Historic F1 car drops from a crane during vintage car race in Monaco

Historic F1 car drops from a crane during vintage car race in Monaco

Published May. 23, 2016 12:30 p.m. ET

The Automobile Club de Monaco stages a series of races every two years on the Formula 1 circuit ahead of the Grand Prix of Monaco featuring different classes of classic cars, from 1950s sports cars to Formula 1 cars from the '60s and '70s - and a major crane accident led the circuit to be blocked and caused major damage to a McLaren M23. 

British driver Stuart Hall was involved in an accident that ended his race, and his car was lifted out of the way by one of the many cranes placed around the track ... but Hall's car was dropped from a considerable height at Mirabeau and came crashing down onto the track just as the race went green. 

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Officials were able to quickly red flag the race and cars slowed to get around Hall's car.

(Thanks to Jalopnik for sharing this video.)

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