Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger

[slipstream 1985]

Let's not forget the 150,000 other people who died on that same day.

[angrymoby]

Only on PH can a tribute to 2 deceased drivers, turn into a pissing up a wall contest.

Some of you need to give your heads a wobble.

[anonymous-user]

Evangelion said:

Spa 1960 - one driver badly injured in practice, two killed during the race, another injured badly enough to end his career and leave him paralysed for many years.

Just to remind you.

Qualifying Friday April 29th 1994 Rubens Barrichello has a terrible 140 mph crash at Variante Bassa which knocked him out. Barrichello was lucky to only have a broken nose and his arm in a sling.

Qualifying Saturday April 30th 1994 Roland Ratzenberger failed to negotiate the Villeneuve curva and as we know died.

Race day Sunday 1st May 1994 At the start of the race there was a serious crash when J.J. Lehto stalled his Benetton on the grid. Pedro Lamy, starting from further back on the grid, had his view of the stationary Benetton blocked by other cars and hit the back of Lehto's car, causing bodywork and tyres to fly into the air. Parts of the car went over the safety fencing designed to protect spectators at the startline causing minor injuries to nine people.

Lap 7 As we all know Ayrton Senna crashed at Tamburello corner and was fatally injured.

Approximately 10 minutes after Senna's crash, the Larrousse team mistakenly allowed one of their drivers, Érik Comas, to leave the pits despite the circuit being closed under red flags. Marshals frantically waved him down as he approached the scene of the accident travelling at "pretty much full speed". Eurosport commentator John Watson described the incident as "the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen at any time in my life". Comas avoided hitting any of the people or cars that were on the circuit but after going over towards Senna's accident scene, he was so distressed at what he saw that he withdrew from the race.

Second start

On lap 48, Michele Alboreto came in for a pit stop, but as he left, the rear-right wheel came loose from the Minardi as it left the pit lane, striking two Ferrari and two Lotus mechanics, who were left needing hospital treatment.

Things at Imola were extremely bad but it could have been even worse. I really do not see much of a difference between Spa 1960 and Imola 1994 when highlighting the whole weekends events.

Both race weekends were awful but we can't ever say one is worse than another.

Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 5th May 13:55

[Halmyre]

I remember Murray Walker, probably just after the Alboreto incident, saying something along the lines of just wanting the race to be over, he sounded really sick of it by then.