Canadian Grand Prix: 5 infamous crashes at Montreal's "Wall of Champions"

The wall of champions
The wall of champions

#4 Damon Hill - 1999

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The 1999 Canadian Grand Prix will go down as a race to remember, not because of Mika Hakkinen's win which would help the Fin secure a second world championship later on that season.

But because of the number of wall of champions clashes we had on that sunny Sunday in Montreal.

Damon Hill was one of those world champions who got it all wrong on the final turn that day.

The 1996 world champion lost control of his Jordan and the rear end of his car would collide into the wall of champions.

The accident left Hill with a kaput right rear wheel and left him out of the race after just 14 laps.

Hill said on Sky Sports F1 years after his accident: "I remember just getting close to the wall and then for some reason I remember feeling like I was being sucked into it."

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Edited by Alan John