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WATCH: Alonso, Verstappen and Prost star in the Top 10 crazy pre-race mishaps

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After Max Verstappen's incredible pre-race crash at the Hungarian Grand Prix, we look at 10 pre-race moments where things have gone wrong well before the lights have gone out!

Verstappen recovered from his crash to finish second in Hungary last time out, after an impressive repair job from his Red Bull mechanics with just 25 seconds to go until the start of the formation lap.

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You can watch that repair job here and a replay of the crash is included in this video list, but there are other stunning moments such as Fernando Alonso's near miss on the lead-up to his home race, Damon Hill's Arrows breaking down on the warm-up lap in Australia and Romain Grosjean's spin in the rain at Interlagos well before he got to the grid.

"We went from hero to zero in less than 24 hours," said Grosjean after that. Alain Prost would be able to relate, having had a race-ending off at the 1991 San Marino Grand Prix for Ferrari... See them all and more in the player above.

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