Inside Motorsports Vol. 1 2018/Q1 - Part I | Page 16

Rat zenber ger dies, mot or
r acing wor l d is shocked
"Rol and had been
f or got t en" - max
mosl ey
Apr i l 30t h, 1994, San Mar i no. 32 year s ol d
Aust r i an dr i ver Rol and Rat zenber ger i s
l i vi ng hi s dr eam: he f i nal l y became a F1
dr i ver , even i f he had a cont r act j ust f or
5 r aces. On t he qual i f yi ng sessi on, he had
a l i t t l e acci dent , and hi s f r ont wi ng was
damaged, i t f el t l i ke a mi nor one, so he
deci ded, t hat he can't l ose t i me wi t h
r epai r i ng, went on f or a f l yi ng l ap. Just
af t er Tambur el l o hi s f r ont wi ng f el l
of f , and got st uck under hi s car , maki ng
hi s Si mt ek basi cal l y undi r ect i onal at
mor e t han 200Mph speed...He cr ashed i nt o
t he concr et e wal l , and ever ybody coul d
t el l , t hat t he si t uat i on i s ser i ous by
l ooki ng at hi s head movement . Medi cal
hel p was f ast , but t hey i mmedi at el y see,
t hat he has no chance: he di ed i nst ant l y
by basi l ar skul l f r act ur e. The vi si on of
hi s bangi ng head bur nt i nt o t he eyes of
many. Lucki l y he di dn't gi ve hi s l i f e f or
not hi ng, t oday, t hi s ki nd of acci dent
woul d not r esul t a f at al i t y....