Do you remember Imola, 1994?

Question

Yes, Ayrton Senna died that weekend.
But besides Senna, there was another casualty and two more almost fatal accidents that same weekend at Imola.
Do you remember who else had accidents that weekend?

There were 3 accidents that weekend.

Answer 1

The first accident was on Friday, with Rubens Barrichello's Jordan taking off at the Variante Bassa and flying into the tire barrier. The driver was seriously injured, but a quick intervention by the medical team saved his life and he has been racing ever since (he is now Button's teammate at Honda).
The second big accident was on Saturday, when Roland Ratzenberger's Simtek crashed at 300kph into an unprotected concrete wall at the Villeneuve corner after damaging its front wing. Ratzenberger died instantaneously due to severe injuries to the head and neck (the spine snapped).

Sunday came and the start was overshadowed by an accident, JJ Lehto's Benneton stalling and being hit from behind by Pedro Lamy. The drivers were fine, but flying debris injured around 10 spectators, none of them seriously. This brought out the Safety Car, and a lap after it entered the pitlane, Senna's Williams crashed at 240kph into the wall at the Tamburello corner after the steering column broke. A piece of suspension with the wheel still attached pierced through the visor and hit Senna over the right eye. He was pronounced dead at 6 pm, at a hospital in Bologna.
The final nail in the coffin of this disastrous weekend came 10 laps from the end, with Michele Alboreto crashing in the pitlane, debris from his car injuring around 15 mechanics.

Answer 2

"If there are days when fate strikes, that was the case on May 1st 1994. It was the saddest day, the world of mechanic sports had ever known, for a long time. On Friday, it was RUBENS BARRICHELLO who got off the track, very near the stands and miraculously survived. On the next day, during the selection, ROLAND RATZENBERGER lost his life after a very impressive crash. On the sad week-end, the Black Lady had decided to stay longer then foreseen.


As if fate had not been cruel enough, the race was to be even more dramatic. During departure, JJ LEHTO flew violently over another car and one of his wheels was projected on the audience. The pace-car allowed the track to be cleaned(the whole track ???) and all the cars could be one behind each other again. During the next departure, Ayrton, who was first at the moment ,(as usual) dashed out the curve known as Tamborello to go and crash on the wall which did not have any protection. Ayrton left us later, leaving orphans all his fans and all the people who supported him.


1994-2001 :
May 1st 1994, 1st may 2001. six years have gone by. What is left of Ayrton's souvenir ? The legend goes on but the vent itself has been forgotten because the trial was given up. When alive, Ayrton was a demigod and he became a myth after his death like Elvis or James DEAN. He still has millions of fans and no other pilot could ever reach his level.

Neither SCHUMACHER, not HAKKINEN could erase the exceptional pilot Ayrton was. No fight for the world championship was ever as disputed and as harsh as the one between Ayrton and Alain PROST

During that Imola Grand-prix a legend was born with Ayrton SENNA but the F1 did loose some of its interest FOREVER......."

Answer 3

Rubens Barrichello, then with Jordan, was seriously injured during the first qualifying session on Friday afternoon, April 29th..
Austrian Simtek Driver, Roland Ratzenberger, was killed during second qualifying session on Saturday afternoon, April 30th.
A rather sad weekend for Formula One racing. However, there is one instance where two drivers were killed in the same race.
At the 1960 Belgian Grand Prix, run on the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, Britons Chris Bristow and Alan Stacey were killed during the race.

Answer 4

Ayrton Senna is proof that if all men are created equal, they don't stay that way. Ironic point in time as that is when Schumacher started to shine.

Answer 5

end the conspiracy thought it became right into a tragic coincidence not extra I doubt he knew it became into going to ensue and the cameras going off would desire to be for any form of motives no longer least the outcomes of the crash. in spite of different conspiracy theories approximately what actual happened that day, it is often known that the outcomes of the collision had led to between the suspension beams to come back adrift, piercing Senna's helmet and inflicting inter-cranial trauma in simple terms above his surprising eye. The incident accompanied a era of six laps the place the drivers have been under the administration of the protection-automobile and it became into sparkling from the on-board digicam on Michael Schumacher's Benetton that Senna's automobile became into affected by a remarkable loss of traction because of the fact the race restarted.

Answer 6

Yes.