Imola 1994 - the other drivers' memories
A quarter of a century on from the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna at Imola, we collate the reflections of almost every other driver on the grid that weekend about three days that changed motorsport, and their lives, forever
The deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna on the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix weekend changed motorsport, and changed the lives of every other driver in the field at Imola.
In this feature, taken from Autosport's reissued Senna tribute special and published online for the first time today, we hear from almost all the other drivers who entered that weekend, via a mixture of their words in the aftermath and their reflections in the years since.
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