theaustralian.com.au
Roland Ratzenberger cut short the interview, telling the journalist: “Let’s finish this in the evening, I have no more time.” He ran to the pits, pulled on his helmet, desperate to qualify for his third F1 race. The day before, during the first qualifying session, Jordan driver Rubens Barrichello hit a kerb at 225km/hour. The car and driver went airborne. Rubens’ concussion was bad, but worse his tongue was blocking his airway and FIA legendary doctor Sid Watkins did a bit of quick bit of emergency surgery and saved his life. When Barrichello woke up in the medical centre, the first person he saw was Ayrton Senna looking over him.
almost 2 years ago