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Roland Ratzenberger drives out
the pitlane in his Simtek during a practice session at Aida. The Austrian would
finish the race in 11th - albeit five laps down and last of the classified
runners. (Image source: dailymail.co.uk)
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As the unheralded 33yr old Austrian Roland Ratzenberger, contesting
just his third Grands Prix weekend, was fatally injured when his Simtek S941-Ford
suffered a front wing failure at high
speed before crashing at Villeneuve Corner. .
VIDEO: Roland Ratzenberger Tribute
As I found it somewhat ironic that the
Formula 1 Circus was at Sochi, upon thou Black Sea last year on the weekend of
these tragedies, hosting the Russian Grand Prix, which has now moved to September
30th. As this year, Formula 1 visits the very unlike F1 confines of Azerbaijan.
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Ayrton Senna sitting inside his
Williams FW16 during practice for the 1994 Pacific GP, the second race of the season alongside the
team's engineering director Patrick Head. (Image source: dailymail.co.uk)
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As what can I really say or type that hasn't
already been written about the Brazilian Flash Senna? Or the events of that
tragic weekend at San Marino.
As Ayrton would almost certainly have won
more F1 World Championships for Team Willy, since Damon Hill and Jacques
Villeneuve gave Sir Frank Williams his final two World Championships in
1996-97.
As you may also enjoy the Daily Mail's Lost Race
Tracks story the pictures were borrowed from. Regarding the lost Pacific Grand
Prix at Aida, Japan, featuring a relatively youthful Michael Schumacher
challenging Ayrton Senna for F1 Supremacy in;