WATCH: When Max Verstappen Suffered a Massive 30G Crash in Monaco

When Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen came together at Silverstone in 2021, the entire world was buzzing about it. And of course, why wouldn’t they? The Dutchman had just suffered one of the biggest crashes in the history of Formula One, a whopping 51G impact, and walked out of it pretty much unscathed albeit with a bit of body soreness.

However, quite interestingly, the 2021 British GP wasn’t the first time Verstappen encountered such a high-impact accident. Let’s travel down memory lane to his rookie F1 season in 2015. It was the Monaco Grand Prix and Verstappen was looking on course to secure points for Toro Rosso (now AlphaTauri).

Unfortunately, an amateurish pit-stop depleted his chances of finishing in the points, as he then looked to pull off a heroic comeback to finish in the points. But, his aggression ended up backfiring horribly, as he absolutely wrecked his car while battling with Romain Grosjean.

What happened at the Monaco GP?

Grosjean was then defending hard to secure his P10 from Verstappen. But, with much fresher tires, Verstappen was looking keen on getting himself past the Frenchman. The battle went on and on for a while before it met with a bitter end on lap 65.

Verstappen had his rear wing open amid DRS activation, charging after Grosjean, much closer than ever, on the main straight. But, as the duo arrived at the braking zone, it almost looked like Verstappen got his foot off the gas a tad too late as he slammed into the back of the Lotus Renault.

While Grosjean managed to avoid the worst of it, Verstappen’s car continued to skid along the tarmac and into the barriers around the exit of turn 1. Later next week, the affirmation arrived that Verstappen’s crash had a peak impact of around 30G.

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Max Verstappen blamed Grosjean

Verstappen remained adamant that he was not in the wrong as he blamed Grosjean’s early braking for the crash. “It’s very dangerous and for sure I will be a bit sore tomorrow,” he said.

“I braked in the same spot like the lap before but he clearly braked 10-15 metres earlier. When it is that close, you have no room. He caught me by surprise. I realized at the moment he braked, but by then it is too late because you don’t expect someone to brake that early.”

But, the FIA were quite clear about who was the guilty party. Soon after the race, the stewards assigned the blame on Verstappen, as they handed him a 5-place grid penalty for the succeeding Canadian GP along with two penalty points to his super-license.

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