[Strontium]

I was thinking, it would be good for us to put together a full list of Formula One drivers who have been victims of the Wall of Champions, in Montreal. They do not actually have to be champions (now or at the time of the accident), nor does it need to be in a race. Any F1 session counts. Indicating the circumstances surrounding the accident would be a bonus. Just to avoid confusion, we will say that a victim counts as having had any damage or compromise due to any contact with the wall.

[paulgilb]

Jacques Villeneuve in 1997
Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill,Jacques Villeneuve and Ricardo Zonta in 1999 (this is where the name came from)
Jenson Button in 2005
Kamui Kobayashi in 2010
Sebastian Vettel in 2011 (practice)

[Simon]

Don’t know if it’s definitive but there’s a list on Wikipedia: link

Suprised to see Maldonado on there…

[David-A]

[dragoll]

@david-a lol, way to spoil a good thread with a definitive video piece :P

[dragoll]

@s162000:

Don’t know if it’s definitive but there’s a list on Wikipedia: link

For those too lazy to search for the list in wiki as posted by Scott, below is the list from wiki.

Full list of victims:
Alexander Wurz, two-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours, in 1997.
Damon Hill, 1996 F1 World Champion, in 1999.
Michael Schumacher, 7 time F1 World Champion, in 1999.
Jacques Villeneuve, 1997 F1 World Champion, in 1997 and 1999.
Ricardo Zonta, 1998 FIA GT sports car Champion, in 1999.
Nico Rosberg, 2005 GP2 Champion.
Nick Heidfeld, 1999 International Formula 3000 Champion, in 2001.
Rubens Barrichello, 1991 British Formula Three Champion in 2002.
Jenson Button, 2009 F1 World Champion, in 2005.
Tiago Monteiro, in 2006.
Juan Pablo Montoya, 1999 CART Champion, in 2006.
Vitantonio Liuzzi, 2004 International Formula 3000 Champion, in 2007.
Kamui Kobayashi, 2008-09 GP2 Asia Series Champion, in 2010.
Sebastian Vettel, 4 time F1 World Champion, in 2011.
Bruno Senna, nephew of 3 time World Champion Ayrton Senna, in 2012.
Pastor Maldonado, 2010 GP2 Series Champion, in 2012.

@s162000:

Suprised to see Maldonado on there…

I’m surprised he’s only on there once ;)

[Simon]

@dragoll

Haha, wouldn’t suprise me if he did it this weekend! F1 would be much duller without Pastor :-D

Maldonator the movie: http://youtube.com/?#/watch?v=V9GtxYrMQcI

[PorscheF1]

The wall though is one of the last things in F1 that really punishes drivers for going to wide. Even though it is still a good two metres drivers still sometimes find their way into the wall. The chincane is basically the same as those in Monza. Would not surprise me if somewhere in the future the wall gets moved back and we’ll see a magic appearance of tarmac run off.

[Iosif]

I didn’t know “nephew of 3 time World Champion” counted as a champion hitting the wall. :)

[Fer no.65]

@xtwl Ah, wouldn’t surprise me one bit…

[Bullfrog]

Tiago Monteiro, in 2006.

Poor Tiago – he must have won something…

I wish they’d put “Welcome to Quebec” on the wall again.

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