Watch the 8 most surprising crashes in F1 history

#3 Lewis Hamilton, Canada 2008

Lewis Hamilton may be one of the fastest drivers and a four-time world champion today, but back in 2008, he was essentially a rookie who was just in his second season in F1 with McLaren.

His first season in 2007 almost resulted in him winning the championship but a calamity of errors in the final two races prevented him from winning. He did win the title in 2008 in dramatic circumstances but another incident took place in 2008 which was probably very embarrassing for the budding champion.

Hamilton had fond memories of Canada as he had won his first F1 race there in 2007. But 2008 proved to be a not-so-sweet memory for him. He qualified on pole followed by Kubica and Raikkonen. Those three remained in their positions for a majority of the race on Sunday but when Sutil’s car caught fire, the safety car was brought out.

All three dived into the pits at the same time, but Raikkonen emerged ahead after the stop. As he stopped at the red light at the end of the pitlane, accompanied by Kubica, Hamilton ploughed into the back of Raikkonen’s Ferrari, seemingly unaware of the red light. Rosberg further compounded the problem when he went into the back of Hamilton’s car.

With both his main rivals eliminated in one go, Robert Kubica took full advantage to score his only F1 victory till date and lead the drivers’ standings at the end of it.

VIDEO: Hamilton Canadian GP Pit Lane Crash