Poor guy. He was very fast, and talented.

@theuser698

2 жыл бұрын

And wrong era

*Surprised this footage exists.* *To the right of this view on the other side of the track was the old Ecole Winfield Elf Racing school. I attended in 1991.* *The section behind the crash is where the school circuit rejoins from the Mistral straight, then down the hill to the chicane and back.* *I asked the head instructor Simon Delatour (who was actually British) about the accident. He said he was there at the time and that he was disgusted that there were no emergency provisions on duty for an F1 testing session.* *I have to admit coming through that section, occasionally I thought of De Angelis despite knowing very little about him at the time.*

Yikes. Really shows how bad safety was in testing. The whole affair is surprisingly similar to Williamson's crash, lots of people in casual clothes not knowing what to do...

@pespodsp

8 ай бұрын

Exactly, it's appalling how bad the trackside assistance was at the time, real amateurish. This accident proves my point, the cars at that time were safe enough, Elio did not sustain fatal injuries despite the horrific crash, but the fumes of the fire and not being able to breathe normally killed him.

@Alex-gn9px

6 ай бұрын

@@pespodsp Not exactly. At the time it was thought that since they were private tests, since the drivers did not push the car to the maximum, there was no risk of accidents. And so there were no marshalls and doctors. Right after Elio's accident there was an obligation for marshalls, ambulances and doctors during private tests. The cars were unsafe. In fact, Elio's fatal accident occurred due to a mechanical failure. A few months later Lafitte had an accident that ended his career.

@pespodsp

6 ай бұрын

@@Alex-gn9px Laffite had an unfortunate accident. It ended his career because he was already 43 yo so it wouldn't be easy for anyone at that age to make a comeback. If he were younger he'd have a seat for 1987. Remember, this is motor racing, it cannot be accident-free. To me those cars were not unsafe, the design of that Brabham wasn't good at all, it was beautiful but extremely fragile. Not all cars were like that in 1986.

@Alex-gn9px

6 ай бұрын

@@pespodsp "To me those cars were not unsafe " 80's: 4 drivers dead (Depallier, Villeneuve, Paletti, De Angelis) 6 drivers so so seriously injured that they could never drive again (Regazzoni, Jabouille, Pironi, Lafitte, Alliot, Donnerly) On average every year there were accidents where a driver either died or was seriously injured that he was disabled.

@pespodsp

6 ай бұрын

@@Alex-gn9px Alliot didn't end his career because of any crash. Donnelly's crash proves my point: hard to believe that such a massive crash did not kill him, and the fault of his crash was car's mechanical failure (suspension break). Also Elio's death is down to circuit organization, can't be trapped in fire for 20 minutes without no one even knowing you are there and hoping to survive. Others were racing accidents unfortunately. In motor racing it happens, if you try to make it too safe you get today's F1, a bunch of bureaucrats who care only about money, politically-correct and decide racing results in the office and not on track.

Elio de Angelis was a well respected bloke off & on the track with other drivers. On the track he showed excellent track manners. Off it everyone said in F1 he was amongst the nicest blokes in the sport. This is why everyone was so upset about what happened to him.

I just read about this crash. His actual impact injury is a broken collarbone and light burns to his back. He dies of smoke inhalation 29 hours after the crash. It took safety officials half hour+ to get to him. Had they got to him in 5 minutes, he'd be alive today... NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. Utter disgust to the safety here from an "officials" POV.😠

@amina-pr8xt

Жыл бұрын

Why took it so long? Because of the fire or because of the distance ?

@Ricobaca

Жыл бұрын

​@@amina-pr8xt because of third worldness

@Durbanite2010

9 ай бұрын

@@Ricobaca it was at Paul Ricard in Le Castellet in France, not far from Marseille, not so third world. Bernie Ecclestone was too cheap to pay for more marshals at his own track despite being Brabham team owner at the time too - he later gave the track as part of a divorce settlement to Slavica, his 2nd wife.

@thepsychologist8159

8 ай бұрын

True. But with all sports, motor racing has risks. Racing drivers know and understand these risks. Yes, I agree by 1986 there should have been higher safety standards even when testing, but so too is it the responsibility of participants to take an interest in safety - it can't just be assumed. Using a separate example, by which has relevance, it's no different to a tradesperson going on the worksite but finds no or minimal safety gear provided. If that tradesperson then decides to proceed (i.e. gets up on a roof without a harness), the tradesperson has then assumed the risk - voluntary assumption of risk.

@chrishall2211

8 ай бұрын

Ecclestone didn't own the track at the time of Elio's accident. He bought it much later.

Ciao Elio . Un signore 💔

Incredible footage. Such a horrible accident this was

If today's kids compete with confidence, they owe it to these skills we lost. Rindt, Senna, Angelis, Depailler, Villeneuve, Paletti, Williamson etc. R.I.P well everyone.😢😢😢

@anthonyhewis5083

8 ай бұрын

Tbh it was mainly due to Senna. Very little was done regarding the previous fatalities. It was seen as just one of those things that happened from time to time. It took the death of a figure known globally outside the sport to finally get things serious on a safety point. Although we can also pinpoint the election of Max Moseley towards going in the right direction as he seemed more sympathetic than Jean Marie Ballestre who only cared about power.

@Nick-Makorov

8 ай бұрын

​@@anthonyhewis5083true

I was reading about this earlier. There was sadness and outrage over what was a preventable fatality.

You can see Prost's car there - he along with Jones and Mansell were the first drivers to arrive on the scene and tried to help save him.

Di gran lunga il miglior pilota italiano della F1 moderna....

When a driver's passion for racing goes beyond the very evident limits of his car .... Elio died for this!

thanks for posting man

The crash was not fatal, but the fire was.

Che dilettanti allo sbaraglio...ma è possibile che arrivi un cameraman assieme ai soccorsi??? E che razza di soccorsi...povero Elio, una grande persona e un grande pilota.

Amateurism on behalf of the track organisers.

Primeira morte no automobilismo que eu me lembro. Lembro até da notícia no jornal nacional

@cristianocarmo7140

5 ай бұрын

Será que existe vídeo dessa reportagem?

❤Elio❤

Circuit du Castellet. I remember when it happened. 😢

Elio was talented, smooth and quick. And made very few mistakes. Once he saw Senna become de facto Team Manager at Lotus, he wanted out and it was a shame that Brabham were on the way down. Had the BT55 concept worked, things could have been very different. Instead Murray's radical design didn't work and Gordon lost a driver for the first and last time.

Was that the Brabham BT54 car? Tragic loss as Elio was the quintessential gentleman driver.

@pespodsp

6 ай бұрын

BT55

I never saw this before... 😢 Poor Elio.

Le pauvre...

Absolut dillettantisch. Dieser Mann könnte noch leben.

Povero ragazzo 😢

Gordon Murray could have designed a slightly less skimpy roll bar...

What safety?

Ciao erio

Povero Elio ha pagato la presunzione del progettista Murray che si invento la vettura chiamata sogliola una vera e propria bara volante riposa in pace Grande Elio.

F1では82〜94年まで犠牲者はいないと語られているが、エリオも間違いなく犠牲者である。

Man would've crushed Senna in Lotus.

@Dolek135

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately Senna outscored him quite visibly.

@TheColinChapman

11 ай бұрын

@@Dolek135 in the end, he did, yes, but it took him rather long. One of the surprises of the 1985 season was that Elio de Angelis was able to lead the internal team duel throughout three quarters of the season. Elio de Angelis was not an easy pass for Ayrton Senna.

@speakfreeley4473

8 ай бұрын

Unfortunately when Senna joined Lotus boss Peter Warr had little time for de Angelis. Warr was noted for that. He treated Nigel Mansell as if he had no future in the sport, hence why De Angelis had it good during that time, only for him to find himself in a similar situation when Senna joined, resulting in de Angelis leaving Lotus when that season ended.

If a scheming and ruthless Ayrton Senna hadn't been insistent on Elio De Angelis being traded from the team so that he could be number one driver in 1986, this never would have happened. Karma came around to bite him on the ass eight years later.

@Dolek135

2 жыл бұрын

You must be different kind of sick. This happened because his rear wing flew off. Use your common sense, psychopath,

@alexm7627

2 жыл бұрын

Provide grounds for your claims please

@JonathanAllen0379

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexm7627 Try reading. The information is freely available from several reputable sources. My job isn't to do the work for you.

@alexm7627

2 жыл бұрын

@@JonathanAllen0379 you're right

@aaronrawlinson9648

Жыл бұрын

Senna did not orchastrate De Angelis' death, and saying that Senna's own death is "karma" is pretty horrible