Marco Simoncelli dies after crash at Malaysia MotoGP

Dowly · 10-23-11, 08:03 AM

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Simoncelli fell on on lap two of the race, his helmet came off and the rider was
hit by Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi as he slid across the track. "As soon
as I saw the footage it just makes you sick inside," said the MotoGP
champion, Casey Stoner. "Whenever the helmet comes off that's not a good
sign."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011...celli-malaysia

RIP

CCIP · 10-23-11, 08:23 AM

This has not been a good week for motorsports fans

(of which i'm not one, but it's always terrible to see talented young guys in any field of pursuit have their lives cut short so tragically)

HunterICX · 10-23-11, 08:36 AM

Aye, a very tragic loss

Daring, crazy and went all out for racing.
a sad day for the MotoGP indeed, he might have grown into a champion.

HunterICX

papa_smurf · 10-23-11, 09:34 AM

A champion in the making - RIP

mr chris · 10-23-11, 10:39 AM

Very sad to see any aspiring sports person die, more so when it is tragically early. May he R.I.P

Jimbuna · 10-23-11, 01:33 PM

Truly tragic...RIP

TarJak · 10-23-11, 01:51 PM

RIP. A sad week for motorsport indeed. Sometimes we forget ho dangerous it can be.

Onkel Neal · 10-23-11, 04:34 PM

RIP.

Amazing save by Rossi in that crash.

Platapus · 10-23-11, 04:47 PM

Any information on why Simoncelli veered the way he did at the start of this accident?

HunterICX · 10-23-11, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Any information on why Simoncelli veered the way he did at the start of this accident?

While leaning in a corner he slipped from his pose dropping on his side on the tarmac pulling the bike with him sideways.

you see that briefly in this clip from the highlights:
http://www.motogp.com/en/videos/2011...ace+Highlights (@0:28 sec)

HunterICX

10-23-11, 08:23 AM	#2
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HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Aye, a very tragic loss Daring, crazy and went all out for racing. a sad day for the MotoGP indeed, he might have grown into a champion. HunterICX __________________

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papa_smurf Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: High Peak, Derbyshire Posts: 2,851 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	A champion in the making - RIP __________________

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mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	Very sad to see any aspiring sports person die, more so when it is tragically early. May he R.I.P __________________ Last edited by mr chris; 10-23-11 at 01:41 PM.

10-23-11, 01:33 PM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,461 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Truly tragic...RIP __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-23-11, 01:51 PM	#7
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	RIP. A sad week for motorsport indeed. Sometimes we forget ho dangerous it can be.

10-23-11, 04:34 PM	#8
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	RIP. Amazing save by Rossi in that crash. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

10-23-11, 04:47 PM	#9
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Any information on why Simoncelli veered the way he did at the start of this accident? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.