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'He was fast and had a great smile' - remembering Roland Ratzenberger

For David Brabham, Roland Ratzenberger is not the forgotten man of Imola. His former team-mate died on this day 26 years ago, 24 hours before the sport lost one of its greatest drivers, Ayrton Senna. The events of that horrific weekend at the San Marino Grand Prix have been retold countless times since, but with the focus on the three-time world champion. Here Brabham remembers the last moments of his friend, the effervescent rookie Ratzenberger. Why Ayrton Senna's spirit & memory lives on as strong as ever David Brabham is the son of three-time F1 world champion Jack 'Ideal racing driver' Ratzenberger had signed a deal with the small Oxfordshire-based team at the start of the 1994 season,...
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