 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - akatanga nenzvimbo yechina muBrazil nenzvimbo yechitatu paAida, iyo yakanga iri nzvimbo yake yokutanga yepuredhi. Migumisiro iyi yakaisa Barrichello panzvimbo yechipiri mumutambo wevatyairi, shure kwaMichael Schumacher, uyo akanga akunda mijaho miviri. Zvisinei, pa Variante Bassa, akatambura kudonha kwakasimba panguva yeChishanu yekudzidzira, achirova rusvingo pa Variante Bassa ndokutendeuka motokari. Tsaona yacho yakamuita kuti asaziva uye yakatyisidzira upenyu hwake, rurimi rwake ruchivhara nzira dzake dzokufema. Barrichello akarumbidza basa raiitwa naSid Watkins kuti aponese upenyu hwake. Mugumo wevhiki wemakwikwi wakaona kutevedzana kwenjodzi dzakakomba, mbiri dzacho dzakauraya: Roland Ratzenberger akafa panguva yeMugovera yekukodzera paakadonha Simtek yake pa curva Villeneuve, nepo neSvondo, panguva yemakwikwi, chipangamazano waBarrichello Ayrton Senna akadonha yake Williams pa Tamburello uye akafawo. Barrichello akaororwa zvikuru norufu rwacho. 