{"id":501368,"date":"2023-02-26T23:38:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T07:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=498979"},"modified":"2025-01-06T01:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T01:38:08","slug":"the-most-insane-crash-in-formula-1-world-championship-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-most-insane-crash-in-formula-1-world-championship-history\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: The Most Insane Crash In Formula 1 World Championship History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate Hans Hermann&#8217;s 95th birthday, we look back at one of the most spectacular crashes in F1 history. At the 1959 German Grand Prix, Hans Hermann was driving a BRM P25 and crashed after five laps into the second heat. The crash was quite spectacular as the car somersaulted in the air while he got thrown out and walked away virtually unhurt.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"F1 - 1959 Avus GP - Hans Hermann accident\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w_wJaVFS0VI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"F1 - 1959 Avus GP - Hans Hermann accident\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w_wJaVFS0VI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate Hans Hermann&#8217;s 95th birthday, we look back at one of the most spectacular crashes in F1 history. At the 1959 German Grand Prix, Hans Hermann was driving a BRM P25 and crashed after five laps into the second heat. The crash was quite spectacular as the car somersaulted in the air while he got thrown out and walked away virtually unhurt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":547261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12919],"tags":[8441,16809,18878,18879],"class_list":["post-501368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos","tag-videos","tag-f1-videos","tag-videos-racing","tag-videos-retro-racing"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO: The Most Insane Crash In Formula 1 World Championship History<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-most-insane-crash-in-formula-1-world-championship-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VIDEO: The Most Insane Crash In Formula 1 World Championship History\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"To celebrate Hans Hermann&#8217;s 95th birthday, we look back at one of the most spectacular crashes in F1 history. 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