Tamburello Corner, Imola Circuit 25 Years After The Tragedy Circuits Of The Past

8 on lap 7 the second lap at racing speed sennas car left the racing line at tamburello ran in a straight line off the track and struck an unprotected concrete barrier.

Un xilofono. Ayrton senna da silva impacted tamburello corner while piloting his williams renault fw16 formula 1 race car at over 185 miles per hour on sunday may 1 1994 during the san marino grand prixthe. Despite the addition of the chicanes the circuit was subject to constant safety concerns mostly regarding the flat out tamburello corner which was very bumpy and had dangerously little room between the track and a concrete wall which protects the santerno river that runs behind it. Tamburello corner march 1994.

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 deadly tamburello corner imola track offical massimo pollini describes ayrtons sennas final race and the deadly tamburello corner which cost him his life 20 years ago.

At the flat out left hander tamburello corner schumacher noticed that senna took a tight line through the curve and his car jiggled on the bumps. We have footage of senna standing at the corner at imola a month before he. One of the last cuts made to the film removed a sequence about sennas death.

The flat out tamburello corner 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. One of the biggest worries was the high speed flat out tamburello corner. Even with the addition of the chicanes safety was a concern at the circuit.

The making of senna part 5. Producer james gay rees said. Admittedly i am one of those fansi was only seven years old when formula one legend ayrton senna crashed into tamburello corner on live tv now 26 years agoand i live with a head full of.

The tamburello as i said imola will be associated forever with the tragedies of 1994. Tamburello was very bumpy and had very little room between the track and a concrete wall.