Same thing with Dale Earnhardt and NASCAR. 3, yes, 3 drivers died in 2000, Adam Petty, Tony Roper, and Kenny Irwin, Jr. Hardly a damned thing was done to safen the sport, but the minute we lost Dale, meetings were put together to try and make the sport safer. Not trying to disrespect Dale in any way, but I’m saying that, IMO, NASCAR disrespected these three drivers. If you’re interested in this subject, check out Brock Beard’s video on it: “3 Before February.” Fantastic watch for sure.
I'll always remember that day, and although it sticks in most people's minds that Senna died that weekend, Roland's death somehow resonates with me more because he was the underdog. R.I.P. Roland & Ayrton.
On the contrary, people remember Roland only because of what happened the day after. Roland gets remembered much more then he ever would if he had been the sole casualty. Nobody remembers Stefan Bellof when f1 comes to Spa, nor is Riccardo Paletti ever commemorated in Canada. Not even acclaimed drivers like Ronnie Peterson or Jochen Rindt who died in Monza are ever remembered when f1 gets there.
And when Senna died 24 hours later, they found an Austrian flag tucked in his car. He had planned to honor Ratzenberger on the victory lap after the race.
@the Game, Review and Reallife Channel You can read about it in Dr Sid Watkins's Book "Life At The Limit". I believe there is even a photo of the crashscene where you can see the flag. Its gut-wrenching really.
Howard Maxwell totally agree. A fabulous commentator, sincere, compassionate & utterly professional at such a sad sad time. Grew up listening to Murray & will always hold him in the highest regard
He really was. There's a BBC interview with him at the end of this black weekend where he says "I can scarcely comprehend what has happened" and the compassion is his voice is heartbreaking
This was such a sad day. Ratzenberger was 34 when he debuted in Formula One for Simtek-Ford in Interlagos two races before Imola. He had fought so long and so hard to make his dream of being a Formula One driver come true and he died in his third official Formula One practice. The whole German speaking world was in tears because Roland was such a likable guy and he must never be forgotten as the great person he was.
25 years today. RIP Roland Ratzenberger. Of course the mainstream media won't remember Roland but us motorsport fans will not just in F1 but Le mans also. Roland you are still greatly missed.
@@chuckyboy6977 Senna actually had Rat's national flag in his car because he was going to dedicate that win to him, but that sadly never came to fruition
The mainstream media in the German speaking world remember Roland very well. His father regularly writes to the weekly motorsport paper MSA and the letters are published. He especially gives his thoughts on safety issues but also often thanks fans for their kind thoughts and gestures.
@@zxyz2191 Senna and Ratzenberger didn't need a halo to survive. They needed a true survival cell, a HANS device, a headrest, a longer gap between the wheels and the cockpit.
I think an underappreciated factor in Grosjean's survival is, along with the halo, his firesuit and helmet. 28 seconds in that inferno and the only things that failed were his gloves.
@@Spyker8921 good factorys and mechanicals too, don't forget about the accidents causes. Senna didn't turn the left in Tamburello because the steering bar was very badly fixed, after he pleased a modification on it to drive comfortably, it was a poor work by Williams mechanicals, and Ratzenberger's weak front spoiler has broken in the start of Villeneuve curve, and he went right to the wall. With Roland's crash, i think there is a human failure, because the car's black box showed that he didn't break like Senna trying to slow before the impact, i wonder why.
@@diegoromero7525 He wasn’t aware that the front wing had come off and was lodged under the front of the car until he tried to turn in and nothing was there. He’d knocked it over a curb a few corners before and the load in the next couple sadly broke it off.
There will never be another Murray Walker. Such class, authority and compassion. The way he handled that weekend should be an example to us all. Rest peacefully Murray, you Sir are a legend in your own right.
Even tho I wasn't born at the time of their death, at the age of 5 , my uncle was a F1 fan and due to him I saw many races even the old ones from recordings and my most favorite driver was senna and I thought to myself that one day I would meet him but then I saw the match when he crashed and later died just crushed my heart and I cried everyday for a month, never in my life had I cried that much.
This hits me hard Roland died... and tommorow later Senna died and... around 2011-2012 Sid Watkins died...and 2021 the man who broadcasting this...Murray sadly died
RIP Roland Ratzenburger 1962-1994 RIP Ayrton Senna 1960-1994 Both will be missed by millions of fans who are always there to support you during the racing career
@@Arturo-jx7vc That would of been amazing. Have you noticed on F1's social media that when it's a former drivers birthday they always celebrate it but they seem to always miss Murray Birthday
@@Arturo-jx7vc you do know that he's fighting cancer, don't you? He's absolutely not up to travelling abroad, nor commentating a race - something he hasn't done in the best part of 20 years. His opinion still carries weight amongst the F1 family, he did issue a statement of congratulations to Hamilton for his historic achievements, but he's not up for more than a few minutes chat anymore. Not many 97 year-old a are!
@@obRCmania It was absolutely acknowledged on Channel 4's presentation. I don't know about Sky or F1's official site, but it didn't go unrecognised in the UK. In fact they were just as genuinely loving towards him as you'd expect.
I feel bad for Ratzenberger, he’s been brutally unknown. Similarly to Jules Bianchi in a way, not a world championship driver, but a hopeful rookie. Seeing two good drivers gone in one weekend is very saddening
It's that day again 24 years ago we lost 2 great racing drivers. Both rest in peace. Ayrton you are the greatest of all time and that'll never change for me.
Murray, I miss you're voice commentating F1, the passion, the love for the sport. RIP dear friend, and thank you for being there throughout my early years.
It’s terrible that Roland is not remembered as much. With his passing the sport would have undoubtedly gone through a great period of safety and innovation with Senna leading the drivers association, but he were to go the next day. Im always heart broken that not only did we see two drivers leave that weekend but the fact ones passing will be remembered and the others will be forgotten really tears me apart. Rip Roland and Ayrton
even all these years later (30 for the 2024 race at imola) i still get so so emotional for both roland and ayrton. as a kart racer and a huge f1 follower, these guys are still in my heart and have been every year since
It's moments like this that showed why Murray truly was one of the broadcasting greats. Yes we'll always remember him best for his gaffes and excitable nature but, when the situation called for it, he was always a consummate professional who could read the mood perfectly.
Murray was full of passion and love and excitement for formula 1, but underneath that excitement, the man could tell when something grave had happened, take for example, that marshal who got killed at Monza, Murray could tell the severity of the accident and immediately that excited voice went into a somber voice, you won’t get another like him
That’s a great commentary from Murray Walker and it’s a great sadness about losing two famous f1 drivers in 1994 and now more sadness about Charles bianchi passing away after the horrific accident in japan 2014
Possibly the saddest weekend in F1 history, since March 1977 when Tom Pryce & a young marshal lost their lives from the same incident. Ayrton Senna was devastated after Roland’s death, and planned to honour him the next day, by having an Austrian flag in his car. Unfortunately everyone knows what happened on race day, and Senna crash and death overshadowed Roland’s passing. RIP to all fallen heroes.
Was you around in ‘77 when pryce died? If so can you tell me what happened please, That incident is what got me interested in the world of f1 and I want to know how the public reacted to pryces death since it’s not much about it online cause of how long ago it was.
The whole events of Imola 1994 greatly impacted me, a 21-year-old man who had only recently gotten into watching F1 at the end of 1993. This weekend, though I didn't see the Friday events in which Barrichello crashed live, in a momentous way changed my view on life and how things are important and are not. On Dutch television, following Senna's death, a documentary of Senna was shown. That Saturday marked for me the first time ever I had seen anyone die in real-time. I had experienced death before but never had I been a person looking at the event in real-time in which any individual died. I experienced the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, but only in a replay in the news. Now... I was watching the F1 live of the qualification and someone died. It didn't matter who he was, this was someone, regardless of anything, anything, who lost his life while I was simply watching it at home, on Eurosport, and it was tragic, it immediately affected me. Ratzenberger's death affected me, and Senna's the day thereafter just added, immensely, to that feeling. I applaud Max Mosley's decision to attend his funeral over Senna's, but in the end, there is no difference between them at all, as both died doing the same thing, drive F1 cars. I've seen Jules Bianchi's accident too real-time, but it remained (literally) in limbo until he succumbed to his injuries. His death is the last of F1 drivers I've seen in real-time. 2 people died due to F1 in between (Graham Beveridge and Paolo Gislimberti) which are both horrific to think about. To end this on a more positive note, we can all rejoice in the survival of Romain Grosjean who literally walked away from an accident that should, if not for F1's relentless quest to improve safety measures constantly, have ended in much greater tragedy. And his survival can be traced back to this day, where Ratzenberger lost his life. The FIA, who has been criticised often on terms of how F1 is guided, sanctioned and such, but we can since a week say, never, ever relent on protecting their drivers, have proven their merit in the way they intent on protecting drivers. Imola 1994 must never be forgotten, but so should Sahkir GP 2020 never be forgotten.
Let's not forget Maria De Villota either - she died 15 months after an accident at Duxford Aerodrome while conducting her first straight line test for Marussia F1
That had to make it look as if Roland died at the hospital because if he died at the track the race would have to have been stopped to get a full investigation, you can see by the films available Rolands lifeless body getting extracted from the car and the chest pumping that Roland was gone ,and the chest pumping on a flexible bed just doesn't work ,if you asked Prof Sid honestly can you tell me now was Roland clinically dead before he left the track ,he new he was ,exactly the same as Ayrton was lying dead next to his car
After what happened to Ratzenberger Senna was deeply upset, & wondered if he should start, regardless of the decision if the race would go ahead or not. The race did take place & Senna started. We know the rest.
Yeah but FIA = Money No race = Money loss that's why they didn't pronounce him dead at the track even though he clearly was. Even a kid (i'm sorry for the kids who watched the crash) could tell his head movement meant game over...
ratzenberger 's crash is truelly chilling when they tried to get him out of the car and when they did you could see just how severely injured he was...heart rendering murray walker said just how special he really was in his book...........motorsport fill's me with fear knowing just how dangerous it really is.........
It was sad and it is important not only to remember Ayrton Senna, but also Roland Ratzenberger. The question which came to mind during this report of Murray Walker, why they thought in that time it was a good idea to have concrete barriers. However, I am not an expert. So maybe I am completely wrong about this.
One thing I didn't understand is, even after that Senna's fatal crash, they still have the audacity to continue the race rather than just stop it. That was a huge disrespect to Roland and Ayrton also to the other drivers out there.
Probably the worst weekend in F1 history. Two drivers killed. How little we suspected it would be like that when we watch Murray announce Ratzenberger's passing.
