5 Worst F1 crashes in the hybrid era

#4 Kevin Magnussen, Belgium 2016

Kevin Magnussen was lucky to avoid serious injury in Spa 3 years ago.

Kevin Magnussen is one of the most polarising drivers in Formula 1. Some fans praise him for his speed, defensive robustness and his brutal honesty, while other lament his overzealous defending and what could be considered to be poor attitude. However, what isn't up for debate is the Dane's commitment, K-Mag's old school in that he's ready to lay everything on the line to be as quick as possible. That approach could've been to his detriment at the 2016 Belgian Grand Prix, as Magnussen suffered what to date is his biggest crash in F1.

Renault were struggling during their first season as an F1 constructor since 2010, fighting with the Saubers and Manors to avoid the wooden spoon in that year's constructor's championship.

Incidents ahead of the Renaults meant that Jolyon Palmer was running in seventh, while Magnussen was in eighth, but Kevin wasn't going to settle for that. K-Mag followed Palmer up Eau Rouge, but perhaps too quickly, as Magnussen lost the back-end of his car and flew into the barriers at the exit of Raidillon. The impact was so great that it knocked his head-rest out of the car, making the danger of a severe head injury all the greater. Thankfully, though, Magnussen avoided serious injury, and took part in the following race at Monza as normal.