MotoGP - Simoncelli RIP

[Chase]

RIP Marco.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95629

[Deano]

Rip Marco

[latheboy]

That sucks .... RIP

[chopiesel]

Wow, rip

[bladehunter]

RIP

[Gitzy]

R.I.P, Ride on Marco..

[fimpBIKES]

taken too soon

rip

[EXBEN]

Very sad news, he was a great rider to watch, RIP Marco.

[Bastard]

a future world champion taken too soon R.I.P

[hooligan]

Had that feeling it was a bad one, he'll be missed.

[nick76]

Fkn sad news.
RIP Marco.

[AlfaV6]

Sad news....
RIP Marco

[ozzy1100]

any one who wacthed it live knew it was bad and they never shown the replay (cant say i would)
truly a freek raceing incident that no one ever wants to happen ugly is the only word for it
rip you big haired lout

[Iceman]

I feel sorry for Colin and Valentino, they will carry that with them for the rest of their lives.

[Cruisecontrol]

^^^
Exactly what I thought when I saw it. RIP.

[ozzy1100]

quote:Originally posted by Iceman

I feel sorry for Colin and Valentino, they will carry that with them for the rest of their lives.




did u see colin on the side the track i think he knew then
how do u get yr head around that

[El_Hefty]

sad sad sad a true character with talent by the bucket load taken way too soon

[K6Thou]

RIP Marco.

[Big Dan]

Fan of the big man RIP mate 58

[kevkatana]

RIP Marco.

[rod185651]

RIP Marco, he was an entertaining rider who pushed it to the limit always. Sad News

[JDinOZ]

Rip simoncelli future world champ. Poor cal and especially Rossi hitting his good mate like that. So sad...

[robmac]

RIP Marco..

[BANDITROD]

Rip

[Lewis Moto]

http://assets.speedtv.com/images/easy_gallery/907373/bpi_moto6517_m.jpg

[Tony Nitrous]

Sad.
Poor bugger.
A great loss to racing.

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/1829/marcoi.jpg

[pt]

R.I.P. Super Sic :(

[mozza]

shocking news, I've watched the replay and it looks like he was dead before he hit the ground, story out there is that the impact cut his helmet strap, knocking off his helmet and his own bike made the head impact once his helmet was removed. In the replay you can see him sliding face down on the track.

Sickening to watch and very very sad, great guy to be gone from Motogp

[Watto]

Rip Marco

A sad day but at least doing what ya loved

Not ya fault Colin or Valentino, victims of circumstance in a game of high stakes

[Hillsy]

Terrible to watch.

RIP 58

[BillyWhizz888]

RIP

[WarHound]

Always sad to loose a two wheeled brother ... RIP SIC you were a true character of the GP !!

[Mishdog20]

Rest in peace number 58, ride on brother.

[sen]

RIP :(

There is HD footage of it floating around but i'm not sure whether it's "decent" to post it or not. It's pretty full on to watch it :/

[rock hard]

Absolutly Shattered,i just cant believe what i saw this afternoon..sorry for his loved ones

[80s freak]

#58 you will be missed. RIP

[Redmohawk]

Died doing what he loved , rip rider.

[damo1]

quote:Originally posted by mozza

shocking news, I've watched the replay and it looks like he was dead before he hit the ground, story out there is that the impact cut his helmet strap, knocking off his helmet and his own bike made the head impact once his helmet was removed. In the replay you can see him sliding face down on the track.

Sickening to watch and very very sad, great guy to be gone from Motogp


Yeah i watched it in slow mo a number of times :(

I agree with you im pretty sure he was gone before he hit the ground-the footage of his sliding lifeless face down on the track after the impact said it all.

RIP Marco the sport has lost a true champion!

[USH]

RIP a young bloke taken too soon

[Jed]

Sad sad day for motorpsort. RIP

[DCRacing]

RIP Marco Simoncelli, Super Sic.
You know something was not good by the way it all unfolded, Rossi & Colin would be feeling it.
I saw another accident like it in the supersport in europe, I think the rider was british and he was hit by Andrew Pitt, i think (Its bad when you can't remember the details anymore) same sort of deal, as soon as he was hit it was lights out, just so quick and all over.
Good riders taken to soon

[evil zed]

this was a guy who was going to make a truly great racer, next year would have probly have seen him on a factory ride and maybe winning races. it wasn't even a bad accident, he lost the front and would have normally slid off the track and been upset at his race being over. It was just unlucky that he was hit by edwards and vale. RIP Marco, great talent and a huge loss to the sport.

[wackyrider]

RIP

[barknmad]

RIP 8^(

[sen]

If anyone didn't see it, this is the vid, BUT, please be aware it's graphic as buggery, so don't click it if you don't have the stomach for it... i'm not going to embed it, to be fair to those that don't want to watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlyXlbf3cPU

[dv8-01]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2052455/Marco-Simoncelli-dead-horror-crash-Malaysian-Moto-GP-Sepang.html

WARNING LINK IS GRAPHIC *NEWS STORY BY UK NEWS*

[ALBI]

hmm just saw it !!!!!bugger how do ya think edwards and rossi feel?? i didnt watch the race ,how did marco come to be in that possi??looks as if he was trying to save it??
another rider gone ,rest in peace mate!!!

[dv8-01]

Low side,tyres grip up and shoots him hard right,rossi and edwards take corner at roughly 140kph turn in and no where to go,Edwards hits Simo sqaure in the back simo bows in half backwards rossi comes from the right and collects the shoulder,neck and head of Simo,Edwards goes over the top of the debris and carnage,Rossi stays upright and due to the impact Simo's helmet gets torn from his head as he slides face down along the ground.

Noones fault it was a freakish accident one that noone saw coming and one you wouldnt believe if not for the graphic video and pics...




1987: Born in Cattolica, Italy on January 20.
1996: Runner-up in the Italian Minimoto Championship.
1999: Champion of the Italian Minimoto Championship.

2000: Claims a back-to-back title in the Italian Minimoto Championship and is runner-up in the European Minimoto Championship.
2001: Moves up to the the Italian 125cc Championship and wins the title in his rookie year.
2002: Wins the European 125cc title.
2003: Takes part in his first full season in the 125cc World Championship with the Matteoni Racing team.
2004: Joins the Rauch Bravo team and wins his first Grand Prix at a rain-soaked Jerez.
2005: Completes another 125cc campaign with the Nocable.it Race team and finishes fifth in the final standings.
2006: Moves up to the 250cc class riding for Gilera. Finishes the season in 10th overall with a sixth place finish at the Chinese Grand Prix his best result.
2008: June - Wins his first 250cc race (pictured above and below) at the Italian GP in Mugello in controversial circumstances when Hector Barbera crashed into him after Simoncelli appeared to try to block him off.

October - Wins the 250cc World Championship after a successful season with Gilera with a third place finish in the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang.
2009: Finishes third overall in the 250cc World Championship behind Japan's Hiroshi Aoyama and Spain's Barbera.
2010: Moves up to ride in his debut MotoGP season for Honda. Finishes 16 of the 18 races en route to eighth place in the championship.
2011: May - Collides with Dani Pedrosa while battling for second in the French GP.
The resulting crash saw Pedrosa break his collarbone and Simoncelli receive a ride-through penalty, eventually finishing fifth. Simoncelli accepted he needed to re-evaluate his driving style and at times be more cautious.
June - Claims his first MotoGP pole at the Catalan GP but a poor start resulted in a sixth placed finish.
October 23 - Killed in a crash during the Malaysian GP in Sepang.

[xa-mont]

wow... he was 15 days younger than me...

[Benz]

RIP Marco

[geesexar]

RIP Simo

[driftdave]

I really liked the kid, this hurts a great deal.
Ride on Simo, one of my all time fav's
Dave

[Ansen]

what a loss ,best die young RIP supersic

[robmac]

quote:Originally posted by sen

If anyone didn't see it, this is the vid, BUT, please be aware it's graphic as buggery, so don't click it if you don't have the stomach for it... i'm not going to embed it, to be fair to those that don't want to watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlyXlbf3cPU

One positive is that I don't think he would have felt a thing.
As others have said, I really feel for Edwards and Rossi, must be terrible for them.

[damo1]

I think one of the sadest shots in the whole video is the ariel shot of Edwards standing there looking back at Marco lying face down and helmetless.
He must have known then the severity of it all.
It would just be being replayed over and over in Edwards and Rossis heads i reacon.

[HOOTZ]

awesome rider to watch. R.I.P...(race in paradise)

[Bob]

RIP Marco.

[Specter]

rip Marco... great rider to watch