Roland Ratzenberger drove Indycars ?

marcus · 2 May 2004, 00:49 (Ref:958259)

I was just browsing Roland ratzenbergers site www.roland-ratzenberger.com and found a picture of him driving an Indycar.

My memory tells me it is Scott Braytons car from the early 90's I guess here is the link to the picture.

does anyone have any info on these happenings at all?

I dont remember Roland driving in Cart but then it could have been before I started watching it , anyway I gotta say that car looks great and Roland looked pretty good in it too

Superunknown · 2 May 2004, 01:11 (Ref:958266)

champcar.com doesn't list him in the alum section

marcus · 2 May 2004, 06:36 (Ref:958386)

I guess it was just a test drive then ?

Marcel ten Caat · 2 May 2004, 08:55 (Ref:958444)

He tested the car in 1991 and apparently was just 0.1s slower than Andretti at the same track.

Instead of going to the USA, Roland tried to get into F1 in 1992 and nearly made it with Jordan, but at the very last moment a sponsor backed off.

Dov · 2 May 2004, 13:43 (Ref:958600)

Wasn't Roland Ratzenberger the driver that was killed the same weekend at Imola as Senna was?!

Down F0rce · 2 May 2004, 15:42 (Ref:958668)

Yes he was.

Mags · 2 May 2004, 21:29 (Ref:958854)

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Originally posted by Down F0rce
Yes he was.

And Senna was carring his counties flag in his car to parade around the track on his victory lap instead of the Brazillian one to honour him.

Hazard · 2 May 2004, 22:10 (Ref:958884)

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And Senna was carring his counties flag in his car to parade around the track on his victory lap instead of the Brazillian one to honour him.

That's kind of him.

Though I'm confused; What victory lap? Senna died the next day - he didn't win anything inbetween. :confused:

Dutch chap · 2 May 2004, 22:24 (Ref:958890)

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That's kind of him.

Though I'm confused; What victory lap? Senna died the next day - he didn't win anything inbetween.

Rumour is that Senna had the Austrian flag with him in the car when he crashed at Tamburello and that he had planned to wave it during the parade lap in the case he would win the race. Instead of a win it became a terrible loss...

Jordi · 2 May 2004, 22:34 (Ref:958896)

It's not a rumour. In the book that prestigious Portuguese journalist Francisco Santos wrote about Ayrton, he says that before getting into the car, he asked Julian Jakobi to provide him with an Austrian flag, because he was convinced he would win and he wanted to dedicate it to Ratzemberger.

Instead, on the next race, a Brazilian and an Austrian flag were painted on the first two slots of the grid, in Montecarlo

Mags · 3 May 2004, 02:16 (Ref:958994)

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Originally posted by Hazard
That's kind of him.

Though I'm confused; What victory lap? Senna died the next day - he didn't win anything inbetween. :confused:

Senna never drove a race without thinking he was going to win. He absolutly thought he would be waving that flag on the victory lap.....

Down F0rce · 3 May 2004, 12:27 (Ref:959291)

I wasn't aware about Senna having the Austrian flag with him...very sad story

429CJ · 3 May 2004, 16:55 (Ref:959528)

There's some pictures, numbers 199 and 201, from Finnsh endurance race, Kemora 500, where Ratzenberger drove big Holden on 3rd place with car owner Hannu Kurki-Suonio, year was 1991.

Dutch chap · 3 May 2004, 19:22 (Ref:959637)

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I wasn't aware about Senna having the Austrian flag with him...very sad story

Very sad story indeed, and touching, in the sense that it brings a tear to your eye, if it’s true! Like I mentioned, as far as I know this is just a rumour. Jordi seems to be convinced that it’s true. If so, it was a great gesture. If not, we like to think it could’ve been true. RIP Roland and Ayrton.

Mags · 3 May 2004, 19:59 (Ref:959695)

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Originally posted by Dutch chap
Very sad story indeed, and touching, in the sense that it brings a tear to your eye, if it’s true! Like I mentioned, as far as I know this is just a rumour. Jordi seems to be convinced that it’s true. If so, it was a great gesture. If not, we like to think it could’ve been true. RIP Roland and Ayrton.

It's true. They found it in the tub of his car.

BootsOntheSide · 4 May 2004, 10:39 (Ref:960202)

What a lovely story that is. People often say Ayrton as being heartless, obsessed with winning and ruthless, but he clearly had a very human side.

I wasn't aware of Roland's CART links - maybe he'd've done really well in the States.

Jordi · 4 May 2004, 16:37 (Ref:960557)

I think that he was a great individual, but the only thing that surpassed him and obliterated his judgement was his will to win. It's a fact that in F3 he always crashed while being in second place, not while leading, which shows his obsession for being first.

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