Roland Ratzenberger

Roland Ratzenberger (born July 4, 1960 in Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria – died April 30, 1994 in Imola, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy) was an Austrian driver who competed in the 1994 Formula One Season for Simtek. Ratzenberger was killed during qualifying for the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, the same event at which Ayrton Senna was killed, when he crashed at the Curva de Villeneuve at high speed.

Formula One Career[]

Formula One Record[]

Year	Entrant	Team	WDC Points	WDC Pos.	Report
1994	MTV Sintek Ford	Simtek-Ford	0	NC	Report

Career Statistics[]

Entries	3
Starts	1
Pole Positions	0
Race Wins	0
Podiums	0
Fastest Laps	0
Points	0
Laps Raced	78
Distance Raced	289 km (180 mi)

Career Results[]

Complete Formula One Results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pts	Pos
1994																	0	NC
1994	DNQ	11th	DNS ^[1]														0	NC

Key
Symbol	Meaning	Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner	Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish	DSQ	Disqualified
3rd	Podium finish	DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish	DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish	TD	Test driver
Italics	Fastest Lap	DNS	Did not start
18th^†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)	NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4th^P	Qualified for pole position	[+] More Symbols

Notes[]

↑ Fatal accident during Qualifying

External links[]

David Brabham's blog about the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix

V T E	F1 drivers killed while racing
1952: Cameron Earl 1953: Chet Miller 1954: Onofre Marimón 1955: Manny Ayulo 1955: Bill Vukovich 1957: Eugenio Castellotti 1957: Keith Andrews 1958: Pat O'Connor 1958: Luigi Musso 1958: Peter Collins 1958: Stuart Lewis-Evans		1959: Jerry Unser 1959: Bob Cortner 1960: Chris Bristow 1960: Alan Stacey 1961: Giulio Cabianca 1961: Wolfgang von Trips 1964: Carel Godin de Beaufort 1966: John Taylor 1967: Lorenzo Bandini 1967: Bob Anderson 1968: Jo Schlesser	1969: Gerhard Mitter 1970: Bruce McLaren 1970: Piers Courage 1970: Jochen Rindt 1971: Ignazio Giunti 1971: Pedro Rodríguez 1971: Jo Siffert 1972: Jo Bonnier 1973: Roger Williamson 1973: François Cevert 1974: Peter Revson	1974: Helmuth Koinigg 1975: Mark Donohue 1977: Tom Pryce 1978: Ronnie Peterson 1980: Patrick Depailler 1982: Gilles Villeneuve 1982: Riccardo Paletti 1986: Elio de Angelis 1994: Roland Ratzenberger 1994: Ayrton Senna 2015: Jules Bianchi
See also: List of fatal accidents

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[1] Fatal accident during Qualifying

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Persondata
Name	Ratzenberger, Roland
Alternative names
Short description	Racing driver
Date of birth	4 July 1960
Place of birth	Salzburg, Austria
Date of death	30 April 1994
Place of death	Imola, Italy

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