F1 Imola 1994 - Qualifying + Ratzenberger Fatal Crash - UNSEEN FOOTAGE
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On this day April 30th 1994 Roland Ratzemberger lost his life in Imola during Qualifying.
This is an UNSEEN FOOTAGE, never released before. It was shoot by my family who was there that day at that moment.
Imagine in the saturday afternoon you are witnessing Ratzenbergers death crash.
And then about 24 hours later you are witnessing the Sennas death accident, so what a traumatic experience it must have been for a spectator that weekend.
Mind you, a day before, Rubens Barrichello also had a terrible crash that also almost killed him.
@@alpinecross4370 omg
Both tragic deaths but it pisses me off you only hear of senna's death at imola. If.you say ratzenberger died there too that weekend: ah, he was just a rookie, who cares?
No, he was a talented driver who had some bad luck that saturday by picking up gravel from a accident few minutes beforehand. He is forgotten though because "senna died" senna's death was tragic but not any worse that ratzenberger's death.
@@mightress I beg to differ. Yes, they're tragic in the same way and yes, Ratzenberger was a promising talent, but Senna was a titan, and could very well be the best driver in F1 history. There's simply much more weight to Senna's name, so it's what people will inevitably remember more.
It's kind of like how Nascar fans remember Dale Earnhardt's death much more than anyone else's.
@@mightress Does it really piss you off? I'll tell you something that will make you even more furious, if it weren't for Senna's death, Ratzenberger would certainly be little remembered. Ratzenberger is more remembered than De Angelis, Villeneuve for example or other drivers who died in previous years and who had more status than him, Senna's death is more commented on because Ayrton Senna was an icon of a generation of talented F1 drivers of the years 80 / 90 so don't be mad because if it wasn't for Senna's death you wouldn't talk about Ratzenberger these days and make sure he'll be remembered forever but let's not mess things up here, your anger is meaningless and more closer to hatred for the admiration people have for Senna than anything else
Amazing, your family captured the exact moment in which Ratzenberger damaged the front wing of his car that led to his accident the next lap.. In the Wikipedia it says that he damaged it at a run off at Acqua Minerale chicane but you can clearly see at 3:49 that after spinning on Tosa he tries to rejoin the track but in this attempt he hits the high kerb on the inside of the corner bending the front wing of the Simtek as a result..
His run off a few corners later may have actually been a consequence of this and probably further damaged the car leading to the horrible accident in the next lap.
The car at 3:49 looks like David Brabham's helmet, not Ratzenberger's. I could be wrong, but I think it's the other Simtek.
@@TimmyTantrum no it's Roland
You can't see from this vid if the wing is damaged or not. I doubt he did just gently going up on the kerb like that
The real damage to the front wing happened at Acque Minerali chicane. There is were Simtek's engineers saw from telemetry that something was wrong: they called at the radio Roland but he replied he felt the car was ok.
And the car was ok but nobody could bet that the front wing would have broken in the next lap while he was flatout coming from Tamburello (around 300km/h) approaching Villeneuve kink/turn.
@@77ice11 so after the mistake at the tosa he did another mistake at the acque minerali.chicane?
The crowd applauding Roland as he is being taken to the ambulance gives me cold shivers😢
Respect 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I doubt that they knew he had passed. So sad
Should have abandoned the weekend right there. RIP Roland and Ayrton... :(
what i find worse is that after ratzenberger’s death (sorry if i misspelled it), someone told him to drop out of the grand prix and even retire from racing completely, if he had listened, he could have lived longer.
@@BritishMoronthat car was way to dangerous and unreliable. Not the only one those years. The drivers at the back of the grid took big risks.
It was a terrible and sad weekend but probably needed to work on safety.
I witnessed this as a motorjournalist pretty close.
No it shouldn't. Never a GP has been cancelled because of fatality. Newbies have to know that it would be a lack of respect to the dead to stop the race
27 anni dopo riusciamo finalmente a vedere perché la Simtek di Ratzenberger perse l'ala anteriore il giro dopo aver fatto il testacoda, credo che nessuno abbia mai visto prima quel fuoripista. Pazzesco, grazie per aver caricato questo filmato!
Hai detto benissimo. Questo video è molto interessante.
E non solo Gabriele riuscì a vederne uno che purtroppo non riesco a trovarlo più anni fa dove si vede che roland fa anche un uscita alle acque minerali ed è lì che tocca l"ala anteriore con più vistosità,tuttavia qui a questa uscita della rosa non si vede bene cosa tocca . 😊👋
@@andreapinto3821 peccato non riuscire più a trovarlo, comunque anche qui nella ripartenza passa sopra il cordolo alto e sicuramente l'ala anteriore in qualche modo si piega. Poi c'è un altro video amatoriale dove si vede il passaggio sul traguardo prima dell'incidente, fa caso pensare che se fosse andato dritto in pit lane invece di affrontare l'ultima chicane, si sarebbe salvato.
@@GabrieleGallagher27 vero purtroppo quel furbacchione di prost l'aveva detta bene era finita la fortuna dovevano cambiare le regole invece hanno dato solo Interesse a business. Ratzenberger se le cercata per incoscienza, ayrton e stato ammazzato per negligenza. Non può avere ayrton il miglior team frank che lo conosceva dai primi anno 80 e poi dargli una Williams così stretta quando aveva una mc laren che ci stavano dentro due piloti
Ah...... Era lui allora al testacoda, e si..... Ala danneggiata
Ma questo video dov è stato in 27 anni.....
I still remember watching that moment live on TV. So surreal.
As I recall the commentary team were talking to a carbon fibre manufacturer about how safe the monocoque were now and then the accident happened very chilling.
That whole weekend has been surreal.
Back then they showed the practice and qualifying on tv? I guess must have been the cable channel. I watched BBC on Race day. (I remember was shown on another Channel but don't think Sky back then)
@@david-fx8ri the carbon tub in itself must have been rather fine. But what killed him was the lack of a Hans device, it was still quite a few years away before that was introduced in motorsports.
@@mintgoldheart6126 yes I noticed he had blood around his face hans and halo now are safety features beyond belief.
It was a long tough climb for him, to finally get to the top, and then fate stepped in, R.I.P. Roland.
After the Ratzenberger death, that Imola GP didn't have to go any more!
But....money talks!
Rest in Peace Roland
Rest in Peace Ayrton!
It's a classic track...
It's not particularly a dangerous track just because someone died doesn't mean we can't go
@@indigo8210 he meant that the race should have been stopped for that year
actually, you are right. in fact, they wanted to declare the death of Poor Ratzenberger, only after he was transported off the circuit. as far as I know, if in the event of death on the track, at least at the time, the Italian judiciary should have seized the entire circuit. (at least, that's what I read long ago).
Why? Although the first fatality for many years it was rare to stop the event should a fatality occur.
Look at the 1955 Le Mans crash, 80 or so people dead and they didn't even stop the race let alone end it.
I remember the team saying they thought he might have damaged the wing going off on the lap before - this footage gives some evidence of that. Nevertheless, tragic event.
I've read a lot of times about the spin before the fatal crash, glad to see the video.
Wow yes, priceless footage for those in the know. I’d seen a still photo of it before but never this.
Yeah, who knows there might be still some more unreleased footage of the crash or something, which will never get released
Heartwrenching..RIP ...forever with us
I am so sorry that you had to see this.
RIP.
💔
Who, me?
It's ok i needed to see this, it means alot to me and senna the next day to.
This makes you think how amazing safety is now in F1 .
safe and boring
@@leart78 so you would rather people die? alright psycho
@@leart78 What, not enough deaths for you these days? Come on, man. The safety measures implemented after this terrible weekend in 1994 were important ones -- and the addition of the halo later has SAVED LIVES already. Grosjean, for example.
After that weekend 94!
@@MrDuneedon I am glad that HANS and Halo were developed. I just wish the more interesting tracks would come back, as the overall safety has improved significantly.
A truly terrible weekend. I watched the race live and was stunned when Senna hit the wall. I stood up knowing this was going to be bad. And it was.
Hoy cumple 28 años de su muerte.. que Dios esté contigo Roland
They are always in our mind and hearts.
3:51 i think is HERE the cause of broken wing in the other lap, he touched the high kerb....
Dios mio ha?
I was thinking that as well, never knew where he hit the kerb but it was right there.
According to Simtek’s telemetry, the damage was actually done at Acque Minerali because they saw he went off at that section. Still haunting to see him recover from a spin at the corner he’d be killed at just minutes later…
I read something that said that Roland died on impact and the Italian law states that the track should have been locked for a full investigation which would have cancelled the race the following day. Instead, they treated him like he might still live, took him to a hospital to declare his death and continued with the proceedings.
Had they followed the rules, Senna might not have died.
@daveydmur that's exactly how it went down.
Money over life, or in this case, Roland's trackside death.
Never forgotten, always one lap ahead. Roland and Ayrton in one weekend, still hard to come to terms with.
😢x
Real drivers back then unlike the crap we have to endure nowadays
what do you mean? The new formulas are way faster and the forces to the pilots are higher.
@@milanmocik3591 cars are easier to drive though. Apples and oranges.
@@milanmocik3591 The car's they have now are very boring to drive and very boring to watch. If you look at F1 today, it's mostly trying hype things up, when they is not much in it. DRS, KERBS, Electric Engines, excess regulation, too much grip, car's are too long, terrible sound. It's like their all on rails. I recall, Allesi doing laps in 1970's Ferrari this year, you could feel and see that energy coming back. Today there is no energy in modern F1. They need to go back to the early 90's regulation, make it safer, Halo, more Side Protection, maybe make the car's 20 - 25% bigger for safety, bring back those loud engines, just add 20 to 25% more weight, more engine power. No DRS, NO electric engines.
Todays f1 cars are easy to drive. The older cars were much more unpredictable
Michele Alboreto shaking his head at 4:39 . He knew.
Amazing footage
Riposa in pace ragazzo
watched the senna doc the other night i saw all of this way back then showed it in the doc sent shivers down my spine all those years ago god
If only he stalled after that first spin
Career ended way too soon. 27 years ago RIP
Nobody forced them at gunpoint to drive in F1, huh?
@the Game, Review and Reallife Channel i meant 27 years ago sry
28 Jahre ist es her 😢😣🙏
2:16 that sound!!!
Awful accident - the unluckiest spot in the whole circuit for the car to fail. Also, amazing to see the acceleration of these cars - 2nd gear around Tosa, then a few seconds later switching to 5th gear as they go over the hill on the approach to the Piratella.
Instantly after his fatal accident happened, I recall having heard about Ratzenberger having an off a lap earlier which was the cause to the front wing failure later. Is the moment at 3:40 that?
I guess so....not sure though.
Yes I reckon so. Check the front wing at 3:49 when he hits the high curb, something clearly broke there and then.
@@randomdude239
That could possibly be the true fatal mistake both by the driver in some respects and I dare say mostly by the team.
They had to call him back to the pits for a check up of the car. A mere misjudgement of the body
damage ? Who can say.
According to Simtek’s telemetry, it wasn’t here. Roland damaged the wing at Acque Minerali. He decided to not pit and then met his fate. Don’t know at what point in the session he had this spin, but it’s such a haunting thing to see; he had a spin at the corner he’d come to rest at just a few minutes later…
This accident seems to have been scrubbed off the internet, no one has filmed it, or have cut out the moment he crashes.
Yepp... like this clip. something smells.
3:54 is that the moment Roland ruined his front wing? What a black week-end....I was 17 but I remember that days like it was yeaterday
That Sunday race should’ve been stopped and put on hold until further notice
28 anni fa. 💥🏎️💔
Надо было перенести Гран-при ,как говорил Айртон. Чувствовал наш ,, человек дождя,, близкую кончину. Вечная память и Роланду , и Айртону.
Incredible footage. It looks like Roland had trouble with that corner even before his crash. I couldn't tell - was that his Simtek getting pulled out of the gravel trap by the crane, or was that his teammate?
In my opinion it was David's car. Look at the helmet.
Yeah that was Brabham’s Simtek on the crane being pulled out of the trap…Brock, I am certain. I think both teammates were having handling problems all over the course that day. This is a dubious anniversary…
The darkest weekend in
Motor racing history. Roland
Wanted to put on a good show.
Even though the Leyton house
Car had sketchy handling at the
Limit. Journey well brother. ❤️
In this video you can see that it passes over the zebra. on the other lap he crashed. Surreal ... The reason for the crash was precisely the break of the left front wing.😔🙏
The real damage to the front wing happened at Acque Minerali chicane. There is where Simtek's engineers saw from telemetry that something was wrong: they called at the radio Roland but he replied he felt the car was ok.
And the car was ok but nobody could bet that the front wing would have broken in the next lap while he was flatout coming from Tamburello (around 300km/h) approaching Villeneuve kink/turn.
Ratzenberger touched the Tosa's curb one lap before his fatal accident at the Villeneuve corner and then partially broke the front wing which flew off at 314 km/h when it touched one of the last steps that were at Tamburello curve.
No, he damaged the wing at Acque Minerali; this Tosa spin was not what caused the failure, according to the Simtek team and telemetry. This low-speed turn would not damage a wing in such a way as to fail; later on he bounced, at speed, over the Acque Minerali kerbing.
@@OsellaSquadraCorse From the moment you are italian, you could also answer in italian. However apart this, in this video was shown the Roland's spin off at Tosa and all people, not all me, thank that he broke a small part of front wing in that circuit point, so I deduced that he broke the front wing in a circuit point where there weren't TV cameras.
3:46 RR had problems with the same corner previously too.
Is that RR or Brabham? Could it be that he hit the kerbstone there with his front wing causing the wing to fail later?
@@P.M.- Clearly RR with red top on helmet
Safety is always a moving target, what is safe today is seen as dangerous in the future. For all the advances in safety since then, notice how the car in the gravel was recovered by a crane not an all terrain forklift that a low f1 car can slide under. We stepped forwards with safety of the cars and circuits but not with the machines used to recover cars.
If only they has a crane at Suzuka 2014 and yet it looks so precarious in this video to retrieve a car like that.
The sound of this cars 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Esse carro da Simtek é o mais lindo da história da F1.
He Lost his front wing before Tosa corner at 320kmh ... And a stupid wall of bricks was waiting for him.. disgrace to the security
Dolore per questi ragazzi
In our hearts roland lives on
3:41 it seems that in this common spin he damaged the front wing which will then come off causing the fatal accident ..
@4 minutes. Is that Roland? Is that when he damaged the wing?
Povero Roland,era morto sul colpo,la pista andava posta sotto sequestro e la domenica non si sarebbe dovuto correre.
Quello che aveva denunciato ayrton, cancellare la gara!! Oltre ad aver denunciato la sicurezza che mancava, gli avvallamenti dell'asfalto, la sua macchina con quella modifica sbagliata, pneumatici che volavano fuori pista, barrichello con il suo incidente, insomma hanno proprio voluto uccidere Ayrton, lui aveva avvisato i pericoli....
Mi ricordo quel giorno. Rientrato a casa da scuola giusto per vedere le qualifiche.. Mi è rimasta impressa la vettura aperta sul lato dove si vedevano le gambe e parte del tronco e la testa a ciondoloni..
QUEM EM SA CONCIENCIA IMAGINARIA UM FINAL DE SEMANA TAO TERRIVEL😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Cara morreu na pista.
Pra que houvesse a corrida que tirou a vida de Senna,disseram que Ele morreu a caminho do hospital.
Esse GP de 01/05/1994 jamais deveria ter ocorrido naquele fim de semana.
E sim algumas alterações deveriam ter sido tomadas.
Mas,o sistema e o dinheiro prevaleceu sobre o valor de uma vida,no caso duas!!
Once there was on youtube such unseen footages from Senna's crash too.... from people watching live. Now I just see those official TV ones.
Il danno che causò l'incidente fu ripreso nel giro precedente, dove danneggiò l'alettone salendo sul cordolo... 😕
Eppure andava pianissimo...come ha fatto a danneggiare il muso?
@@fringhio1459 perché il cordolo era molto alto... 🤷
@@fabiourb74 cordoli senza senso
Dai, per me è impossibile che si sia rotta in quel frangente, è salito ai 2 all'ora. Un'ala che resiste a centinaia di kg di carico non può rompersi così. O ha toccato da un'altra parte, oppure fu proprio un cedimento del pezzo, quanto difettoso fin dalla produzione.
@@lucarinaldo83 ma infatti, non.vorrei pensare a sto punto che sia stata magari fissata male l'ala
RIP Roland and Ayrton
0:47 pacific 😍😍😍😍
0:37 that Ferrari off its nut.
Sie waren nicht nur Konkurrenten, sie waren auch Freunde.
Ayrton Senna und Roland Ratzenberger (beide : 1960-1994)
Ayrton war über den Tod von Roland sehr erschüttert, er hätte einen Tag später, nicht starten dürfen.
RIP 🌹🕯️🙏🏼
in documentary about Roland is that your father?
Yes
So what did happen to Ratzenberger’s car that day? Every camera angle seen has the car disappearing behind the wall, then reappearing as the car slides over the MAGNETO sign and back into the track.
His front wing sustained damage earlier in the previous lap on the curbstones. It failed completely just before entering tosa kink at 300+ kmh. No downforce so straight on to the concrete.
The irony of those fans cheering - they didn't know, of course - as a dying Roland Ratzenberger is loaded into the ambulance, on what would go on to become the darkest weekend in F1 history.
He was dead already. But the rescue team had to make it look like it's not over yet, so that qualifying can continue. Sadly
The same villain in the most tragic situations in the human history: Politics!
03/03/22
R.I.P. Roland
Io ero nel punto in cui è arivato Alesi e ha salutato il pubblico della Tosa. Dopo l'incidente è andato via pensieroso, credo avesse capito subito che l'incidente era stato fatale.
The disgusting part of F1, how the bury under the carpet everything, the coverage of Jules Bianchi’s death, this weekend on Imola in 1994, ( senna’s crash is very very weird… looks like a suspension failure or something )
The most probable cause is the failure of the steering column that was cut, lengthened with a piece of tube of a smaller diameter and welded. Two different metallurgical experts' reports made by the nearby University of Bologna (the oldest European university, founded in 1088) and the other if I remember correctly by the Air Force, found that before the accident a large fatigue crack had formed in the welded part (fatigue failures are easily recognisable by their characteristic appearance even to the eye); at this point there are only two possibilities the column was about to break but Senna had the accident before it happened or, more likely, the badly damaged column gave way when passing over a bump, causing the accident
Wow schon wieder fast 30 jahre her 🙏
That race should have been cancelled after the death of Roland. Although that's easy to say in hindsight.
1:15 was that ratzenberger before it happened
I watched that on TV live you saw them doing CPR on Roland so you knew he was gone. Sad weekend.
They did CPR to avoid cancelling race next day! They needed his heart beating to carry him away because according to Italian laws race should be stopped if somebody dies on racetrack. So officially RR got only injuries and died later in hospidal, so they could continue with the racing weekend. If they' d follow the laws the Senna would be alive.
UNSEEN,,,,,exactly!
poor bugger RIP along with senna
I could be wrong, but wasn't there another accident on this day when an F1 wheel went airborne along the start finish straight and landed onto the crowd killing one spectator? Can't remember if it happened on final practice run or qualifier
It was Lamy crashing to the back of Lehto's stalled car on the first race start. Some spectators got injured by the debris, but nobody died.
Thank god the HANS device got invented
I remember on the Sunday morning being a paperboy and reading the back page which had the Ratzenberger headline that he'd been killed only to see Senna killed that same afternoon. As others have said that race weekend will be forever etched in our minds as motor racing fans. RIP
RIP Roland Ratzenberger 😭😭😭
Depois disso essa corrida nem era pra ter acontecido.
imola 1994 was without a doubt the worst weekend in f1
I heard that Senna had an Austrian flag with him to wave after the race as a tribute, sadly he died during the race
Polski ....cierto !!
@@searcher99c21 Bs. The only blood spread with when he was treated outside of the car. The piece that entered through his helmet did prevent most Blut from spilling.
There was no flag found in the car. This was debunked long ago. But it's a nice sentiment.
@@arkangelgaming35 Debunked, ROFL. The flag is part of the investigation as evidence and even on the autopsy report. But I guess it was all made up by a coroner who did not even know who Senna was.
@@bowlchamps37 Yet there is no mention of it in any reports at all. Fave it, as a nice gesture it would have been, it simply was not there.
I was there, on the same stand, and I cannot forget that tragic moment. The accident is still clear in my mind.
RIP Roland.
Can you please share your memories of the atmosphere there at the moment and the rest of the day?
At that grandstand I assume you knew the situation with Roland was serious. Without smartphones back then, when did you hear that Roland passed away? Was that on the grandstand? Or didn't you knew untill you saw or read the news? Or maybe you knew instantly?
How was the feeling or atmosphere the next day?
And after Ayrtons crash, did you guys there knew what was going on? Were you told through the speaker?
Thanks in advance,
Frank
@@frankg6502 I don't know how spectators felt, i can hear Italian saying he is dead right after it happened, the other commented something about his legs. Watch slow motion video of winner on the podium because it tells a lot about his career.
@@frankg6502 Well I guess we all know how they must've felt after Grosjeans accident last year... Although we felt relief.
@@codaalive5076 What does it say, Mr. high horse?
@@codaalive5076 He did not know Senna was brain dead at the scene, nor did he say it was a good thing. He said it could mean many things, that it could mean waking up the next day (because that does happen). Is he not allowed to be happy for winning? You act as if there's only one emotion a person can feel, or as if there's only one thing that should be on a person's mind, when the world has so many things going on. Just because you wouldn't be, doesn't mean that your way is the best way of going about it. So no, him smiling tells nothing beyond what you WANT it to. Why you'd want to believe something negative about someone shows more about you than anything here. Also, condemn Hakkinen and Burti for the same thing while you're at it, they "celebrated" too.
As for the Speed Channel replay of the race, Bob Varsha was wrong with his statement that they already knew Senna was dead, it wasn't announced until a few hours after the race local time.
The italian guys got it right from the start: he's dead they say, just from impact
Yes and somebody then adds ''no way you can be alive after crashing there at 300km/h"
Io non ricordo le qualifiche quel giorno, anche io sono dell 86 come altre persone qui che hanno commentato.
Purtroppo ricordo come tutti l incidente in diretta di Ayrton.....
Riposino tutti in pace
Ps, c'è ancora gente che imbocca contromano superstrada ed autostrade
È successo ieri sulla superstrada che percorro ogni mattina.
Lo sciagurato ha impattato con un forgoncino che procedeva sulla corsia di sorpasso, c'è un video di un altro automobilista sull altra carreggiata
Unfortunately they were right, it was a very dark day followed by another as we soon discovered, I watched all of this unfold at that time and was devastated for Roland, but the next day when we lost Ayrton, that was almost unbearable. When I hear about this race and Ayrton, I always spare a thought for Roland, he sometimes gets forgotten by some but thankfully never forgotten by real F1 fans, two great drivers and heroes of F1 RIP Roland and Ayrton ❤️
Roland suffered a basal skull fracture, instant death. In Italian law a death at a public event required that the event be cancelled. F1 covered up his death at the track resulting in the race going ahead, in breach of the law, resulting in the death of Senna. Ecclestone is completely responsible for Senna’s death.
Ecclestone was responsible but not the only responsible, Sid Watkins and others also were psrt of the pathetic show of trying to give first aid to the death body of Ratzenberger, they were even trying to give him pcr some 10 minutes after the crash (even a child could tell you that after 5 minutes without hesrt beat your brain is certainly death)
it was an outrageous charade that ended with the death of Senna
A very sad and tragic weekend for motorsport. Rest in Peace Roland and Ayrton 💔
Ayrton and Roland. The two victims from THAT horrible, tragic weekend. It hasn't gotten any easier over the years since that weekend. The only consolation is I seen Ayrton's colours again, being driven in anger.
Peace.
Hi D, hope you're good. I have a question for you.
Ive heard a theory for a good few years that when someone dies at an Italian (sporting) event, the event would be shut down pending investigation into the death. I've heard (and this isn't very nice) that is why they kept Senna on life support until after the race. But if that was true, wouldn't they've stopped the weekend after Roland died?
Sorry its a long meandering question but I've always wondered if there's any truth to it.
May 1st
@Philly Cheesesteak Ayrton's death was not due to the stupidity of the mechanics. he died because the tires were cold due to the safety car that came in because of the crash at the start. Ayrton's car was low and bounced on the entry straight into the tamburello. to make matters worse, there was a strip of grass between the track and the gravel pit that took the car even more out of contact with the ground. there is an analysis showing the steering bar all the way to the left, which indicates that the car was supposed to make the turn if the tires were warm.
@@marciocbf A broken steering rack would produce the same effect. The only difference is everyone else on the track had cold tires, and no one else went off the track in this fashion. Of course the steering racks of those drivers didn’t break either.
@@biffbifford402 no, because there are several videos that show a shiny metallic piece on the steering bar that indicate the wheel was facing left.
this is really rare footage thank u for sharing this
Stolen video
@@VendPrekmurec how was it stolen it was shot by this fellas family 😭
the way the engines sound in this, runs chills up my back in a way they sound scary, and or a warning of the tragedy of that weekend, don't know why but any footage from the qualifying or the race itself just gives me total chills, thanks for uploading
Same, I also got pretty heavy chills watching this, especially from the Ferraris. It’s almost as if the cars were (like you said) warning us of what was to come.
I completely agree it's weird isn't it
There’s a scientific reason for this.
Humans typically fear loud, increasing/crescendoing sounds; it gives us like a feeling of impending danger.
Sirens typically use this philosophy too.
Knowing what we do about what happens next, it’s given that this sound would be so chilling.
Different world then. Pure quality and depth to so many aspects of life including V12 F1. Now we live in hairdryer land with poncy drivers and sanitised tracks. That V12 era was special. It's cardboard now.
bumble bees from hell!! 155db
Riposa in pace Roland. In troppi si sono dimenticati di te. Io per fortuna non sono tra questi...
Scusa ma in pochi si sono dimenticati di Ratzemberger. Siamo riusciti tutti insieme a mantenere la memoria di quel povero sventurato.
Io sempre penso a lui e comunque un pilota che faceva storia in f 1 se non moriva
I was 8 when I watched this live on tv and I’ll never forget. RIP
All true F1 fans who lived at that time will never forget roland or the shock of seeing him die, god bless you roland, rest in peace.
So sad, and it wasn't nice seeing Senna knowing what tomorrow would bring. RIP BOYS
At 0:22 right? The helmet isn't Damon Hill's.
Oh and 2:25. That goddamn useless helmet. It *is* awful to see. Really really awful. Brings that weekend back in a really horrifying way. I was 8 years old in April/May '94 but I can't forget the gloom that descended on us all.
I'm just desperately willing them both to stop and get out of their cars on replays, even though I know they won't.
@@snaubdca7yebf you and me both, if only we could.
@@snaubdca7yebf no mate that's Senna, Hill had a dark blue helmet with small white vertical stripes going round (his Dad's rowing club's colours).
Sound of those ferrari engines.. Amazing. Such a sad weekend
As tragic as this time was, it was arguably the best era in F1. The cars were beautiful and yes that V12 was the finest sound of anything on this earth.
The Ferrari has an amazing and undistinguishable sound, you can clearly find out if it is passing one of those beautiful engines even with closed eyes. Those V12 were pieces of art and the 1995 412-T2 is something special. Very sad weekend.
The crash itself was scary
But the fact that he ran wide and many minutes later spun at the same corner *before* the crash it's the scariest part
Such a sad weekend. Terrific footage, but gut wrenching at the same time.
Min. 3:52 ... Probably that was the moment when Roland broke a part of it's front wing...
Ratzy didn’t have to die, RIP RR.
Indeed. Let us feel no remorse nor sorrow but rather hold in the highest regard and honor them that die pushing the envelope doing what they love. I envy their fearlessness,, to them I say Bravo, I salute you!
And the sad part was he was just a rookie, ended his career just when he was starting it
@@housesports000 I think you know too little about his career.
if he was a newbie it was only in F1.he won the 1986 British Championship.
and was very popular in japan
@@CrispinHands yes I was talking about f1, although i have never heard about his past experience I assumed he had experience as did all drivers before and now have
What a sad, dad weekend and a watershed in motorsport. Roland passing away in practice, Rubén’s unbelievably violent accident which could have easily killed him in practice and then Senna on Sunday.
Respect, especially to Roland’s family who always seem to be overlooked and forgotten.
nevermind that in the collision at the start of the race i think like 6 or 8 spectators got injured by flying debris as well. it was a helluva weekend.
@@PintkonanAnd 4 or 5 mechanics injured because of a loose wheel with a pit stop. It was the weekend from hell. And to think cars safety was already improved a lot in 1994. The earlier years were totally crazy. Senna would be alive if the tire and suspension didn’t hit his head and punctured his helmet. 12 years were passed since the last death during a race in 1982 when this weekend from hell came. They probably thought they had everything covered after a 12 year deathless sport.
Terribile.
R.i.p Roland
Ayrton per sempre
From my own memory over that horrible weekend at Imola, having watched the live BBC Sport feed presented by Steve Ryder, Murray Walker and James Hunt, it was a scene not to be forgotten. Barrichello sideways crash before the pits during qualifying, Razenberger crash/death, flying debris from the collision at the start involving JJ Letho and debris flying into the pit lane injuring people there and Senna crash.
I still have a copy back then of Autosport magazine, with front page headline, “Death at Imola”, with picture of Senna’s wreak car at Tambarello.
James Hunt died just before the 1993 Canadian GP. It was Jonathan Palmer in the commentary box with Murray Walker that day...
Should be canceled after all this happened before Senna!!!!!
@@maricleo493 Everyone who likes Motorsport, should know that a driver can get hurt or lose their lives and no one has forced to do it.
@@maricleo493 disagree, motorsport is dangerous, this used to happen regularly. 1976 was the first f1 season ever without a fatality. And Lauda came close.
It was a brutal weekend but there was no reason to cancel it.
@@theant9821
Italian law would have forced them to cancel it. Events are stopped by law if a driver dies on track, Roland Ratzenberger did die on track. It was very common especially in countries with laws like that to avoid declaring a driver dead at the circuit, because that would mean the end of the race weekend.
Roland was declared dead on arrival at the hospital, they could do nothing for him, he was already dead and beyond all hope. Autopsy confirmed his death had been instantaneous both in a clinical and cardiac sense of the term.
Sid Watkins even told Senna that Ratzenberger was dead, while he was still in the Medical Centre.
Is that the famous spin Roland had before his qualifying lap which damaged his front wing and caused the accident? If so it’s never been seen on tv footage before!
No,it was at Acque Minerali.
Anyone else would pit... sadly he decided to do another lap... Still sad about his loss and Ayrton’s.
@@roowke It's usually okay to carry on with a damaged front wing if it does not look as if it will fall off any moment. You usually just lose downforce through either left- or right hand corners and would not expect the entire thing to fall off...
@@jogon206 He absolutely should've pitted. It isn't shocking it came off since it was compromised but still had the effects of downforce being applied to it further stressing the wing, not to mention a broken wing can amount to say 1000 lbs less of downforce so taking any turn would be noticeably horrid.
Yes It is.
at 4:12 we can hear some guys saying: "is he dead? yeah he's dead", and some other were swearing, they already knew...
Sadly it was a very obvious broken neck. Still one of the absolute worst f1 crashes ever. Dead instantly.
Ok sherlock
Oh yeah è morto è morto
@@timyo6288
Basilar skull fracture, torn Aorta
@@bigdaddycool4242 almost instant death with very very rare cases of survival.
Sad to see that ... got goosebumps ... rest in peace mate
4:10 Everyone in the grandstands realized what had just happened. The guy next to the cameraman says "morti, morti!", which is basically "dead, dead!" The way Ratzenberger's head hung down motionless was a somber indication of that. RIP.
03:40 One round before he has damaged his front-wing at this place ?
From another comment i read, I do believe that is Roland Ratzenberger at 3:40
Yep he damaged his wing supposedly at 3:40, then tried to do another lap when the team told him to pit to replace the wing and it failed on him a lap later same place, idk if it’s true
i was sitting in the Tosa stand on the Saturday morning and both Simteks went off on the outside and I'm fairly sure that happened more than once. I do recall that on several of these occasions despite going off on the outside both drivers went over the high curb on the inside of the track similar to what happened at 03:40.
I'm glad that the couple of friends I was with and myself moved to the Variente Alta for the Saturday Qualifying session and missed the fatal accident.
For the Sunday I was sitting on the hill at Rivazza.
Essa Corrida Jamais teria sido realizada... Segurança Zero para os pilotos...
Ratzenberger e Senna ambos morreram na Pista!!!
Vergonhosos e desumano, somente pelo $$$$.
Thank you for posting this video.
Yes thank you! Is this the first time you've ever shown it to anyone?
Safety is much better nowadays, god bless Roland Ratzenberger. RIP
But the cars sound like racing cars, not Toyota Yaris Hybrids.