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hey who wants to do my roman history exam in *checks watch* 40 minutes for me

#IM SO SCAREDDD #personal

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theres a guy spraypainting an ayrton thing on grafton street i have an exam in a bit but watching this is far more important

#ayrton senna

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how to serve cunt in yellow

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theres a guy spraypainting an ayrton thing on grafton street i have an exam in a bit but watching this is far more important

#ayrton senna

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roland ratzenberger | formula ford, 1986

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i hope you are resting well ❤️❤️

#🤍🤍🤍 #classic f1 #ayrton senna

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he is like a mouse to me

#piers courage #classic f1

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Mike Hawthorn dressed smartly ✨️

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Some facts and stories about Roland Ratzenberger

• When he was seven years old his grandmother took him to a local hill climb race at Gaisberg.

• His first word was 'car'

• He was nine years old when year the family home the Salzburg ring opened. He was get through the gates to go watch the cars drive.

• He had a poster of Jochen Rindt on his wall as a kid.

• When he started karting at sixteen years old he had to get a secondary job at a bakery to fund it.

• In the winter of 1991 he married the former partner of another driver, becoming the stepfather of her son, however they were divorced in early 1992.

• While in the UK, he briefly gained some fame for having a similar name to the TV puppet 'Roland Rat'. ITV invited film to film a segment with the puppet for national breakfast television. He raced against the rat (who was in a car dubbed 'Ratmobile') the Rat Puppet ended up winning the race down to cheating.

• F1 author David Tremayne son's who was three years old insisted on calling Roland Ratzenburg-and-chips-and-beans to his face. Roland found it hilarious and became that young boy's hero.

• Described as 'gentle, always unfailingly polite, tall, good-looking, and with a ready smile'

• Journalist Adam Cooper went out drinking with Roland in Japan and at the end of the night they had decided he should come stay in Japan for a year or two to cover the local racing scene. When he turned up and realised the hotel was more expensive than he had planned Roland let him stay in the spare twin bed he had in his room. He was happy to have company.

• One of his unusual goals was to try to enjoy female company in the team motorhome between stints in 24 hour races. Adam Cooper reccounts ' I think the last time we discussed it he’d managed the feat twice at Le Mans, and once at the Nurburgring.'

• One time he used his deep Austrain accent to record a Terminator style 'I'll be back' answer machine message for rival Jeff Krosnoff

• He kept a black book full of 'ladies' numbers

• One time his friend Anthony Reid had an accident in a F3000 race, and had a lot of blood streaming down his face. Roland had to take charge of the scene as the marshals freaked out. He made sure his journalist friend wrote about the shortcomings of safety in a Japanese magazine afterwards.

• At a Formula Ford festival his team either ran out of funds or walked out and Roland was left with just his car and a toolbox. Because he was so well liked mechanics and personnel from other teams helped him prepare his car. He won that festival.

• On one occasion, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Ratzenberger entered a nightclub. There was a confrontation between Frentzen and another guy which saw a knife pulled on either Frentzen or a random female bystander. Either way, Ratzenberger selflessly stepped in and wrestled the knife away from the man. 

• A documentary has been put out on YouTube about Roland by Levay film production, detailing all about his life. A recommended watch.

• Bernie Ecclestone personally delivered the confirmation of Ratzenburg's death to the Simtek team

• Ayton Senna commandeered an offical car to hurry to the medical center where he learnt of Roland's fate from his friend, Dr Sid Watkins

• Only five drivers attended his funeral

#hes in my list of people id have loved to get a drink with #what a lad #and his smile <333

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❤️❤️❤️

#hope your resting well king #classic f1 #roland ratzenberger

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is his REALLY the person y'all say was comitting psychological war crimes and insane features of torture against a french elderly champion?

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was looking at some non championship races from the 60s and look at jochen at the 64 london trophy race 😭😭

#so cute #jochen rindt #classic f1

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Can't sleep because I'm thinking about those photos of Didier again 🤕🤒

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Your honour I love him

Wolfgang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximilian Reichsgraf Berghe von Trips ✨️

#GRRAR

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Your honour I love him

Wolfgang Alexander Albert Eduard Maximilian Reichsgraf Berghe von Trips ✨️

#GRRAR

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Newspaper article that was published about Wolfgang von Trips after his passing

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2002 nando (a sight to behold)