None of us really believed Senna or Prost could ever die, they were... 'perfect', they were not normal chaps: take a look at Gilles' looks... then take a look at Ayrton: smashing difference.
We felt it deeply, that was our illusion way back then... Imola '94 brought us feet back on the ground. The '90s... Kurt Cobain committing suicide, for instance: celebrities were NOT perfect, they COULD die, the '80s were over and so was that dream of robotic future. It was hard for many of us.
I was 21 back then, I had been through the '80s, we were all sons of the typically '80s' 'way onto the future' attitude: after Gilles' untimely death everything changed, in fact Villeneuve's crash seemed to belong more to the '70s than to this 'future' we were living in in the '80s. Drivers had become rather untouchable (yet not soul-less as Schumacher...) well built-up machines, how could they die like normal human beings, like Gilles or Ronnie Peterson?
You're welcome - I regret using the trial version of the video converter now but it does show how the crash occurred at 1:35 as his front wing flies off. He had damaged it by going off on the previous lap. Where other drivers would have come in to the pits to replace it, brave Roland put his foot down and went for another flying lap in his attempt to qualify his car and get within 107% of what was Senna's final pole. Both are sadly missed. Thank you all for your continuing respectful comments...
@DAH210774 F1 cars go over curbs hard - the real reason for the accident was due to a mechanic not bolting the front wing on properly, the whole thing came loose. He did a runner in panic after the accident. Don't ask me how I know this
I too find it bizarre how nonchalant/unbothered/unworried the announcers are here...that car is absolutely destroyed and Ratzenberger's neck was so obviously broken...his head just spun around like a top....R.I.P.
@bpisports I think sadly everyone had become used to drivers surviving accidents like. It had become unthinkable that drivers would die any more. Sadly that wasn't to be the case.
@fly5155 Yeah, I downloaded the whole session the other week and was watching it before and it is ironic that they were talking about how safe the cars are just before the crash, and even after it they were talking about how safe the cars are compared to the metal ones
@TheNickmoura@TheNickmoura Yes Roland Ratzenberger on Saturday afternoon in Qualifying and Ayrton Senna in the race on the Sunday. It seems quite unimaginable now considering how safe the sport has now become. Both were freak accidents and the deaths were as a result of thick concrete walls being at the side of the track as opposed to massive run off areas which we have now. They tragically both suffered fatal head injuries as a consequence. Both drivers are sorely missed, Ayrton particularly..
@flipsidedogchop yes but what made this weekend so much worse was how unexpected this was, just think there hadnt been a single death in f1 for an entire decade and the cars were deemed to be much much safer, however back in 58 and 70 the cars werent as safe as these ones and so deaths had to be expected, but in 1994 people were thinking noone would see another death but unfortunatly this weekend rolled around and left a black mark on f1 forever...
Ich erinnere mich daran das live gesehen zu haben als ich klein wahr.Ich habe immer mit meinem vater zusammen geguckt.ich habe meinen vater gefragt wie es ihm wohl geht und er sagt ''ich schätze das er das nicht überleben kann'' und so war es dann auch
That was massive... I think even a modern formula 1 car would have been destroyed quite severly. The difference is the hans device and the modified cockpits where the softer material rise around the head aswell. I still will never understand why it took so long to at least cover the pilots heads with something or use the hans device which I believe was created in the 80's?
Today I think during these times the director would show some grandstand or some cars in the pits. These days even tho not that long ago, showed it in all of its reality.
I don't know if what we do today is better than that or not?
It's a tough one though - because you don't want to see anything too horrific, but then again you don't want to see nothing at all of the incident.
As fans who live sleep and breathe the sport -I rekon we have a right, or atleast a choice to watch this stuff or not
It's chilling that we see the first fatality of the weekend drive by as we eerily stare at Tamburello, where the second fatality would occur 24 hours later...
@ThePulgare Stimmt ... auch heute noch würde das nich spurlos am Fahrer vorbeigehn ...selbst mit noch stärkerem Kohlefasercockpit als damals ...Kubica hatte Glück...R.I.P. Roland ...
The commentators sound so unconcerned and oblivious. Some of the things they say are tragically ironic - "these guys are surviving very high speed impacts now which wouldn't have happened 15 years ago".
If there is anything that can come from all of this, it is that since this race in 1994, there has not been one fatality in F1 since. I cant really remember even a really bad crash where someone was really hurt with the possible exception of Schumacher in 1999. Safety became paramount after this and we should at least be grateful for that. RIP Ratzenberger and Senna
@kennedy22384 The Kubica crash a few years ago in Canada was in my view, way worse than Schuey´s one. He had luck and the HANS device to help protect him. But F1 is not and will never be 100% safe.
Thank you, for this video. Its really shocking, what happened on this black weekend in imola. In the video game rfactor i drove the circuit in Imola 1994 and its really sick how close these walls were standing to the circuit!
it is awfull how FIA concentrated on banning driver aids mainly because it is run by old people who tend to be conservative and reject new and revolutionary technologies. instead they should have been concentrated on things like the minimum high of the vehicle. (space between the road and the bottom plate of the car) and also stop wasting time on deciding how many grooves we should put on tyres this season.
ScarfaceHood - The problem was the track, not so much the cars. THe cars were very strong, even in 1994. Theres not much you can do when the cars have nothing but solid walls to hit a max speed.
@fly5155 Indeed, ironic regarding them discussing it right at the time and yes indeed a death wish. We can only now believe he musy have thought he hadn't done much or any damage to his front wing to feel he could continue to do a flying lap. But a dangerous and tragic decision to have made. At 1:51 we see it depart company from his Simtek under strain from the downforce. A sad loss and tragic weekend
@DAH210774 Roland was under intense pressure to qualify, comming into the pits would have wasted a couple of laps, and they were restricted to 12 laps in total.
He was seen swerving the car trying to get a feel for its condition before starting the flying lap.
Poor Roland, to die as he was fulfiling his dream to be in F1 is just so sad.
@blackcluck Were they really restricted to 12 laps in 1994? I didn't think that rule had come in until later that decade.. I accept he was under pressure to have made that mistake and perhaps a death wish was too strong a statement. Thank you for your comments and that knowledge I will look into it. Best wishes :-)
@amweestwel Ah thanks! You're welcome and you're right I'm reminded now, that sounds more like it - 12 laps on Friday and 12 on Saturday. The Ferrari's are a bit special in this aren't they?! Ayrton had confessed to Montezemello (I so believe) he'd like to finish his career in the those gorgeous red cars with the prancing horse emblem. Now that is my vision of heaven. Every race track with every car available, with him racing against the best drivers who ever lived at the top of their game :-)
@blackcluck plus i read somewhere that Roland was orginally on a six-race deal with Simtek, and if he had qualified and raced well in the race, the deal would be been made longer, so sad, Roland died for his dream
@superd00d89 I love that I get to find out things like this over the course of time. Thanks for that and to everybody for their respectful comments and ratings - well done everyone. Best wishes :-)
the sooner bernie ecclestone is gone the better. formula 1 should make the break away series. revert the cars back to the old style, low front wings, high rear wings, widen the cars to give maximum downforce instead for removin downforce. it would make racing more excitin while still keepin safety in mind.keep refuellin next year and bring back active suspension
I wonder what the announcers really want to say....I think you could tell that Roland was seriously injured or killed. And the announcers have to bs there way until qualifying could resume :( .
I would love to hear an interview of the person driving Ayrton to the scene of the accident. Someone somewhere needs to find this man and get his story.
it was all about the cars... they've pushed the speed and performance to the limit, but there was not enough room for saving a life when something went wrong. As well as the next day when Senna died. (Circuit circumstances and cars over their limit).
it took a champion like Senna to die for them to make F1 safer... a Ratzenberger was not enough for them... that's how they worry about this men lives.
IT was 50 % Bernie Ecclestone's fauls as well. He never wanted to spend too much money on safety. only when Roldand and Ayrton died, he took huge safety decisions then...
I was 10 months when this happened, but I believe that the front wing got wedged underneath the car to cause the accident. But the tyre could have punctured reducing the amount of downforce, the puncture beinf cause by the front wing. RIP Roland
@halfordsss What me striked the most, was that Senna himself wanted to see the part of the track where Ratzenberger crashed to be sure if there was something unusual in that corner. And 1 day later, that man crashed also at Imola... It's so surreal to see that with the knowledge of today... Cruel to the bone...
Yes, I found it quite strange the first time I watched it unedited a few years ago. All 3 of them had just watched graphic resuscitation attempts to Roland on the track. So either John Watson and Allard Kalff knew the severity of his injuries and wanted to keep upbeat incase a miracle happened, or they were under the belief that F1 cars were now so incredibly safe he'd be ok. Perhaps maybe a mix of both, considering Rubens' escape the previous day plus it'd been 8 years since a fatality in F1...
they were actually talking about barrichello's accident the previous day, they were saying how amazing it was to see him walking after his heavy crash - but yes it is awfully ironic given the pictures they were talking over
It probably was a mixture of both, but they knew it was a bad crash because in part 8 they knew he wouldn't be racing the next day, which actually rarely happens. Incidentally, did the bbc have live qualifying?
No not in 1994, this is obviously Eurosport. I think it started in 1995 on the BBC, it was definately there in 1996 but I seem to remember it could have been '95...
Does anyone know what actually happened to Roland's car, was it the wing? Why didn't it make the corner? Obviously something fell off the car and flew up but what was it. I've heard there is footage on youtube of him going off and/or going around the circuit with something flapping on his Simtek. If anyone knows please post your reply and the link to this text. Cheers
Apparently, the lap before the crash, Ratzenberger drove wildly over a curb wich dammaged the front flap and short time later it broke at about 200 mph sending him straight into the wall
I heard similar but there's actual footage on youtube of the wing flapping I heard if you or anyone else has seen that please post the link here. Cheers
so listen on the lp before the lap in which he had the accident he had a an excesion in aqua minerali chicane. this had as a result the front wing damage but unfortunately for ratzenberger stay in the car gining to ratzenberger the opinion that his car was cope well with this n so after am perfect pass from tamburello , the wing broke before the villeneuve corner. so the downforce from the front wing was lost and the car strike with extremely high speed to the coccrete wall . thats all buddy
I hadn't noticed that before. I think it may be just the poor quality visual footage that it has now become. It's been recorded from vhs video to DVD in vob format, now converted to avi... But I will check out the original version and see if it's also there
well . to discuuss about the first or second death . there is no point. the point is my friends that from the time that someone dies in an f1 car , this means that the cars need improvemenets .. everyone who die in an f1 car in my opinion '' helps'' making the cars safer because from every accident there are much to learn and make better.
Absolutely that's my very point for uploading these videos. There have been some very lucky drivers in recent years. It never will be totally safe as that's impossible but it is certainly safer and it has evolved. How safe KERS will be though is yet to be known. Let's hope for a great and exciting but another safe season :-)
That's not technically true. Elio De Angelis was killed whilst in Testing for Brabham at Paul Ricard in 1985. The last death in an F1 event was as you say Paletti at the start of the Canadian GP after he ploughed straight into a stationary Didier Pironi. Gilles Villeneuve had died only the previous month whilst qualifying in his Ferrari for the Belgian GP of that year. Thanks for your comment anyway :-)
Wow, after all this time it's the first time I've seen the wing come off on the straight before. He sadly had no hope of making the corner. I find it hard to imagine that somewhere out there there's no other footage of the two Imola crashes...there's thousands of fans on the hillside overlooking Tamburello and Villeneuve
we should pay honor and respect to roland ratzenberger . his tragedy is bigger than senna . everyone knows senna but almost noone knows ratzenberger . it is pretty sad to see blood in his helmet and his head rolling .
the way the talk before the accident of ratzenberger shows that they were arrogant . i think that roland accident unfortunately ,was a reason to shut their mouth . soory for my expression . in my opinion the real tragedy is roland death and not senna . everyone knows about senna and almost noone knowa about ratzenberger . at least both of them die doing what they love . for me senna and roland are heroes .for me the 30 april and the 1st may are days to remember them wiith respect and admiration
The intention of uploading these videos was to honour the legacy that has been left after Roland's and Ayrton's deaths. So many other drivers lives and careers have been spared as a result of the massive improvements in terms of safety. I hope this continues as for Marshalls and spectators alike.
The way the commentators talk about carbon fibre monocoques exemplifies the mentality at the time. They found it hard to believe that a driver could be killed if his tub held up.
The ironic thing is that John Watson, Allard Kaliff and Dave Price have all just been watching Roland being given cardiac massage!? Perhaps Dave had just seen so many other crashes and Barrichello's in particular and seen these miraculous escapes that he was under the illusion that F1 cars were so safe now.
If you listen and watch videos of other drivers in the aftermath as well as Max and Bernie, there is a huge perception that it was just a freak coincidence.
Just as a final statement. I uploaded a very tasteful video edit which starts where Part One ended. I faded it to black immediately after the crash and added the words...
"What followed were quite graphic scenes of resuscitation attempts on Roland. But his injuries were too severe. It was broadcast live to millions on that Saturday afternoon on the Eurosport channel. Please respect his family and memory with your messages...
looking at the remains of Rolands Simtek is really shocking, a terrible impact, its probably for the best that the actual impact was not caught on tv, though I have seen amatuer footage on youtube which shows enough to leave you in no doubt that it was indeed truly awful.
Poor Roland, speaking as a Senna fan at the time, somehow Rolands death was even more sad, still upsets me now.
rolands crash in my opinion was harder than senna . i think that oland broke his neck. by the fact , in video 4 the commentator says that roland neck was not so strong to face the crash and that the best thind was to have a more powerfull neck. what an idiot . despite said that he should have said about the lack on neck support in that cars
Roland hit the wall at over 300 km/h, Senna hit it at just over 200 km/h. Roland wasn't able to brake because of his lost frontend downforce.
I dunno if he broke his neck, I read somewhere his head literally hit the wall as the car brushed it sideways. It might explain his massive brain injuries. And about having a strong neck it was (and still is, although for one reason less) indeed a necessary thing back then with the low cockpit side walls and generally more violent ride.
Guys, if ppl put those videos online, it's not to show someone dying, it's to be sure that ppl will remember him, but firstly, to see how it happenned, and so to be sure it will never happen again.
Yeah, it's the right part of his front wing, there is a video somewhere that shows how it's already damaged as he's leaving the pits, flapping unstably.
BTW, at the end of part 1, is that Ratzenberger just going on his warm up lap behind Damon Hill?
It is seen 1m46s clearly and 1m47s, like the front wing of the car of Ratzenberger, comes moving in such a way that it is going away to give off at any time. Nevertheless not " there is no imágenes" later when one follows and it produces that Ratzenberger loses the control of the car and one crashes at a highest speed. The commentators are surprised totally and they do not understand that although cockpit of the F1 not damage, the pilot has died.
The negligence on the part of the Managers ENTRUSTS of it, in 1994 did that when clearing to him the electronic aid to the cars and having an equal power, would give like result that the cars were a danger. Deberian to have lowered the power of the cars, when clearing to them the electronic aid. There were two deaths and podrian to have been but, that miraculously did not take place. The F1 of 1994 was distanada to the tragedy with the power that tenian those cars without the electronic aid.
I agree, it has to be Brabham as Damon's flying lap isn't even completed before Roland's crash so that would make it impossible. David Brabham must have had a white or a light coloured helmet also (although they do look similar from a distance).
roughly 1200 lbs with about 900 bhp going about 190 mph wow.... just wow
stampede122 1 month ago
proberly the worst week in motorsport:
Rubens Barichello (broken arm)
Roland Ratzenberger (dead) R.I.P.
Ayrton Senna (dead) R.I.P
linogouveia1 4 months ago
Also, how odd is it that Senna's the one doing a recon mission of this accident...a bit Ayronic...
bpisports 7 months ago
None of us really believed Senna or Prost could ever die, they were... 'perfect', they were not normal chaps: take a look at Gilles' looks... then take a look at Ayrton: smashing difference.
We felt it deeply, that was our illusion way back then... Imola '94 brought us feet back on the ground. The '90s... Kurt Cobain committing suicide, for instance: celebrities were NOT perfect, they COULD die, the '80s were over and so was that dream of robotic future. It was hard for many of us.
220773 7 months ago
I was 21 back then, I had been through the '80s, we were all sons of the typically '80s' 'way onto the future' attitude: after Gilles' untimely death everything changed, in fact Villeneuve's crash seemed to belong more to the '70s than to this 'future' we were living in in the '80s. Drivers had become rather untouchable (yet not soul-less as Schumacher...) well built-up machines, how could they die like normal human beings, like Gilles or Ronnie Peterson?
(continues)
220773 7 months ago
Thanks for the upload...
TzeffNL 8 months ago 5
You're welcome - I regret using the trial version of the video converter now but it does show how the crash occurred at 1:35 as his front wing flies off. He had damaged it by going off on the previous lap. Where other drivers would have come in to the pits to replace it, brave Roland put his foot down and went for another flying lap in his attempt to qualify his car and get within 107% of what was Senna's final pole. Both are sadly missed. Thank you all for your continuing respectful comments...
DAH210774 8 months ago 5
@DAH210774 F1 cars go over curbs hard - the real reason for the accident was due to a mechanic not bolting the front wing on properly, the whole thing came loose. He did a runner in panic after the accident. Don't ask me how I know this
uhugvjkbkjh 7 months ago
@uhugvjkbkjh How do you know that ?
thehitchrules 5 months ago
@pmguk yeah i got confused, thanks
NOXXism 8 months ago
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NOXXism 8 months ago
When a legend dies, safety improvements came in. Like in NASCAR 2001.
international153 9 months ago
non smettere di sognare roland! promettimi di continuare a gareggiare nella vita eterna!
andre28776 9 months ago
I too find it bizarre how nonchalant/unbothered/unworried the announcers are here...that car is absolutely destroyed and Ratzenberger's neck was so obviously broken...his head just spun around like a top....R.I.P.
bpisports 10 months ago
@bpisports I think sadly everyone had become used to drivers surviving accidents like. It had become unthinkable that drivers would die any more. Sadly that wasn't to be the case.
toneboy7 7 months ago
@fly5155 Yeah, I downloaded the whole session the other week and was watching it before and it is ironic that they were talking about how safe the cars are just before the crash, and even after it they were talking about how safe the cars are compared to the metal ones
Beefy81 10 months ago
Aaaah, Old Eurosport. That brings back a lot of fond memories.
Clausfarre 10 months ago
@TheNickmoura @TheNickmoura Yes Roland Ratzenberger on Saturday afternoon in Qualifying and Ayrton Senna in the race on the Sunday. It seems quite unimaginable now considering how safe the sport has now become. Both were freak accidents and the deaths were as a result of thick concrete walls being at the side of the track as opposed to massive run off areas which we have now. They tragically both suffered fatal head injuries as a consequence. Both drivers are sorely missed, Ayrton particularly..
DAH210774 11 months ago
@DAH210774 thank you so much i'm 14 years old and i'm big f1 fan!
but i don't know what happen in those days
again thank you so much!
TheNickmoura 11 months ago
@TheNickmoura I'm glad to be part of your education young man :-)
DAH210774 11 months ago
@DAH210774 hahaah thanks
i'm from greece and in my country none of my friends watch f1
:(
TheNickmoura 11 months ago
@2obsessivecompulsive unfortnately theres actually been a few seasons worse off than 1994
1958 had FOUR fatalities (one at indianapolis)
1970 had Rindt, McLaren & Courage
flipsidedogchop 11 months ago 2
@flipsidedogchop yes but what made this weekend so much worse was how unexpected this was, just think there hadnt been a single death in f1 for an entire decade and the cars were deemed to be much much safer, however back in 58 and 70 the cars werent as safe as these ones and so deaths had to be expected, but in 1994 people were thinking noone would see another death but unfortunatly this weekend rolled around and left a black mark on f1 forever...
ASocialClan 9 months ago
@ASocialClan true it was a bad weekend but there were plenty of worse episodes in the history of F1
flipsidedogchop 9 months ago
@2obsessivecompulsive dont marshalls count?
flipsidedogchop 1 year ago
@flipsidedogchop
Nope. At least not in the point he was trying to make, which was that driver safety has improved massively since then.
CaboArmorKing 11 months ago
@WillHapgood2 Not, some of us still remember Ronald =)
piacs04 1 year ago
@piacs04 Surely you mean Roland.
WillHapgood2 1 year ago 2
R.I.P. Roland you are always in our heart =)..we will never forget you!!!!!!
piacs04 1 year ago
@DAH210774 More of a typo than an error.
WillHapgood2 1 year ago
Ich erinnere mich daran das live gesehen zu haben als ich klein wahr.Ich habe immer mit meinem vater zusammen geguckt.ich habe meinen vater gefragt wie es ihm wohl geht und er sagt ''ich schätze das er das nicht überleben kann'' und so war es dann auch
R.I.P.
Busch18Kyle 1 year ago
DAMNED WEEKEND
rdtli 1 year ago
That was massive... I think even a modern formula 1 car would have been destroyed quite severly. The difference is the hans device and the modified cockpits where the softer material rise around the head aswell. I still will never understand why it took so long to at least cover the pilots heads with something or use the hans device which I believe was created in the 80's?
jraybay 1 year ago
wirklich schade das die F1 autos damals net so sicher waren wie heute sonst würden ratzenberger und senna warscheinlich noch leben.
R.I.P senna und ratzenberger :-(
TheSharkGordy 1 year ago
Repose in peace Aryton and roland ein
Massa1997619 1 year ago
gr8 video
shirfield 1 year ago
wow that simtek was a mess it was a very hard shut and he hit ithe wall at a funny angle
shirfield 1 year ago
wow wot a wreak it amazing how the different cars stood upto damage cos that simtek is a right mess and wot wiv the wing or defusser falling off
shirfield 1 year ago
The commentator really sounds like Allard Kalff, a dutch f1 commentator. Very weird.
adofilmpjes 1 year ago
@ThePulgare naja kubica hatte seinen crash ja auch überlebt und sich nur den fuß gebrochen. Heute sind die Autos einfach sicherer.
EtO124 1 year ago
I don't understand what was the first EMS helicopter doing there.
FONIXA 1 year ago
@FONIXA I believe it was a replacement medical helicopter and crew arriving on scene to replace to crew and helicopter that took Ratzenburger....
xgrod 1 year ago
@xgrod Thanks for Your answer.
FONIXA 1 year ago
So sad...R.I.P. :(
AudiowaveMusic 1 year ago
Today I think during these times the director would show some grandstand or some cars in the pits. These days even tho not that long ago, showed it in all of its reality.
I don't know if what we do today is better than that or not?
It's a tough one though - because you don't want to see anything too horrific, but then again you don't want to see nothing at all of the incident.
As fans who live sleep and breathe the sport -I rekon we have a right, or atleast a choice to watch this stuff or not
wpsracing108 1 year ago
ive never seen such a mangled car after an f1 accident, its just horrific
mike90yt 1 year ago
@mike90yt
You have´nt seen a lot of F-1 accidents then.....
bengha30 1 year ago
but ratzenberger didnt survive! And neither did senna the day after this! Stupid commentators going on with there carbon fibre safety talk....
smOOdiebOOdie 1 year ago
Who are the commentators?
UmagaSucks 1 year ago
@UmagaSucks
Ben Edwards And John Watson
bengha30 1 year ago
@bengha30
Wrong by me! It is Allard Kalff not Ben Edwards!
bengha30 1 year ago
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@UmagaSucks
Wrong by me! It is Allard Kalff not Ben Edwards!
bengha30 1 year ago
blackest day in f1
cjdj1993 1 year ago
senna e ratzenberger erano due piloti che sono morti facendo ciò che amavano, noi non li dimenticheremo mai
ferrinhoasr1927 1 year ago
It's chilling that we see the first fatality of the weekend drive by as we eerily stare at Tamburello, where the second fatality would occur 24 hours later...
dietcokecan94 1 year ago
@ThePulgare Stimmt ... auch heute noch würde das nich spurlos am Fahrer vorbeigehn ...selbst mit noch stärkerem Kohlefasercockpit als damals ...Kubica hatte Glück...R.I.P. Roland ...
SecurityEscort 1 year ago
The commentators sound so unconcerned and oblivious. Some of the things they say are tragically ironic - "these guys are surviving very high speed impacts now which wouldn't have happened 15 years ago".
superalexo 1 year ago
16 7ears today Roland.
R.I.P. Never forgotten.
satos1 1 year ago
16 years today...
TheBarinade23 1 year ago 6
Das ist richtig schrecklich. Wie sein kopf da so rum geschleudert wird.
Ein Tag danach auch noch Senna. Richtig traurig
MrsAlicemee 1 year ago
@ThePulgare gegen sowas gibts heute ja h.a.n.s. - head and neck support
r.i.p. ratzenberger and senna
cu62kb52kh 1 year ago
@cu62kb52kh bei so einem Unfall wie von dem von Senna hilft auch kein H.A.N.S. ...
SecurityEscort 1 year ago
E' stata una grave perdita,fu il peggior periodo per la F1.Riposa In Pace non ti abbiamo mai dimenticato.
Dd
ipecaquana 1 year ago
If there is anything that can come from all of this, it is that since this race in 1994, there has not been one fatality in F1 since. I cant really remember even a really bad crash where someone was really hurt with the possible exception of Schumacher in 1999. Safety became paramount after this and we should at least be grateful for that. RIP Ratzenberger and Senna
kennedy22384 1 year ago
@kennedy22384 The Kubica crash a few years ago in Canada was in my view, way worse than Schuey´s one. He had luck and the HANS device to help protect him. But F1 is not and will never be 100% safe.
Tuscopa 1 year ago
Hi!
Thank you, for this video. Its really shocking, what happened on this black weekend in imola. In the video game rfactor i drove the circuit in Imola 1994 and its really sick how close these walls were standing to the circuit!
R.I.P Senna
R.I.P Ratzenberger
PS: I am from Germany, too:-)
cyclone861 1 year ago
it is awfull how FIA concentrated on banning driver aids mainly because it is run by old people who tend to be conservative and reject new and revolutionary technologies. instead they should have been concentrated on things like the minimum high of the vehicle. (space between the road and the bottom plate of the car) and also stop wasting time on deciding how many grooves we should put on tyres this season.
commandro 1 year ago
R.I.P ROLAND ...peace
pdrga 2 years ago 3
he was qulifying in 5th when the accident happend i believe, such a dark weekend
adicolour75 2 years ago 3
i dont no wat happened i heard it was bodywork failure
sexygirl1678 2 years ago 3
Roland lost his left front wing plate. Lost steering.
xgrod 2 years ago 5
ScarfaceHood - The problem was the track, not so much the cars. THe cars were very strong, even in 1994. Theres not much you can do when the cars have nothing but solid walls to hit a max speed.
weallfollowmanutd 2 years ago 11
@fly5155 Indeed, ironic regarding them discussing it right at the time and yes indeed a death wish. We can only now believe he musy have thought he hadn't done much or any damage to his front wing to feel he could continue to do a flying lap. But a dangerous and tragic decision to have made. At 1:51 we see it depart company from his Simtek under strain from the downforce. A sad loss and tragic weekend
DAH210774 2 years ago
@DAH210774 Roland was under intense pressure to qualify, comming into the pits would have wasted a couple of laps, and they were restricted to 12 laps in total.
He was seen swerving the car trying to get a feel for its condition before starting the flying lap.
Poor Roland, to die as he was fulfiling his dream to be in F1 is just so sad.
blackcluck 2 years ago 7
@blackcluck Were they really restricted to 12 laps in 1994? I didn't think that rule had come in until later that decade.. I accept he was under pressure to have made that mistake and perhaps a death wish was too strong a statement. Thank you for your comments and that knowledge I will look into it. Best wishes :-)
DAH210774 2 years ago
I think 12 laps in qualifying started in 1993, I could be wrong.
Dont misunderstand my comments, I dont mean to sound critical.
Best wishes as well!
blackcluck 2 years ago 7
@DAH210774
They had 12 laps on friday and 12 laps on saturday
and btw thank you for uploading 94 was my first f1 season that i watcht a little bit.
Awesome sounding ferrari`s, 28 cars, good looking cars. only the heavy crashes made it a total black season
amweestwel 2 years ago 7
@amweestwel Ah thanks! You're welcome and you're right I'm reminded now, that sounds more like it - 12 laps on Friday and 12 on Saturday. The Ferrari's are a bit special in this aren't they?! Ayrton had confessed to Montezemello (I so believe) he'd like to finish his career in the those gorgeous red cars with the prancing horse emblem. Now that is my vision of heaven. Every race track with every car available, with him racing against the best drivers who ever lived at the top of their game :-)
DAH210774 2 years ago
@blackcluck plus i read somewhere that Roland was orginally on a six-race deal with Simtek, and if he had qualified and raced well in the race, the deal would be been made longer, so sad, Roland died for his dream
birrman2008 2 years ago 5
a 5-race deal, but yeah i believe you are right about him being able to extend the deal
superd00d89 2 years ago 6
@superd00d89 I love that I get to find out things like this over the course of time. Thanks for that and to everybody for their respectful comments and ratings - well done everyone. Best wishes :-)
DAH210774 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Why is Allard Kalff such a cheerful bastard considering the circumstances. It's really starting to piss me off.
gold333 2 years ago
if only HANS were there
Yanboy10 2 years ago 3
I dont think a HANS device would have saved Senna or Roland.
xgrod 2 years ago 11
not Senna, but Roland I think...but Senna would still be alive if there were ropes attached to the suspension or wheel, like today.
bubi8894 2 years ago
"Monocoques where drivers survive high speed impacts" let me laugh...
We saw how good that works on that weekend. Money hungry bitches...
R.I.P. to both of them.
ScarfaceHood 2 years ago 3
Not to sound callous, the monocoques stood up well to the collisions. A monocoque does nothing unfortunately to protect a drivers head or neck
suineggninnips 2 years ago 6
RIP roland
911tayo 2 years ago 7
Pure drama, RIP Ronald.
Fastbikkel 2 years ago 4
Roland..
munit33 2 years ago 4
I made some comments about Ratzenberg's accident with my mother, and darkly she looked at me and said: "Tomorrow is going to happen with Senna!"
Damn, I got so angry with her when I had the confirmation of Senna's death, but in the end I understood that this was a weekend made to be tragic.
RIP Roland!
betynhagw 2 years ago 3
i think that was the right time to close Imola!
TheCHANNELmusic2009 2 years ago 2
what a shit was that race, two deaths....
i hate that whole season 1994...
connected1914 2 years ago
R.I.P. The Formula 1 is not the same since this.
kiske1985 2 years ago 5
the sooner bernie ecclestone is gone the better. formula 1 should make the break away series. revert the cars back to the old style, low front wings, high rear wings, widen the cars to give maximum downforce instead for removin downforce. it would make racing more excitin while still keepin safety in mind.keep refuellin next year and bring back active suspension
dukeofstradone 2 years ago
Agreed.
Why were the cars made narrow in the first place? 1997 was the year.
2010 season is going to be the most processional boring racing ever.
vhsanddvds74 1 year ago
I recongnize one of these commentaries as dutchman Allard Kalff . The other one is John Watson...?
caseykvt 2 years ago 3
@caseykvt
Correct! It is Allard Kalff and John Watson.
bengha30 1 year ago
so...... senna died in the corner before the corner were roland died?
duncaann 2 years ago 4
as i remember there was other car acident befor senna die/
he die becue part of other crash car/
it was the crazy race i remember in the bad way.
kop1892 2 years ago
not part of other car, steering failure.
duncaann 2 years ago
ratzenberger or senna?
ratzenberger is has a front wing damage not a steering faliure
but senna's maybe has a steering faliure
binus7c 2 years ago 4
yes i mean senna has steering failure..
didn't know what happend to ratzenberger.
rip
duncaann 2 years ago 2
That's correct
caseykvt 2 years ago
Yes.
YouthEnergy 2 years ago
same thing that happened two years later to scott brayton at indy his head hit the wall.
cnycarnut 2 years ago
surely he was dead when the car stopped... RIP roland from malaysia
diwant 2 years ago
I wonder what the announcers really want to say....I think you could tell that Roland was seriously injured or killed. And the announcers have to bs there way until qualifying could resume :( .
jraybay 2 years ago
I would love to hear an interview of the person driving Ayrton to the scene of the accident. Someone somewhere needs to find this man and get his story.
2001pnco 2 years ago 2
John Watson best commentator ever
ioannisxyz 2 years ago
it was all about the cars... they've pushed the speed and performance to the limit, but there was not enough room for saving a life when something went wrong. As well as the next day when Senna died. (Circuit circumstances and cars over their limit).
Hubieee 2 years ago 5
2:34 - Unpublished capture =O
WatanukiF1 2 years ago 7
i watch this race live on tv, i was 12 that time, and i've been following F1 since 11..
i even made a speech about senna crash in my classroom becoz i was so into this sport and senna particularly..
RIP senna & ratzenberger
diwant 2 years ago 10
like look at robert kubica's canada 2007 crash.that just tells how safer F1 is
SPECTRE9200 2 years ago 9
it took a champion like Senna to die for them to make F1 safer... a Ratzenberger was not enough for them... that's how they worry about this men lives.
andrea78df 2 years ago 5
IT was 50 % Bernie Ecclestone's fauls as well. He never wanted to spend too much money on safety. only when Roldand and Ayrton died, he took huge safety decisions then...
fabiocsilvaks 2 years ago
that is one valid point mate
diwant 2 years ago
head on crashes hurt more than rolls, but I see your point
DChimiliotv 2 years ago 2
Still hurts after all these years watching Rolands crash. It has been 15 years since the last F1 fatality, thank goodness F1 is safer these days
dazcouz 2 years ago 12
I was 10 months when this happened, but I believe that the front wing got wedged underneath the car to cause the accident. But the tyre could have punctured reducing the amount of downforce, the puncture beinf cause by the front wing. RIP Roland
TheBigRedEvil 2 years ago 11
really ironic...talking about safety improvements, when the guy died instantly right there on th spot....
halfordsss 2 years ago 14
@halfordsss What me striked the most, was that Senna himself wanted to see the part of the track where Ratzenberger crashed to be sure if there was something unusual in that corner. And 1 day later, that man crashed also at Imola... It's so surreal to see that with the knowledge of today... Cruel to the bone...
Edo1987 1 year ago
Yes, I found it quite strange the first time I watched it unedited a few years ago. All 3 of them had just watched graphic resuscitation attempts to Roland on the track. So either John Watson and Allard Kalff knew the severity of his injuries and wanted to keep upbeat incase a miracle happened, or they were under the belief that F1 cars were now so incredibly safe he'd be ok. Perhaps maybe a mix of both, considering Rubens' escape the previous day plus it'd been 8 years since a fatality in F1...
DAH210774 2 years ago
they were actually talking about barrichello's accident the previous day, they were saying how amazing it was to see him walking after his heavy crash - but yes it is awfully ironic given the pictures they were talking over
tcs1988 2 years ago 5
It probably was a mixture of both, but they knew it was a bad crash because in part 8 they knew he wouldn't be racing the next day, which actually rarely happens. Incidentally, did the bbc have live qualifying?
suineggninnips 2 years ago 5
No not in 1994, this is obviously Eurosport. I think it started in 1995 on the BBC, it was definately there in 1996 but I seem to remember it could have been '95...
DAH210774 2 years ago
omg, the monocoque looks wrecked from that impact
NialoF2 2 years ago 4
Does anyone know what actually happened to Roland's car, was it the wing? Why didn't it make the corner? Obviously something fell off the car and flew up but what was it. I've heard there is footage on youtube of him going off and/or going around the circuit with something flapping on his Simtek. If anyone knows please post your reply and the link to this text. Cheers
Senna4Ever94 3 years ago 10
Apparently, the lap before the crash, Ratzenberger drove wildly over a curb wich dammaged the front flap and short time later it broke at about 200 mph sending him straight into the wall
ac24z 3 years ago 9
I heard similar but there's actual footage on youtube of the wing flapping I heard if you or anyone else has seen that please post the link here. Cheers
Senna4Ever94 3 years ago
so listen on the lp before the lap in which he had the accident he had a an excesion in aqua minerali chicane. this had as a result the front wing damage but unfortunately for ratzenberger stay in the car gining to ratzenberger the opinion that his car was cope well with this n so after am perfect pass from tamburello , the wing broke before the villeneuve corner. so the downforce from the front wing was lost and the car strike with extremely high speed to the coccrete wall . thats all buddy
asterousia 2 years ago 2
At 1:43 what is the smoke coming out from the left front tyre?
fordrule888 3 years ago 3
I hadn't noticed that before. I think it may be just the poor quality visual footage that it has now become. It's been recorded from vhs video to DVD in vob format, now converted to avi... But I will check out the original version and see if it's also there
DAH210774 3 years ago
its not visible on the rear tyre. maybe one of the front wing flaps folding back underneath the car maybe?
fordrule888 3 years ago
That bit of debris that flies off of the car is the front left wing. the smoke is coming out of the front left tyre.
fordrule888 2 years ago
i totaly aggree with you . you are absolutely right
asterousia 3 years ago 5
well . to discuuss about the first or second death . there is no point. the point is my friends that from the time that someone dies in an f1 car , this means that the cars need improvemenets .. everyone who die in an f1 car in my opinion '' helps'' making the cars safer because from every accident there are much to learn and make better.
asterousia 3 years ago
Absolutely that's my very point for uploading these videos. There have been some very lucky drivers in recent years. It never will be totally safe as that's impossible but it is certainly safer and it has evolved. How safe KERS will be though is yet to be known. Let's hope for a great and exciting but another safe season :-)
DAH210774 3 years ago
Ratzenberger was the first death in Formula 1 since Riccardo Paletti at the 1982 Canadian GP.
DFP1987 3 years ago
That's not technically true. Elio De Angelis was killed whilst in Testing for Brabham at Paul Ricard in 1985. The last death in an F1 event was as you say Paletti at the start of the Canadian GP after he ploughed straight into a stationary Didier Pironi. Gilles Villeneuve had died only the previous month whilst qualifying in his Ferrari for the Belgian GP of that year. Thanks for your comment anyway :-)
DAH210774 3 years ago
Wow, after all this time it's the first time I've seen the wing come off on the straight before. He sadly had no hope of making the corner. I find it hard to imagine that somewhere out there there's no other footage of the two Imola crashes...there's thousands of fans on the hillside overlooking Tamburello and Villeneuve
sinnae404 3 years ago 3
we should pay honor and respect to roland ratzenberger . his tragedy is bigger than senna . everyone knows senna but almost noone knows ratzenberger . it is pretty sad to see blood in his helmet and his head rolling .
asterousia 3 years ago 4
the way the talk before the accident of ratzenberger shows that they were arrogant . i think that roland accident unfortunately ,was a reason to shut their mouth . soory for my expression . in my opinion the real tragedy is roland death and not senna . everyone knows about senna and almost noone knowa about ratzenberger . at least both of them die doing what they love . for me senna and roland are heroes .for me the 30 april and the 1st may are days to remember them wiith respect and admiration
asterousia 3 years ago 4
The intention of uploading these videos was to honour the legacy that has been left after Roland's and Ayrton's deaths. So many other drivers lives and careers have been spared as a result of the massive improvements in terms of safety. I hope this continues as for Marshalls and spectators alike.
Thank you for all of your messages.
Best wishes
DAH210774 3 years ago
The way the commentators talk about carbon fibre monocoques exemplifies the mentality at the time. They found it hard to believe that a driver could be killed if his tub held up.
ilferrari 3 years ago
The ironic thing is that John Watson, Allard Kaliff and Dave Price have all just been watching Roland being given cardiac massage!? Perhaps Dave had just seen so many other crashes and Barrichello's in particular and seen these miraculous escapes that he was under the illusion that F1 cars were so safe now.
If you listen and watch videos of other drivers in the aftermath as well as Max and Bernie, there is a huge perception that it was just a freak coincidence.
But oh how F1 has changed and did
DAH210774 3 years ago
radically change within only a few years.
Just as a final statement. I uploaded a very tasteful video edit which starts where Part One ended. I faded it to black immediately after the crash and added the words...
"What followed were quite graphic scenes of resuscitation attempts on Roland. But his injuries were too severe. It was broadcast live to millions on that Saturday afternoon on the Eurosport channel. Please respect his family and memory with your messages...
RIP Roland Ratzenberger
DAH210774 3 years ago
looking at the remains of Rolands Simtek is really shocking, a terrible impact, its probably for the best that the actual impact was not caught on tv, though I have seen amatuer footage on youtube which shows enough to leave you in no doubt that it was indeed truly awful.
Poor Roland, speaking as a Senna fan at the time, somehow Rolands death was even more sad, still upsets me now.
blackcluck 3 years ago 4
Well said...
DAH210774 3 years ago
Yes I agree I hadn't noticed that before! Thanks. Formula One Management have removed part 7 now... I may have to do some more major editing...
DAH210774 3 years ago
If you look CLOSELY at 1:46 and 1:47 YOU CAN SEE THE RIGHT PART OF HIS FRONT WING FLAPPING, ONLY TO BE CUT OFF A FEW SECONDS LATER.
RothmansRenaultF1 3 years ago
rolands crash in my opinion was harder than senna . i think that oland broke his neck. by the fact , in video 4 the commentator says that roland neck was not so strong to face the crash and that the best thind was to have a more powerfull neck. what an idiot . despite said that he should have said about the lack on neck support in that cars
asterousia 3 years ago
Roland hit the wall at over 300 km/h, Senna hit it at just over 200 km/h. Roland wasn't able to brake because of his lost frontend downforce.
I dunno if he broke his neck, I read somewhere his head literally hit the wall as the car brushed it sideways. It might explain his massive brain injuries. And about having a strong neck it was (and still is, although for one reason less) indeed a necessary thing back then with the low cockpit side walls and generally more violent ride.
hristoitchov 3 years ago
Did youtube remove the second part ?
Guys, if ppl put those videos online, it's not to show someone dying, it's to be sure that ppl will remember him, but firstly, to see how it happenned, and so to be sure it will never happen again.
HumarProd 3 years ago 2
I'll try to upload it one more time as I said in the last part. I echo your comments and thanks for making them. Best wishes
DAH210774 3 years ago
The front wing you see flying is what caused Roland's horrible crash.
RothmansRenaultF1 3 years ago
Yes I think it was the front wing or part of the front wing. So, so sad...
DAH210774 3 years ago
Yeah, it's the right part of his front wing, there is a video somewhere that shows how it's already damaged as he's leaving the pits, flapping unstably.
BTW, at the end of part 1, is that Ratzenberger just going on his warm up lap behind Damon Hill?
hristoitchov 3 years ago
Yes that is Roland on a warm up lap. The next time around, he died.
RothmansRenaultF1 3 years ago
It is seen 1m46s clearly and 1m47s, like the front wing of the car of Ratzenberger, comes moving in such a way that it is going away to give off at any time. Nevertheless not " there is no imágenes" later when one follows and it produces that Ratzenberger loses the control of the car and one crashes at a highest speed. The commentators are surprised totally and they do not understand that although cockpit of the F1 not damage, the pilot has died.
Carlosesteb 1 year ago
The negligence on the part of the Managers ENTRUSTS of it, in 1994 did that when clearing to him the electronic aid to the cars and having an equal power, would give like result that the cars were a danger. Deberian to have lowered the power of the cars, when clearing to them the electronic aid. There were two deaths and podrian to have been but, that miraculously did not take place. The F1 of 1994 was distanada to the tragedy with the power that tenian those cars without the electronic aid.
Carlosesteb 1 year ago
RIP: Roland Ratzenberger
RIP: Ayrton Senna
Carlosesteb 1 year ago
It's David Brabham. Ratzenberger crashed about 60 seconds later, so he could not have been there.
ilferrari 3 years ago
I agree, it has to be Brabham as Damon's flying lap isn't even completed before Roland's crash so that would make it impossible. David Brabham must have had a white or a light coloured helmet also (although they do look similar from a distance).
DAH210774 3 years ago