19 years on, Remembering Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger

This Tuesday coming up (30/4/13) and Wednesday (1/5/13) it will be 19 years that Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna has past away from us, from the accidents at the San Marino Grand Prix in 1994 were Ratzenberger crashed his Simtek at Villenunve in Qualifying and Senna crashed his Williams at Tumbrello in the race itself. Both would have been 52, if there still around today. So for this post remembering both Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger.





First for Roland some YouTube footage from the 1998 BTCC round at Donnington 1988, a great battle between the Ford Sierra of Andy Rouse and the Nissan Skyline GTS of Win Percy for the win. Also, a cameo from Roland Ratzenberger in his BMW M3, with commentary from Murray Walker.



As for Senna, there is a good YouTube video below of the late three times Formula 1 World Champion back in 1988 driving round Suzuka, testing the Honda NSX that he developed with Honda for all those years back. Enjoy.



The sport has change since their deaths, with the safety of both cars and tracks to improve safety year after year. So never forget Ayrton and Roland, both are still missed throughout the world of motor-racing in general.