Tamburello Corner Of The Imola Circuit, Eugene Laverty Guides Us Around A Lap At Imola Asphalt Rubber

Villeneuve corner was changed from a fast right hander to a slow left right chicane.

Batterie acustiche vintage. Numerous changes to the imola circuit were made from the 1995 event onwards. The events in imola rocked the motor racing world and forced immediate changes in car and circuit design. Tamburello was no more replaced by a chicane as was the case at villeneuve.

On 8 may it was reported that federico bendinelli an official who worked at imola said senna had inspected the tamburello corner and declared it was ok williams ran tests on one of their rigs attempting to replicate sennas accident from the data retrieved. The autodromo internazionale enzo e dino ferrari is a race track near the italian town of imola 40 kilometres 249 mi east of bolognait is one of the few major international circuits to run in an anti clockwise direction. Tamburello curve was transformed into a much slower chicane and the concrete run off was replaced by gravel.

They attempted to simulate a mechanical failure which had not proven conclusive. The tamburello as i said imola will be associated forever with the tragedies of 1994. So i also want to visit the tamburello and the villeneuve corner.

Sadly imola will always remembered for the death of ayrton senna in 1994 when he crashed at the tamburello corner which after that tragedy was never driven flat out again instead it was reduced to a 4th gear left right sweeper and a gravel trap was added to the limited space on the outside of the corner. Imola track offical massimo pollini describes ayrtons sennas final race and the deadly tamburello corner which cost him his life 20 years ago filmed by heathcliff omalley edited by kat hayes. One of the biggest worries was the high speed flat out tamburello corner.

The circuit is named after ferraris late founder enzo ferrari and his son alfredo ferrari who died in 1956 at age 24the circuit has a fia grade one license. Walking over to the tamburello corner at autodromo enzo e dino ferrari imola site of ayrton sennas crash in the italian grand prix on 1st may 1994. Even with the addition of the chicanes safety was a concern at the circuit.

The wall protected a creek that ran behind the corner. Because you cant reach this section by car and because imola is an extended circuit i prepared myself for a long walk by a temperature over 300 c. The brazilian suffered fatal head injuries in a crash at the 190mph tamburello corner of the imola circuit on 1 may 1994.

Imola itself underwent a total reconstruction in the winter of 1994 emerging in much modified form.