Roland ##o died in qualifying on the same tragic weekend as Ayrton Senna . The 33-year - old hit a wall at 200 mph at the Imola circuit . `` I 'd only met Roland once at the previous race weekend in Aida in the Austrian TV commentary box , '' said Hamilton . His former friend and rival Johnny Herbert called him ' the forgotten man of F1 ' Austrian driver 's team plan return to Imola to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his death .
Roland ##o died in qualifying on the same tragic weekend as Ayrton Senna . The 33-year - old hit a wall at 200 mph at the Imola circuit . His former friend and rival Johnny Herbert called him ' the forgotten man of F1 ' Austrian driver 's team plan return to Imola to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his death .