Has a Safety car driver ever lost control ?

[woohoo]

I have once seen a picture of a safety car that looked as if it had spun infront of a F1 field.

I dont know if it was real or not (or was taken from an angle so it LOOKED as if it had spun, but it was intriguing.
(Unfortunatly I dident save it)
So, has a safety drive ever lost it ?

[Ciro Pabón]

Sure, physicians also die, altough I haven't seen it happening in Formula One and I've followed F1 for some time.

I saw one: at a Spanish Moto GP in 2000 or 2001. The safety car crashed while they were having the lap before the start. I also think it was at Jerez but, again, I'm not totally sure. I googled for five minutes but I couldn't find anything.

[Jon]

I have once seen a picture of a safety car that looked as if it had spun infront of a F1 field.

I dont know if it was real or not (or was taken from an angle so it LOOKED as if it had spun, but it was intriguing.
(Unfortunatly I dident save it)
So, has a safety drive ever lost it ?

For what it's worth, it almost happened in 2007 at, I believe, the Nurburgring. At that race we also almost have a car (Liuzzi's TR) hit the SC.

[zoru]

I have not seen a SC spinning in F1.
Here are a few accidents similar to it:


1. F3 race (DC and Barrichello were racing)

The race started. All the F3 cars dashed into
the first corner. A big smoke came out.
All the spectators around looked at it, thinking
"A big accident!".
It was a safety car blowing the engine up.


2. Hungarian GP in 1995

It is not a safety car, but...

[Belatti]

jajajaja I remember that!

It was Taki Inoue in a Footwork!

If I was the driver of that car, I would do the same thing to him, while shouting: for the love of pete how you dare to drive a F1 car that slow?!?!?

[Scotracer]

I remember Monaco sevaral years back where the Safety car binned it in the rain when it was out checking the conditions. I lol'd.

[Tom Castellani]

I read in one of Sid Watkins' books that, not the safety car but the medical car crashed at Monaco during a race weekend. I think Sid broke some ribs in that! D:

[Scotracer]

Ah, it could be the medical car - I vaguely remember it was an estate Mercedes.

Either way, it's highly ironic

[Metar]

For what it's worth, it almost happened in 2007 at, I believe, the Nurburgring. At that race we also almost have a car (Liuzzi's TR) hit the SC.

Liuzzi nearly hit the evacuation-tractor which, ironically, was on it's way to salvage the other Toro Rosso car.

[thegreat1]

Schumacher almost crashed with track marshalls when they were trying to get stranded jaguar out of the way. (interlagos 2003)

[Tom Castellani]

Ah, it could be the medical car - I vaguely remember it was an estate Mercedes.

Either way, it's highly ironic

I think that would be the medical car however it may be a different incident you're thinking of. I'm pretty sure it was before the Mercedes contract when they were still using Renaults.

[andartop]

F1 GP do Brazil 2002, Nick Heidfeld ripped off the door of the medical car, that was really funny, and there's still a video on youtube. I also THINK I remember a safety car crashing IN THE BACK of Alex Wurz (probably SC driver underestimated F1 braking efficiency) Did I dream of this incident or did it happen indeed? Anyone can help?

[twoshots]

Heidfeld and the medical car. Could have been quite serious...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AvJJ70CRBrY

Wurz and the safety car. Slightly more comical...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IR7JWtQNcLg