PefCrash : Francois Cevert Fatal Crash - 1973 Watkins Glen

Cevert had crashed violently in the uphill Esses heading onto the back of the circuit. Fighting the car as he went up the hill, he brushed the curb on the left, whipped across the track and hit the guardrail on the right.

[fabianrocha]

"Half of the car was in the middle of the track, and I jumped out because at that time there were still fires around. And... It's quite strange in a way, I remember the battery was still sparking, and the big thing is to get him out of the car. And I went for his safety belt, and then turned around, and said to everybody else "Don't, Don't go there." I don't remember, thank goodness I don't remember what I saw. So it blanked off my mind, but it was it was a big effect on me." — Jody Scheckter

"[...] Then I stopped in the box, I opened the visor and said "Who crashed?" he said "Cevert" [...] And I stayed in the car, you lose track of things a little, then he came to tell me "Look, start the car that the track will open" and I said "And how is Cevert?" he said "Dead" "What do you mean dead?!" "Dead" _Starts crying_ ... And I said "Damn it and we're going back into the track" he said "It's logical" ... Then I said "No, this is shit" then I took off my seat belts, got out of the car, sat on the pit wall...saw all the cars...leaving...and I said "It's a war"" — Wilson "Wilsinho" Fittipaldi Júnior

[TizianKehm]

Watkins Glen was a murder track. The main problem were the armco barriers.😢😢😢😢

[merkury]

My God.
Rest in Peace Francois Cevert.

[esoZ]

0:21, that's the most clear picture I've seen of this crash.

[oscarislas]

Uno de los tantos grandes en una época que el 1er. premio de cada carrera era llegar con vida. La pago muy caro😢

[ysgol]

The most gruesome photo, from the other side of the crashed car, isn't here.

I'm 99.9% certain though that the colour photo at 0.27 shows his left eye open, his nose, and his helmet (which Jackie has said remained on after the crash). Anyone agree??

[liams]

0:21 Can someone explain what is in this photo?

[wernerschneider]

It's said that Sir Jackie decided to retire after that season following the fatal accident of his teammate.