Jos Verstappen F1 Pit Fire (full)

"Speed" channels analysis of the pit lane incident. Jos Verstappen for Benetton in the 1994 season of formula one @ Hockenheim, Germany.

[victorfigueroa]

1:25 The reaction time from this mechanic though, hasn't even fallen to the ground yet and he's pulled out his extinguisher and saved his teammate's neck and head from severe burns

[ANDZeSports]

2022:Verstappen on fire 😎
1994: Verstappen on fire🌚

[Alexdrift]

Really fast the mechanich who extinguished the fire from the face of one of his mates 2:30

[huswsimonbla]

2:30 man that dude would have had big burns if his colleague didnt react so perfectly! Great job from him!

[GM_FtblA]

2:30 what a lad for saving that other pit crew member

[cRizy]

that's why these guys are called professionals.

[TheDzastre]

Good to have a great crew on that day they did an amazing job getting the fire put out.

[therealmbassy]

great reaction from the team, could've been much much worse

[dorkmax]

A safety filter on the fuel valve had been removed. It was designed to greatly reduce risk of fire, but added a full second to pit stop times. But the crew was so well-trained, they were countering the fire before it ignited.
The fire is what happens when you cut corners. The fact that no one was seriously injured is what happens when you *don't* cut corners.

[robinthebobin]

Just getting into F1, and I find it eerie that this was yet another incident in the 1994 season. What an awful year that must have been as a motorsport fan

[azapro]

Matchett described this in brilliant detail in his book. Some mechanics were badly injured, one of them got some of the fuel dripping under his goggles (for lack of a better term) and when the blaze started...thankfully most got away with smoke inhilation and nasty but repairable burns. Sparco brought out the new, safer fireproof outfits that year and everyone complained that it was "unncecessary". They didn't complain after this. Schumacher went pale when he saw what the fire did to the car.

[SufferPinkehh]

1994 was really the worst season of F1. Ratzenberger's and Senna's death, near-fatal accidents for Barrichello, Brundle and Wendlinger, and this...

[MrMobieleauto]

Man if this went wrong there wouldn't be a Max Verstappen either.

[runswithbears]

Pit crews; the unsung heroes of Formula 1.

[JohnnyColtHD]

@1:25 you can see Jos waving his arms around with flames coming from his overall, what a terrifying sight. It's in slow-motion later around 2:32.

[AppleLauda_destroyer]

Jos Verstappen: 3 seconds in fire
Niki Lauda: 1 minute in fire


both survived

[anameyoucantremember]

In 1994 Jos Verstappen could have died twice. Max was born in 1997.

[kertaspaper]

0:26 that one guy that ran inside sheesh

[turbokai]

Have seen this live...
Great how quick the team guys reacted

[citywalker]

Both fires horrific although I should stress out that Romain Grosjean’s situation was much much worse after crashing from 200+km/h with no immediate personnel to help. He had to sit in inferno and think and decide what to do after a shunt inside full blown fire 🔥. He spent much longer inside flames/fire than Jos Verstapen did (3-4 seconds). Just proves progress in fire proof F1 overalls.