Tuesday 25 August 2015 14:17, UK
Watch as Pastor Maldonado crashes out of Practice One of the Belgium GP after losing the rear of the Lotus.
Exiting the Les Combes chicane, the Venezuelan lit up his rear tyres and his Lotus speared into the barrier on the inside of the track.
The impact caused damage to the front and rear of his car, bringing out the red flag and ending his session early.
After a disappointing Hungary where he picked up multiple in-race penalties, another driver error was certainly not what Maldonado needed immediately after the summer break.
However, although Maldonado has been involved in a number of incidents in 2015 alone, he claimed it was the first crash that had been of his own making since the start of the season.
"It's the first one of this year from my side," he told Sky Sports News HQ. "It's a track which is quite narrow and when you make a mistake or you have any problem, or you brake long, you always crash.
"It's very difficult, it's very fast at the same time. But that's why it's practice – you need to try different things in the car, different configurations and then take the best experience you have with all the tests for qualy and the race."
With the future ownership of the Lotus team uncertain amid discussions with Renault, neither Maldonado nor team-mate Romain Grosjean's places at the Enstone outfit for 2016 have yet been confirmed.
"He brings a chunk of change to the team - well over $30m reputedly - and you wonder with the repair bills and the lack of world championship points how much net he brings the team," said Sky Sports F1's Martin Brundle on Maldonado.
"He's a lovely bloke but when you see a compilation of his accidents it just reminds you how many he has in practice, in qualifying, in the race. It's unacceptable frankly. It's just craziness that shouldn't be allowed and if he didn't bring cash he wouldn't be in a Formula 1 car - there's no doubt about it."
