Thank you for posting these.

@swcoast Thank you. I'm very happy to have uploaded them and am overwhelmed by the responses still from all over the world. Most leave very positive comments, are respectful and have a real interest in F1 and its history. It is so ironic here with Ayrton in the Alfa visiting the site of the Roland's crash and a day later a few hundred yards up the road he would perish also. How F1 has now changed. I'm enjoying the tyres and DRS this year, although I'm still not sure about KERS though!?

After Roland's death, Sid Watkins asked Ayrton Senna to stop racing on the spot, because he'd proved himself already many times over. But Ayrton said that he could not allow himself to give in, no matter how badly Ratzenberger's passing had affected him. But Senna just didn't seem quite himself that whole weekend, even before Barrichello's shunt on Friday according to those who knew him and were there with him. He greeted a lot of people in the paddock very warmly, as though for the last time.

@pentu7738

3 ай бұрын

yes they tried everything to make up stories to calm the public down. senna refused to drive but was forced ;)

Thanks for your comment and the one on the previous video. I completely agree with you wholeheartedly. There was something very different about Ayrton, the message to Alain on the radio in warm-up, his demeanor the whole weekend and his sitting in the car without his helmet on the grid. The literature I've read from Professor Sid Watkins does suggest he was seriously in a different place that whole weekend and was incredibly affected by Rubens shunt let alone Roland's fatal accident. Best wishes

Thanks for your thanks! When I look at all of the notable and slightly unusual events of that weekend, whether they be heartwarming or tragic, they always seem to somehow point back in one direction: Ayrton Senna. It was almost as if time was running out for him...and he somehow knew it. I don't believe in premonitions, but I do believe in gut instinct. Ayrton was a deeply religious and spiritual man, he seemed resigned to his fate by Saturday night.

Rubens you are looked on by angels..........Roland & Ayrton have joined them.

@DAH210774 Exactly what I thought too - how very tragic and ironic. Some say he was considering not racing, others even go as far as claiming he was contemplating retiring. If he had, he would still be here today. Watching the clips jogs my memory. I was only little back then, so I do appreciate you uploading them. Shame one part was taken down(?)

@noircluck I have edited it too of course and it was very clear cardiac massage is being applied at that time - KZread won't allow that to be uploaded nor would I want to upload it either. I'm now of the belief that there's no question that all three knew it was serious and didn't want to alarm the TV audience...

@swcoast I'm sure Ayrton would retire as soon as possible: Schumacher had already become that robot he would then be, Williams was not doing well in '94, Ayrton was rich and old enough to leave. If not by the end of '94, it would happen next. Aye, he didn't want to race that day, he spoke his mind out to the drivers' union, Alboreto witnessed (I'm half-Italian, I live in Italy, Alboreto was furious that night), so Imola '94 NEVER HAD TO BE, that's it.

@ayrtonsenna1960 Thank you it is nice to be appreciated and respected, I felt it was the right thing to do. There is other footage though on youtube of it and I see that FOM have not removed it which is a pity. I have the original footage and saw it once and don't ever need to again. Thank you again, I'm a HUGE Senna fan as you may have been able to tell :-)

@Ann-vc1py

5 ай бұрын

@DAH210774 although this footage is from 1994 and I'm replying to you in 2024, it's still as vivid as that beyond tragic weekend. Thank you for uploading these, from 30th April and 1st May 1994. I have watched your uploads many times over the years. I wanted to name my son Ayrton, and then my daughter, Senna. Sadly my hubby preferred the two other options, he wasn't an F1 fan. With both Roland and Ayrton, I knew immediately, they were gone. I was horrified that qualifying and the race was still allowed to continue. One thing that always shone through with Ayrton, was that he deeply cared for all other F1 drivers, how they were after even 'minor' incidents. He just, cared. The world has been just that bit less bright since he passed. He still and always will be the one person who I would love to have a conversation with. Maybe when my time is up, I can meet him and fulfill my wish? I watch these uploads yearly, so thank you again and again, many times over. Blessings be with you and yours. Ayrton, you along with Roland and all our other lost F1 drivers, rest easy. Always one lap ahead, forever on the Podium. X😢

excellent upload. The commentators are very relaxed about it. They just keep talking about when the session will start again. They don't seem to realise that Ratzenberger was in a very bad crash

@TheTotallyRealXiJinping

Ай бұрын

Yeah, that’s how things were before texting or mobile phones. You hoped for the best but expected the worst. If you’re in a position like them you have to keep people calm before making assumptions.

maybe they were stunned and couldnt find the right words to describe wat was going on thanx for uploading this, Roland is my hero and ive never seen this footage before, so thank you

Safety has definitely improved in formula one since these crashes, and it seems hard to think that just 15 years ago there was no pit lane speed limit and the pit crews were required to stay out the whole race. The track here doesn't look in particularly good condition - bits have been resurfaced and the kerbs look like catapults.

Dat television quality :3

It was a general rule of thumb throughout the years of racing in Italy that nobody dies at the track. Sometimes, a driver is clearly dead and there's nothing anyone can do, but as Sid Watkins says in his book 'Life At The Limit', if a driver is reported as dying at the track then a massive investigation is launched by the Italians which will only compound all the problems. This was exactly why they stuck two chicanes in between the start of the lap and the Tosa hairpin.

@seanm8063

5 жыл бұрын

Well true. Similarly, surgeons will go out of their way to suggest that no patient died on the table ... must have been a post-op incident ... :/

@MadGaz85

5 жыл бұрын

It's the general rule everywhere in motorsport really. Some say it's mainly to prevent spectators and viewers from thinking they witnessed a drivers final moment, and of course as you mentioned, the legal aspect.

It's eerie hearing John Watson referring to Tamburello as a "white knuckle job", knowing what transpired the following day. Still very sad watching this, so many years later.

Wonder what story the man driving Senna out after Rolands crash have, what they talked about

@DAH210774 Yes, thank you!!

@xxsinatra81xx You're very welcome :-)

It is strange I agree, all three had just witnessed him being resuscitated?!

Nice job dude! VER?Y NICE JOB! All this videos from Imola are very rare! But... a question! Where is the video with Roland's ressucitation? There are no evidence about this, even in the video called "2". Thank you! =) I'm a brazilian fan of Ayrton!

Very sad day and after that formula one has been destroyed by Ecclestone, Mosley and Tilke...

@gerryff Both commentators knew how serious Ratzenbergers condition were. They wanted to go to commercial break during the rescue, but the producers let the pictures from the accident role. After the accident they still have a job to do and they have to carry on. I can say that nor Ben Edwards or John Watson sounds like they use to do during Eurosports broadcasts.

@220773 Yes, 'perfect' people COULD DIE, we all realised it was like that all of a sudden, I'm not joking... Heizel, Hillsborough: only normal chaps like us could die, in extreme conditions though... we really were so bold and dreaming of this 'perfect future' in the '80s. Gilles Villeneuve's crash seemed to belong more to the '70s, in fact... Michael J. Fox played that character in that movie, those were the '80s, basically. This weekend destroyed that illusion and it was hard for many of us...

They took him to the helicopter pad. Because he wasn't high profile. It should land at the accident scene.

@yscarpz Very true and freaky!

Lad, are you (like me) a son of the '80s? I mean, someone who lived his teenage in the '80s... are you? If you are, do you remember how far it was from our thoughts that someone so 'perfect' as drivers had become then could ever die? It took me hours to realise Senna had actually died... in the '80s we had lived that crazy dream of a 'perfect future', we all thought we would live on a Shuttle in year 2000! This dream crashed here at Imola. Same time as Kurt Cobain committing suicide (continues)

@DAH210774 But they did not know 100%, to speculate on something so serious would be very wrong.

@gerryff How can you say this? the gravity of the situation is clear in the commentry, remember despite the shocking pictures, they did not know exactly what Rolands condition was. At one point one of the commentators asks the director to stop showing these pictures. Sorry to be rude but your commment is ill judged.

My dear Brazilian friend, there's deliberately no video of Roland being resuscitated. I personally decided NOT to upload it out of respect. I believe it would be wrong for anyone to do so for many reasons. The purpose of these videos is to show how F1 has changed for the better in terms of Safety and Post-Accident driver care. It is also to see Senna performing flat out for the last time and is a "TRIBUTE" to both drivers who passed away that tragic weekend...

@robertjamesplays9721

4 ай бұрын

didnt ratzenberger die almost immediately in after impact to the wall?

@schopfheim91 They are commentators and not doctors. Ratzenberger was not declared dead until he reached the hospital in Bologna. They knew that he was in critical condition and that was what they reported.

senna ganhava direto tinham que parar ele.

the qualifying should have been aborted after the tragic death of Roland. But no they didn't because of greedy Bernie Ecclestone.

@lukakovinic801

6 жыл бұрын

andi4life he still wasn't pronounced dead they were fighting for his life