Tamburello curve

The Tamburello curve up to and including 1994

The current route with the defused Tamburello

The tamburello curve was to their reconstruction, a high speed curve of the Formula 1 -Rennstrecke Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola . In this left turn, speeds of over 300 km / h were reached. The San Marino Grand Prix was held annually on this route between 1981 and 2006 .

On May 1, 1994, at the San Marino Grand Prix , the three-time Formula 1 world champion Ayrton Senna had a fatal accident in the Tamburello curve due to an accident that has not yet been fully clarified. Five years earlier, at the 1989 Grand Prix , Gerhard Berger had a serious accident in this corner in which his Ferrari went up in flames; In 1987 Nelson Piquet had a serious accident there during training sessions. After Senna's death, the fast corner was modified. Since then, the tamburello has been a slow S-shaped chicane (left-right-left). It was not possible to create a sufficiently large safety zone or to change the course to the outside, as the Santerno River runs there.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Formula one golden roll. (No longer available online.) In: www.autodromoimola.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2015 ; accessed on October 13, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Imola: In Ferrari's living room. (No longer available online.) In: www.sportscar-info.de. Formerly in the original ; accessed on October 13, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ Preview: San Marino Grand Prix - "Stay away from the sanctuary!" - autobild.de. In: www.autobild.de. Retrieved October 13, 2015 . 

Coordinates: 44 ° 20 ′ 36 "  N , 11 ° 42 ′ 25"  E