This has to be one of the the silliest incidents of all time.
F1 Legend Nigel Mansell, driving his Ferrari in the 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix, was coming in for a pit-stop. Leading by 20 seconds after 40 laps, Mansell pitted, overshot and reversed half a car length. The stewards noticed this and disqualified him, but Mansell roared past the black flag and battled with Mclaren’s Aryton Senna before crashing into him and taking them both out of the race! The British driver later argued that he hadn’t seen the black flag but nonetheless, was fined $50,000 and was banned from the next race.
Check out the pit stop here:
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