San Marino GP 1994 (Saturday Qualifying 3) Ratzenberger Accident Investigation
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- As someone who is passionate about Formula One, and who was absolutely devastated after witnessing the events of this tragic weekend, I have uploaded this qualifying video series as a tribute to the memories Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger.
CAUTION: Some accident scenes are graphic, so if you are sensitive to such material please do not watch.
They clearly show how dangerous this circuit once was, and also how the marshals and paramedics used to treat drivers immediately after an accident back then. At the start of the year the FIA had banned certain driver aids and the sport literally became more dangerous as a result.
Ayrton himself had predicted major accidents and can be seen here investigating how Rubens Barrichello is after his accident, and how he commandeers the safety car, completely against protocol, to drive down to the Villeneuve corner to investigate where and how Roland had gone off the circuit.
It is a testimony to how advanced Formula One, and motorsport in general, has now evolved in terms of safety and post-accident driver care.
For the true Ayrton Senna fans, it's a last chance to see him flying around a track at top speed on his way to his 65th and last ever Pole Position. We can only guess how he would have developed the Williams FW-16 that year, and ponder on what could have been...
Feel free to leave respectful comments only. Thank you.
Rest in Peace - Ayrton and Roland
THIS MATERIAL IS THE OWNERSHIP OF FORMULA ONE MANAGEMENT (F.O.M.)
30 years ago… Today is May 1st 2024. I so vividly recall watching the race live with my late father and younger brother. Ayrton and Roland you are still so fondly remembered 🏎️❤️😇
At Friday: R. Barichello bad infured
At Saturday: R. Ratzenberger R I P
At sunday: A. Senna R I P
I think it was the the darkest weekend of formula 1 of all time.
The last deadly accidents in F1 for drivers.
Rest In Peace Jules Bianchi
It was awful, but im pretty sure there have been worse weekends, in 50s - 70s, when often more than one driver would die in a race
Terrible absolutely terrible..
And all the cars ended exactly the same
@@matthewworrall6582 and sadly now, even though its f2, Anthoine Hubert
So sad how they're talking about how the strong car has saved his life not knowing he was dead before the car stopped
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Fully agree but without all these fatalities modern motor racing F1 In particular they would not be wat they are today cars tracks Marshalls even walls all past accidents got us here and for those thinking i dont feel for drivers and families i do but without their brave sacrifices in those crazy days of racing we be seeing this today RIP Roland Senna from this bad weekend
He wasn't saying that it saved his life, he was doing his job and trying to be positive. They knew just as everyone else did when that car came to a stop that Roland was dead, but because they can't say anything until the official word has been given, and all parties have been notified, they have to try to remain positive and try to tell the viewers about things like the chassis, the upgrades, etc. Has absolutely zero to do with them thinking he was alive and "saved" because they knew he was dead. Everyone knew he didn't survive that.
Did he died instantly after the impact?
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Yes. He had a basal fracture so he basically bleed out. He was dead before he left in the helicopter.
The movement of his head after the accident... neck broken. Absolutely horrible to watch.
He had massive head trauma. When his car impacted the wall at 195 mph his head hit the concrete wall, and that was that. He also had a ruptured aorta and the front left tire hit him in the head.
That was the most tragic Formula 1 weekend ever.
He hit a 30 ton concrete block at 190 mph and cracked it. Wow. Crazy how they would have an exposed concrete block wall at the end of a straight away like that.
Numpties.
Because normally drivers wouldnt hit the wall like that at that angle. Besides, better keep the car on track than into the stands
@@JM_daDocThose aren't good arguments though. First of all cars reached easily 300kph before the kink and they often battled side by side when they approached the corner. An impact like this had to happen sooner or later. Concrete walls on the outside of 300kph corners is just inexcusable, both for the Tamburello as well as the Villeneuve/Tosa corners. Even simple guard rails or tyre barriers could have possibly prevented both deaths that weekend and the cars still wouldn't have exceeded the track limits
@murphymoerf you are correct but unfortunately safety in motorsport back then wasn't as prioritized or well researched as today.
It’s so ironic the commentators are saying about the safety of the cars. I know they had no clue of the impact that this week would have in the future of the sport. May both Senna and Rotzenberg rest in piece.
Senna para Sempre!!! 🇧🇷
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...
20 years ago today, Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna da Silva may you continue to rest in peace. Your life and Ayrton's saved many others. Saudade ♥
Daniel Alexander Hill 21 today :/
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R.I.P Roland Ratzenberger and R.I.P Ayrton Senna from Dortmund...i m Shock!! After 25 Years sad sad sad!!!
25 years ago today RIP Roland Ratzenberger.
Guess what???? 2024 another's 5 years past away, it ' s past 30 years from Imola 1994
@@jimmy-vy8hy Crazy to think it has been 30 years since that infamous and horrible weekend.
As I'm typing this message, it's been now 30 years since the world witnessed the tragic Imola week-end that forever changed Formula 1. From Barrichello's crash on Friday (almost died), to Ratzenberger's death on Saturday and finally Senna's death on Sunday; these losses will eternally be remembered. May they Rest In Peace. 🕊❤
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
The survival cell on these cars was great. The amount of head movement the drivers had was not. Waaay too much head movement. No restraint whatsoever. Its odd to watch old F1 races and even pre HANS device NASCAR races and see how the drivers could move their head all over. The bodies are tied down rigid but the head can still move and snap around..... Basal skull fracture waiting to happen.
Yes, HANS was 7 years in the future. Unavoidable time an accidents drive progress.
MadGaz85 it's odd watching old races and seeing the driver check their blind spot. And if course the cockpit sides were level with their shoulders or a bit lower. Way way to low. The push now is for "enclosed cockpits" in F1. It would help in cases of debris strikes (Felipe Massa hit by a spring) and perhaps loose tire issues hitting the driver (Seem to remember a driver got killed like that at Laguna Seca in a F3000, a relative of famous F1 driver Surtees).
+MadGaz85 The accident That I am thinking of is one that killed either a nephew or grandchild of John Surtees. A car way in front of him wrecked, a tire came off and bounced a few times and came down just as he was there and it hit him in the head.
that was in 2009 Henry Surtees, the son of John Surtees and it was in Brands hatch, not Laguna seca
@@bourlivak88MadGaz85
Well, someone did what MadGaz85
said, at Laguna Seca, while driving for Roger Penske.
The day that took back F1 fans back to the 60's 70's era. Reminds you that a human body's not designed to travel at 200 mph unlike those cockpits... :(
But a human brain is so clever that it can creat a thing which can go at 1000mph
Seeing Ayrton in that Alfa driving to the site of Roland's accident is a bit eerie.
To think that less than 24 hours later he too would lose his life.
That was a horrible, horrible weekend.
After Senna checked out the scene & later found out Ratzenberger had succumbed he was deeply upset & considered not starting the race. However the following morning he decided to start feeling Ratzenberger would have wanted the show to go on, as likely did all the other drivers. I'll go no further as you know the rest.
He also had Ratzenberger's country flag in his car, he was gonna wave it around after the race in remembrance of Ratzenberter. He snuck the flag in his car, they found it during the post wreck inspection.
How they wanted to race on sunday is beyond me
They would not race today if it happened
@@audreyperrin320they actually would. Nothing stopped racing when jules or even anthoine met their fates on a weekend
@@krampusk5699had Jules died earlier in the weekend as opposed to 9 months after a mid-race accident, I’d imagine they’d have probably cancelled it. I remember reading somewhere they deliberately delayed Senna’s death announcement so it wasn’t cancelled mid race because of Italian law
The organiser and bernie would of lost millions, hence why the black box on sennas car dissappear and senna was resuscitated so death wasn't declared on track, neither he or Roland were alive after initial impacts
They tried to resuscitate greg Moore in 1999 who had an even worse crash than roland and senna, his head hit ground and concrete wall at 190mph no slowing down, that was live aswell
Back to then, remembering I had a nice afternoon to my bro's church witness volition, I discovered pc use at 9 old. It was so sunny, we had tons of fun.
I was discovering F1 but wasn't focused too much because I was a 9 old kid. (I only saw brazil gp) Senna caught my interest cuz' he was the fastest, in a renault (my dad owned a renault then) and I liked him at first glance.
Only by Monday, I realized why my parents were sad for me sunday evening. By monday lunch break, they handed me newspapers. It felt unreal...
Back to afternoon school, the teacher had to call them back since I was crying so much in class. To me May 2nd was my darkest day in my life ever. Like losing family Dear to me.
I had to wait 20 years and my gramps death to cry as much.
I went to Imola in 2004 with some fan club thanks to mom's gift for me being 20.
A great track, outdated for modern F1. Hope to see an Imola F1 GP again...
2 years from imala is returned
The actual footage broadcasted on TV is shocking. I can't believe they kept showing it. Very graphic, I don't even think you can find it today.
It's on youtube
jules bianchi's crash was never shown i believe.
@@robertr7923lol there’s footage everywhere. I watched it live and recorded the tv on my phone.
watching this video of roland's accident sends a chill down my spine even now because you know before the car finally came to a standstill that no person can survive a crash of this magnitude when you look at it on the 30th april 2018 EXACTLY 24 years after it happened............ The World did'nt know what kind of person it Lost that day R.I.P Roland Ratzenberger My Deepest Sympathies to Your Parents Rudolf and Margit And family......
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.
cant believe its 1994 and the safety was STILL in the stone age. i mean how can they never think of putting tire barriers before the concrete at that spot?
16 7ears today Roland.
R.I.P. Never forgotten.
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
@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..
Rest in Peace Roland
Today marks 28 years since Ratzenberger's death
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
Yea. At that point, NO amount of safety devices can help.
i was 12 this year and i watched this race live. it was a sad day even in my relatively young age then...
... The commentators were talking about how much worse off he would've been in an 80s car. Probably jumped the gun on that a bit.
Ratzenberger was the first death in Formula 1 since Riccardo Paletti at the 1982 Canadian GP.
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.
He won't talk about that day
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
its when you see the person who went to this really devastating crash and you know that the same thing happened to him(and almost to another driver at the very start before this the following day)thats why these events won't ever be forgotten by anyone...........................................................................
What's unbelievable about this is all the commentary about materials and the damage to the track etc. No mention of the human and his potential injuries.
yeah and nowadays the first thing you hear after a crash is "are you okay? are you okay?" to the driver
1:37 Hey I recognise that corner...
Oliver Bulmer Ayrton's last corner....
@@thepiston7891 Dangerous corner that Senna died...
Tamburello..
Yep Ayrton was gone exactly on the previous corner than Ratzenberger did. Absolutely terrifying 😮😮😮😮
Such an eery video
all that technology and know how and they couldn't see how dangerous having your head and neck head exposed like that was.... :(
The sort of injuries that Ratzenberger died from wouldn't have been prevented by something like a halo or aeroscreen though, one of which being an aorta transection which is caused by extreme deceleration.
I guess the Hans prevented loads of deaths like this one in the next years...
@@ethownzbhthe HANS device would've probably helped Roland though
I love racing with all my heart. But when someone gets hurt I just feel like a massive fool you know? Wtf are we doing here? Was it worth it?
Indeed, racing should be fun, noone should die that way. Hopefully thanks to the new regulations it's almost impossible to get killed
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 :-)
it is very unfortunate that sometimes we learn from fatal mistakes like this and yes at the time cars we getting ridiculously powerful and some driving aids were banned.
Why is Allard Kalff such a cheerful bastard considering the circumstances. It's really starting to piss me off.
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.
Yeah... I also kind of imagine the guys in the studio talking about car safety in an attempt to calm down the viewers and to try and make people hope Ratzenberger survived when you see his head flail from side to side as the wreckage of his car slides down the track... A terrible weekend, Formula 1 lost 2 great drivers, almost 3...
RIP Ratzenberger and Senna.
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...
Yes indeed 19 years today, my goodness... Thanks for the reminder
i totaly aggree with you . you are absolutely right
DAMNED WEEKEND
Indeed it was.
But can we please not forget the Ferrari mechanic that was killed in the pit lane accident towards the end of the race (the pit lane speed limit came in for the next race as a result) and the spectators that were injured during the start line shunt. This further darkened the weekend.
What was that weekend? So many things did go wrong..
On this same weekend? Omg
Couldn't sum it up in better words myself, great comment.
Classic Eurosport - a driver has just died, and they're talking about the merits of carbon fibre on the body of an F1 car.
I don't think there ever has been, or ever will be, a darker weekend of motorsport than Imola 1994. Even when the cars were just circulating, just watching the video's, there is just a constant feeling that something isn't right, something's going on, something bad is about to happen. My Dad told me this feeling was noticeable even before Barrichello's crash...
RIP guys.
joseph baldwin eerily prophetic
4 wheeled motorsport I agree, it was the darkest weekend. I think the 1970 Isle of Man TT is the darkest in all of any type of motorsport (6 seperate fatal accidents).
joseph baldwin officially he wasn’t dead at the time so no one was to know this!
Le Mans 1955 killed 83, with 180 injured. That will forever be the worst day in Motorsports
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".
These cars are so strong
driver dies seconds later
commentators curse if I've ever seen one
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.
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
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...
22 years, RIP
Senna and Ratzenberger are not dead, the are just one lap ahead of us.
I always feel looking at footage of this and Barrichello that there was more going on.....Senna knew SOMETHING
This one looks a lot like Kubicas crash back in 2007, The angle (almost head on) and speed (+- 280kph) is pretty similar and even the whole structure of the car was smashed in a similar way destroying it completely except for the survival cell (even rolled on his wheels and exposed his feets in Kubica's case). IN both crashes the energy was dissipated largely by the car sliding over the track. The Hans device probably saved the life of unlucky RObert back then.
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He was talking about Robert Kubica's accident in Canada in 2007 and comparing it to this one Juhani...
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This is quite possible but the truth is we will sadly never know... Concrete walls - just like tractor in the horrid Jules Bianchi accident hopefully will become things of the past. We'll never make it 100% safe, but making it safer should continue to be a priority. Thanks for you comments
This is true but I have been predicting a death due to a rescue tractor being out on the course in the wet for many years. Jules' head hit it at over 100mph. That must never happen again...
Daniel Alexander Hill I agree with you Daniel, i have been fearing for drivers and tractors for years now, specially after watching a lot of American's Cart Series back in the 90s when they already had those trucks with some arguably bizarre huge bumpers which made them a lot safer (at least looked safer anyway). Cant understaand why they never made it to the f1
I didn't know that Miguel thanks, I have only really followed F1...
@TheNickmoura I'm glad to be part of your education young man :-)
The front wing you see flying is what caused Roland's horrible crash.
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
Thanks a lot, mate. :-)
30 years 🔥🙏🏻🏁
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 :-)
Chilling watching Ayrton drive by the very spot, he would die 24 hours later.
@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 :-)
So sad! It’s crazy how safe F1 is now, they go straight into a wall at 300km and just get out like nothing happened. Mark Weber hit anther car flipped and went straight into a wall, tossed his steering wheel over the front all pissed off.
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
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.
so...... senna died in the corner before the corner were roland died?
14 years later…. I’ll answer your question. Yes. Hope things have gone well for you since your question.
what was the commentator at the start thinking? Incredible saying how good the survival cells are when he can see the state of that car, huge hole in the left side, much of the car missing. And of course Roland Ratzenberger didn't survive. Was the commentator Allard Kalff?
DM G yeah, it seems like they have no clue about what just happened. Surreal
ive never seen such a mangled car after an f1 accident, its just horrific
19 years ago, R.I.P Roland and Ayrton.........
That Simtek in that bad shape still looks better than any f1 car from 2009-->
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.
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Ratzenberger and ayrton died at the same way (going straight out of a corner)
Same corner too
@@SnIpErThAtRaPeSu no, different corners
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
RIP to all those killed doing what they loved
and all the injured mechanics (Alboreto accident) and spectators (Lamy&Lehto accident)...plus there was a Porsche Super Cup race and one driver got seriously injured..
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.
The scarce runoff areas didn't help either. What a tragedy.
That was such a terrible accident, I hope this will never happen again in Formula 1 but sadly I think it will after Senna's death this year it marks 20 year without a Formula 1 death. R.I.P to Roland Ratzenberger and every other racing driver who have lost there lives racing.
DCC Games Jules Bianchi has died, ending the 21 years. #ripjules
16 years today...
Barinade23 25 years today...
that turn was dangerous and fast villeneuve crash that there 1980 nothing change to change that turn untill this 1994 and tamburello as well imola was so dangerous
Well said...
roughly 1200 lbs with about 900 bhp going about 190 mph wow.... just wow
0:19 "... it's just goes to show how good those survivable cells now..."
And then, Ratzenberger and Senna loses their lives. Ironic, but unbelievable sad.
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).
Ratzenberger damaged his front wing on the pervious lap but stayed out, the Wing broke off and he died. Not the teams fault. Sennas accident was negligent
car broken in half
cant be more devastating
sad fate for a racing driver
I watched the scene 2 years ago at the 1st may. Now i´m watching the scene two years later. I dont know why...
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).
On se souvient de Roland😞paix en son âme....🙏🙏🙏triste wk😞
Yes.
@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
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