San Marino GP 1994 (Saturday Qualifying 2) Ratzenberger Accident

[LEOandNIK]

HALF PART OF HIS CAR DISAPEARED!!! WHERE DID IT GO?

[TheOpenlot]

I always hear so much about safety as F1 pushes the limits of physics and the durability of the human body past the point of no return. I'm not undermining the safety issue, it's just that the pilots of these asphalt aircraft knew they were meant to live "on the ragged edge". The sheer bravery and ability when augmented with a lifeless machine had given everyone around the world a view into the souls of those who challenged the unknown limits of themselves. RIP TO THE GREATS!

[mark197ify]

It's unfair that media don't talk so much about Ratzenberger's death as much as Senna.

[SaMzTaR09]

Disastrous weekend for formula 1, one of the worst ever remembered. F1 was meant to be a lot safer and then that happens, best left in the past. R.I.P Ratzenberger and Senna

[yusha27]

RIP Roland. You are missed and shall  not be forgotten.

[MrBeschissen]

ach ratzi, lass den kopf nicht häng, so schlimm wars nicht... das leben geht weiter!!!

[joe744]

i saw that documentary micky..yea, i said what a coincidence last kiss was only for year 93 ..

[peperboy1000]

@mickyhunt, if you think that was weird, watch the Xuxa's tv show from 88 when she invited Ayrton, I'm brazilian so I watched, you can see it on the new Ayrton documentary by Universal pictures. Each kiss she gave to him was by a year. She kissed him by 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and stoped at 1993. The last kiss was persicelly at the point the steering colum hit him. For me, that was the freakiest thing ever... anyway, watch the documentary and you'll see it. The tittle is "Senna".

[gerryff]

having concrete walls on the exit of fast corners was crazy.

[Tassieguru]

Rest in Peace From Australia Roland

[MrF1Racer1]

R.I.P Roland and Senna you two are two great drivers

[grim77hu]

y can u hear only about senna? if someone's not as good as the other it means hes less important:S? rip

[BonakiD24]

You know i dont need a clear pixel than this even if it really have a poor graphic of pixel! i dont care! I just want everybody to know that every people in f1 that died! They dont deserve to die! Imagine if noone died at f1 yet, It would be great! ayrton senna will still be on f1 right now! But the only jesus left us is schumi

[happystudio1]

ive only been to one formula one race in my life....brands hatch in 86...i was 6/7 at the time....anyone wanna join me in the future.....????....:)

[mickyhunt]

ghastly weekend. it's amazing how he was talking about the crash of Barrichello when Roland was killed, i don' beleive in religion or nothing like that but there was something seriously wrong in Imola that weeked. (human or not)

[bencedars]

RIP Roland and Ayrton.

[wpsracing108]

The weekend was simply scary. I get goosebumps and shudder when I hear Imola 1994.

This for me is the blackest crash in history. Noone can watch this crash and think of heroism or anything - this is just pure sadness and tradgedy.

[MotorsportMonster]

This is surely the blackest weekend in F1 history 

[Denspisende]

R.I.P

[Austria4ever1000]

If they would have made 2 chicanes out of the "death corners" (like one year after in 1995) the chicanes slow down the cars: we would have 2 great drivers with us.

RIP ROLAND AYRTON

[TheKnoppersVidz]

@Austria4ever1000 for that to happen, imola 1994 would have had to be imola 1993. :/

[zak4829]

That's weird how they were talking about the chicane as that happened

[soxeo99]

rest in peace

[DeckardWill]

Desperately sad.

[RTiCreation]

Imagine Senna inspecting the crash area not knowing what would happen on the section of the track behind him the next day. One of the worst weekends in racing history I'm sure we can all agree.

[peperboy1000]

There isn't worse thing to happen than loose someone you love, I sure hope God confort he's family, and give Roland a place in Heaven, I sure do.

[Refiused]

It's frustrating that evereyone just talk about senna and forget ratzenberger

RIP from germany

[Austria4ever1000]

@Refiused VIELEN DANK

[visual9876]

R.I.P.

[ZacBraffTheBest]

R.I.P.

[Srobify]

How ironic is this conversation that Watson and co are having

[kjmkay]

I feel sorry for ratzenberger as his death is over shadowed by the ledend of aryton senna, both drivers should always be remember

R.I.P Ratzenberger and Senna

[ConnorSlatter]

Poor guy rip

[ANIKES]

Roland we never forget you

[Austria4ever1000]

@ANIKES THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[remuaja84]

I can't possibly imagine the feeling, talking about the safety of these cars and then the dead Ratzenberger pops into the screen! Must have been quite shocking...

[MrHumerousify]

on fri.barrichello was unseriously injured which almost broke his neck

on sat.roland ratzenberger was fatally killed during qualifying.

on sun,ayrton senna killed after the turnbello turn after collison with a wall.

10 laps after michele albereto (dead in racing accident 2001) lost his wheel in the pit lane and when came contact with 4 mechnics (ferrari and lotus) 2 seriously injured..

After all this,yes i can say this is the blackest day in F1.

[Urrac0]

That was the most horrible F1-weekend ever raced.

[carsismeZ06]

RIP Roland

[flipsidedogchop]

@carsismeZ06 are you lysdexic or something?

[carsismeZ06]

@flipsidedogchop wow, didnt see the type i made

[BlackBlueMen]

so aryton died after 1 day from ronald omg i must go and ban this race

[flipsidedogchop]

@BlackBlueMen ronald ey?

[bettyswallockx]

RIP

[pendolinokriscfc]

Most think of Senna that weekend. It was a horrific 3 days for the sport I and so many love. My thoughts go to the family of Roland 16 years on.

[Fergie861]

awfully ironic that they are talking about the structure and safety of the cars as ratzenbergers accident is shown :(

[tw19771]

I'll be the odd man out and say it, they should have stopped this race. We had already lost Roland, we ended up losing Aryton, and we came really close to losing Rubens. I know its a popular view that the drivers should have carried on in Roland's memory and everything, but this track was just too dangerous in these cars to continue on, they should have pulled the race and had a real look at these cars safety wise.

[alang184]

On Ratzenberger's helmet, above the visor, it appears to have taken an impact. Was this from contact with the barrier, or from the cockpit? Even just as a child through the 90's, I thought to myself "why can't they use something to restrain the helmet from going forward?" - It always was possible to do this, but unfortunately a culture existed which prevented it coming about.

[Hasi1974]

Ruhe in Frieden Roland!

RIP Ayrton

Senna4ever

[Austria4ever1000]

@Hasi1974 VIELEN DANK

[xxAnimeToonsxx]

its haunting to hear them talk about the safety of the cars , all literally moments before the first part of a weekend of racing from hell bagan .

so crazy to see it happen all in on erace , the three worst accidents f1 had in the 90's all in one weekend.

I still dont think f1 has recovered even now , the cars will never be that free and on the edge as they were then , sadly but understandably

[uudrakgvens94]

all what i can said is RIP Ratzenberger and Senna...........

respect

[1HeerenveenSC]

Many people already forgot Ratzenberger.. But i'll never do

[Austria4ever1000]

@1HeerenveenSC THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[theeviltwaz]

I think I should also mention, that in light of what befell Roland on that Saturday, his team-mate, David Brabham, deserved some kind of special gallantry award, simply for carrying on, and taking the start.

Brabham had problems with the front end on his Simtek as well, and eventually spun out of the race after about 20 laps

[AmateurRecords]

@theeviltwaz

Yeah TheeViltwaz you are right about that, to carry on the race weekend at Simtek should have been very stressfull and Painfull for the team,and horrible for Brabham,

driving the same car....I think that they knew that This was what Roland Would Have wanted,The Simtek cars afterward carried a Tribute to Him,just above the drivers helmets,was written :For Roland. Quite awesome Indeed..

[gunsfederoses]

the fatal weekend

[Holimont2010]

Peace be with you.

[xgrod]

Talking about how strong carbon fiber is, and then Roland dies in the middle of the conversation. That whole weekend was just wrong.

[wpsracing108]

my god, I never noticed that you could see his arm when the car came to a rest.

The car looks so scary all destroyed like that. Rest In Peace

[rdtli]

and if you look to his helmet you ll see blood ....he died on the impact such as senna did

[nortsoldier]

@DAH210774 i know..just a shame though as is every death in f1 but truth be told they are amongst the bravest people in the world...everyone of them...they know that this could happen if you lose concentration for a second every driver no matter what can be considerd bad to superb deserves credit in that retrospect.

[ms1975]

Respect.

RIP Roland.

[toniiii9]

Wrong.Kubica was about 240-260 kph.

[toniiii9]

I dont think that Roland would survive that crash ewen in today cars.That was about 316 kph in wall.

[Willbutler]

same speed kubica was doing in canada 2007...

[Waitingforriki]

I'd never seen live footage of this qualifying before & it's very harrowing & my thoughts go out to Roland's family..RIP Roland & Ayrton..

[sgthulk9]

Horrifying to see those images again. i saw qual.&race live on tv that weekend. i got the chills when i saw death had returned after several years of F1. Just look at the "safety-measures" alongside the track... un-thinkable nowadays

[bubi8894]

horrible to see ratzenberger's head moving uncontrolled in car....R.I.P Ayrton and Ronald

[SharDarksoul]

Indeed, quite gruesome :\

RIP him and Senna.

[didickcheeseburger]

ratzenbergers impact looked a lot harder than sennas. senna probably wouldve survived his if it wasnt for the suspension piece piercing his head

[blukblukbluk]

God bless you

[quasiphatpaul]

RIP yours and senna's deaths helped change F1 safety wise for the better. Although it certainly was the end of an era.

[roswellj12]

this was so sad. I remember this day. The ONLY positive thing to come out of this race weekend was the prevention of more deaths by mandating the HANS device

[Cassnet]

i'v been watching this in 1994 just like i have never missed a F1 GP since 1992. This day will stay in my memory for the rest of my life.

And dont worry: Roland is still with us. He is in our minds and in our memory.

RIP Roland

[wibblewobble85]

RIP Roland and Ayrton

[seeyoo72]

I'm still sad

[kop1892]

i hope it not happen to others ,

i remember this day not only hem and ariton there was marshel that die in that rice/

RIP

[decadesx]

R.I.P.

[Touchstone86]

R.I.P Roland !!! A racer F1 will never forget

[CwildR]

foi um absoluto desrespeito continuarem a corrida após a morte de Ratzemberger, um desrespeito q gerou uma puta merda, meu país chora até hoje a perda de um herói como Senna.

RIP SENNA

[MrSamwell09]

He was talking about barrichello's accident the previous day

[onewildcarl82]

whats spooky is John Watson is talking about a huge crash before Roland has his fatal crash.

[goodwilltubing]

And now what's really spooky is that Heinz Prüller, a austrian commentator, seconds before ayrton's fatal crash, he talked about Wolfgang von Trips, who have died long ago. Exactly at the time he ends the sentence, Ayrton crashes...........

[VPanzerDivisionen]

io c'ero.ero posizionato alla tosa con mio padre e mio fratello quel giorno.avevo 8 anni.mi spiace veramente

[gyuziburcsany]

RIP both to Senna, and Ratzenberger.

[penske13]

you should say ratzenberger and senna. after all, roland died first.

[lacika67]

fucking idiots, doing race on a track with conrete walls sorrounding it

[Tobiiimnrw]

i agree to spida why on earth must they show that action after the crash .. well ok i know.. the money, i can't believe people really see only their money on it, what would i give for to tell him how much i hate them there for, but i know there heart is so frozen cold, they wouldn't care ..

[TFalke55]

I think it is quiet ironic that the commentators were talking about the fact how safe these cars were with all the carbon fiber cells and stuff...

[fantarule]

Well if they had just let him go at the track the race would not of been allowed to go ahead as there is a law that states no race can take place if a competitor dies at track during the weekend

[Brendan287]

yeah, but they couldn't leave him because A) that is just moraly wrong and B) Italian law would prevent that from happening, and anyway whats to say that okay fine he died on that day and the event was canceled, whats to say senna wouldn't have had a plane crash the next day. Its stupid to try and claim things when you have no idea how the future would have panned out!

[fantarule]

The sheer force of that accident actually created a whole in the saftey cell, really puts it into reality about just how heavy an impact it was. After that he had no hope at all, the medicos should never of tried to revive him, he was a vegetable for that short period of being alive again. And if they had of left him Senna would still be with us...

[GKOBE]

RIP Roland

You also always be in our hearts!

[Spida37]

Thank you for not showing what Italian TV thought it was okay to show,Martin Brundle was watching the italian feed with his young daughter and had to answer the question "Daddy,why are those men pumping that mans chest". It was truly the darkest weekend in F1 history for a long time Rubens,Roland,the startline incident,Senna, Alboreto slewing thru his mechanics. F1 needed a wakeup call bt not this bad dnt 4get Montermini in Spain and Wendlinger in Monaco. RIP Roland,Ayrton u r hugeley missed.

[DAH210774]

Thank you also, I hadn't heard that about Martin Brundle and his daughter. Best wishes

[ilferrari]

I've never heard that either, probably because he made it up. Brundle was qualifying for the event, not watching TV with his daughter.

[Spida37]

Maybe he saw it after....?!! As 4ur name im guessing u mean i love ferrari, maybe a better one is Luca Badoer ill ferrari?! Get over urself and not give me shit for trying to remember sum1. Best regards.

[Vettelferrari2010]

0:26 Simtek engine sound, the start of Rolands last lap.

RIP Roland Ratzenberger

[Vettelferrari2010]

0:27 Simtek engine sound, the start of ratzenbergers last lap.

RIP Roland

[ferrarif169]

it is a tragic story that weekend woth the death of ratzenberger and than senna dedicated his race to ralnd and died as well

RIP Roland Ratzenberger

RIP Ayrton Senna

[Rayzorsharp24]

Imola 1994 was without doubt the darkest three days in Formula 1. Barrichello launched his Jordan on the Friday (and was relatively unscathed) Then Roland on Sat and Senna on Sun + the injuries sustained when a wheel flew into the crowd (and the nut went into the pitlane)

While people are curious to see these events, I commend you for the decorum you have shown, I find it distastefull when TV companys show resus attempts at accident scenes live. BBC cut away after this, but others did not.

[DAH210774]

Thank you my friend I really appreciate your comments :-) I don't believe the qualifying was broadcast on the BBC though that year, the race was but not the qualifying unless you or anyone else can correct me. I have a feeling it was 1996 when the BBC started showing Saturday and Sunday

[kierangrunge]

that was horrible, how you could see his head swaying because of his broken neck. ratzenberger seems a forgotten racer, the whole event swollowed up by senna's death the next day. my dad said (i wouldnt know, i was only 9 months old then) that ratzenberger was a good racer an would have had a good future. a big shame, part of the events of an awful weekend. R.I.P ratzenberger and senna

[tubeyou443]

Do you have the unedited version that you could send me? Just for educational purposes as I have never seen this.

[DAH210774]

So many people ask me for this... Sorry no, but thanks for viewing what I've uploaded. There's plenty of disrespectful clips showing Roland after the accident on YouTube but they'll never be on my channel.

[jimbo2surf]

good man

[roversfan090]

where did you get this rare vid from

RIP ROLAND RATZENBERGER

[eyoufa]

The race shouldn't have gone ahead. It was disrespectful to Ratzenberger to allow it to go ahead and if they'd called it off Senna would still be alive.

[bkvj]

HANS device wasn't available in 1994, as the other guy said. It was actually since 2001 that it was being designed & used (or 2000, can't remember)

[pjc2]

0:26 Ratzenberger crossing start/finish line (Simtek's engine sound).

[DAH210774]

I hadn't noticed that before. Well spotted...

[asterousia]

yes and the time shows that . from the start to villeneuve cuvrva

[charliezx6r]

probably the darkest days of f1 ever very very sad

[tatogomes01]

Today is turning 15 years that these Heroes was taken from us. We still miss you a lot Senna.

Senna para sempre...

RIP ROLAND AND SENNA

[th3r3n3g4d3]

very weird... talking about how safe the cars are at the start of the qualification... but they had no idea what was to happen on that fateful weekend. Very eerie...

[DARTCG]

R.I.P. it seems noone really know that he had a very successful sportscar career

[081588101]

again and again this is so unbelievably sad...

may you rest in peace mr. ratzenberger

[zolf1988]

RIP Roland... you drove a Formula One only for a couple of times. But your death hasn't been useless and it will never be forgotten.

[BeckMax]

RIP from Chile, I miss you Roland.

[toniiii9]

No he wont.He had impact on 316kmh.Even in todays cars he would not survive..............R.I.P Rolad.

[NialoF2]

What about the G-forces that Robert Kubica went through in his '07 Canada GP crash? Also Kenny Brack in Indycars back in 2003

[Nickmasies87]

Kubica suffered above 75g of negative G-Force..

And Brack above 200g....maybe Ratzenberger could survive at the impact..

[SanityInferno]

I don't think there's a black and white here...in the 94 car he had no chance of survival. In modern cars, in my view, he probably would have survived but it was such a heavy crash that it's by no means a certainty. Modern day cars are very very safe, but sooner or alter there will be another F1 driver fatality.

[curti1991]

Kubica's crash on Montreal was kind of the same as Roland's. He suffered a concussion, if i'm not wrong.

[ilferrari]

Ratzenberger died from a broken neck and basal skull fracture. With the HANS device and today's cockpits, he almost certainly would have survived.

[txngasnguns]

Even with the HANS device, I still believe Ratzenbergers injuries would have been career ending at the very very least. Still quite possibly one of the hardest impacts I have ever seen in formula one. I don't wish to dampen the hope and trials and tests we have invested in the HANS device. It has certainly saved lives in NASCAR. However, I still believe some impacts are just not survivable.

[Waitingforriki]

How bizarre the commentators happened to be talking about the 'safety' of F1 cars & their 'tough absorbent carbon fibre shells' as Ratzenburger has his fatal crash?? The grim reaper hung over that race weekend like a black cloud of death..Everything about it just felt wrong..I felt it & so did many millions of others during that horrific weekend at Imola..RIP guys..

[theeviltwaz]

RIP Roland and Ayrton.

I think Niki Lauda said it best after that race:

"God has had his hand over Formula 1 for a long time. This weekend, he took it away."

This, and Spa 1960, were truly, the blackest weekends that F1 will probably ever see.

[heinedenstore]

@ilferrari he would most likely have survived by HANS alone

[Schrecklassnach38]

@heinedenstore Senna, too.

[thehitchrules]

@heinedenstore No it wouldn't have. His skull and brain was speared by rod attatched to wheel. HANS would not have prevented that . Massa had hans, didn't stop spring cutting through his helmet ans skull.

[SebVettel18]

Real shame, he would have lived if it happened today :(

R.I.P. Roland Ratzenberger

[kirdorf16]

R.I.P

Sad Story

[Senna4Ever94]

RIP Roland you may have shone had you a greater car at your disposal. Nice video mate and respectfully produced.

[egdoh]

@ 0:51 u can see a mark on his helmet were he hit his head

RIP Roland Ratzenberger

[wolfmother4eva]

poor old roland... some say that he wasn't any good but think about it. he had just about zero testing experience and competed in only 3 races before his death. he had potential but couldn't ever show it because he was in a car that was slower than the minardi's... R.I.P roland...

[schlagsahnejunge]

R.I.P. Roland,i think he was a great driver,just his car wasn´t good enough

[blackcluck]

thats the most tantalising thought of all!

Had he lived, most likley 5 time world champion AT LEAST! many many more wins, no Damon Hill winning, much less of the dull crushing domminace of Schumacher.

I am not joking,it makes me want to weep in sheer maddening frustration and saddness.

[hristoitchov]

What an irony of them to speak of how safe the cars are just seconds before the incident...

Thanks for the upload DAH

[suineggninnips]

It is ironic, but the car seemed to withstand the impact quite well. Unfortunately, humans aren't designed to cope with G forces created by 190mph crashes, and its a pity the HANS device hadn't been invented then.

[richaw11]

Hans device was available in 1991......

[asterousia]

rest in peace roland .