Remembering Roland Ratzenberger

[ferrari4life]

A lot is said about Senna

People forget that this guy died that same weekend.

Here is too all those race drivers that were killed on track. I appreciate them putting their lives on the line no matter how big a name they had. Hope they are resting in peace.

[Gould]

Nice also to read that Mosley went to Ratzenburgers funeral, not Senna's. I didn't know that.

[PURE PASSION]

Nice also to read that Mosley went to Ratzenburgers funeral, not Senna's. I didn't know that.

He drove for his team.Anyway Ratz was i really nice persone and we all should memorize him as much as Ayrton, although i anderstand that decause Senna was one of the greatest of all time, more people will refer to him this day!!!

[Nova]

Throwing a shout out for RR. Very talented driver who I enjoyed watching.

[wisepie]

The loss of any driver is a tragic event and we should not let Ratzenberger's death be overshadowed by Senna's, we were lucky not to lose Rubens that weekend too. RIP to Roland and Ayrton.

[Suzie]

People forget that this guy died that same weekend.

I don't think they do, if anything I think people perhaps remember that he died on 30th April 1994 more than they would have had Senna not died the same weekend.

[raylinds]

RIP tp RR.

[Nero Horse]

The bottom line is that neither of those tragic deaths shouldn't have happened during that race weekend in '94. But one thing's for sure, they didn't die for nothing, thanks to them F1 is as safe as it is right now and in a way their deaths and the following big improvements in safety have definitely saved many, many, many other driver's lives.

R.I.P - Roland & Ayrton

[racingbradley]

It was a very sad weekend for motor racing and neither man should have died in vain.
Driver safety continues to improve.
RIP Roland
RIP Aryton

[abbottcostello]

During the Sunday pre-race drivers' briefing, the drivers agreed to re-form the Grand Prix Drivers Association with Senna, Berger & Schumacher to be its directors, Senna was replaced by Niki Lauda after they learned of Ayrton's death, I've read that was done later that same day.
Anyhow, I may have some of the details wrong, but the point is it was Barrichello's serious accident & Ratzenberger's death that led to them resurrecting the GPDA. Something good came out of that tragic weekend.

Safety has improved a lot, but the drivers are still at great risk & I still get nervous seeing a bad crash. Thankfully, the results are much better today.

RIP Roland & Ayrton.

[ferrari4life]

I don't think they do, if anything I think people perhaps remember that he died on 30th April 1994 more than they would have had Senna not died the same weekend.

They might not.. But the publicity associated with Senna's death is definitely more. They might have been worlds apart in their racing skills but at the end of the day we all die the same way.

[Alessandra]

I’m glad RR’s death has been commemorated this year on the occasions marking not only his but also Senna’s death.
Naturally more is spoken of Senna’s death, he’d been in the sport longer and had two World Championships. He was a household name.
But I wonder if the notoriety of that weekend itself and the developments that ensued to make cars and racing safer didn’t owe something to the horrific fact that not one but two deaths occurred in San Marino. Senna himself was very disturbed by Roland’s death. Yet another mother’s son lost to F1 racing.
Cars, equipment and tracks have changed so that another race weekend of that genuinely tragic nature never occurs again and that’s down to two, not one, death on that tragic April/ May weekend in 1994.

[ferrari4life]

It is sad when an individual who dedicates his life to entertainment has to die while entertaining the masses. I feel that our solace should be taken from the fact that he/she wanted to be there and enjoyed racing and the rush associated with it and was not just doing it to maybe support a family or something.