29 April - 1 May
14th San Marino Grand Prix
Imola (Italy)
Track: Autodromo de Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Attendance: 110 000
Race distance: 61 laps (307.44 km)
Race ended after 58 laps (292.32 km)
Winner: Michael Schumacher Benetton B194 Ford Zetec-R 1:28'28.642 (198.234 km/h) Pole position: Ayrton Senna Williams FW16 Renault RS6 1'21.548 (222.495 km/h) Fastest lap: Damon Hill Williams FW16 Renault RS6 1'24.335 (215.142 km/h)
One of the darkest days of motorsports history. On Friday Rubens Barrichello non seriously crashed in Variante Bassa. The next day Roland Ratzenberger died after hitting the wall in Villeneuve corner. And on lap 7 of Sunday's race Ayrton Senna crashed on his Williams in Tamburello.
TBFOC, 2003.
