RIP
When I watched thee live BBC coverage the news was that he was consious adn being treated at the medical center on track. That was a relief at that moment so it was a big shock when they said he had succumed. Anyone know yet what caused his death?
Yes, I forgot to check the Motogp site. I guess the BBC got the wrong information: http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2011/Race+Direction+press+conference+Simoncelli+Sepang
I just watched my DVR of the race not knowing what happened. I just feel numb after last week and now this. Is it just me or did he look limp before he was even hit? Even my wife commented on that before I mentioned it. I wonder if he had an unrelated medical issue prior to the hit.....obviously the hit caused severe injury.
If you watch ESPN race coverage, after the wreck a corner worker was walking off the track with Marcos helmet, the impact from Valentino Rossi tore the helmet strap, you could see the torn strap dangling but still buckled in the middle
Did he wear an airbag suit? If so, it seems to me that his suit already had inflated before Edwards and Rossi hit him?
Sorry, a little confused here, are you saying Rossi and Edwards should walk away from the crash? Or walk away completely for MotoGP?? They shouldn't walk away from MotoGP altogether, we already lost 1 great rider today, we don't need to lose two of the greatest as a result of this terrible accident.
Wow. Such a sad day for the MotoGP world. What an awful shame to lose one of the most exciting up and coming riders of this era. My heart goes out to all of his friends, family, and fans, which I certainly was.
The airbag suit wouldn't protect you from having your neck ran over by another bike. Edwards hitting in the chest might have been fatal by itself, but Rossi's definitely would result in serious injury most of the time. Imagine having an impact so strong the helmet strap was ripped out of the helmet. It would be like the snap of a hangman's noose. He was probably dead before he stopped sliding. Probably the most gruesome bike racing wreck I have ever seen.
Such a feak accident. 99% of times that bike should not arc back on the path of other riders yet somehow front got traction. R.I.P. Marco, loss of a great talent.
The front caught traction because he tried to save it. He inadvertently turned a simple lowside into a fatal highside. Hindsight is 20/20 though, if it was me I would have tried to save it as well.
+1; RIP. Not in a racing incident, but another racer lost last week: Off-road racer Rick Huseman killed in plane crash
Sad day in motorcycle racing. Its something that in the back of everyones mind every time you take the grid, but its something that you have to ignore in order to go fast. Sometimes it catches up with a rider though. RIP Marco.
Dave Despain opened WindTunnel last night with a Wheldon mention then the news of Simoncelli's death and then about the Huseman accident, crazy I tell ya. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."
Is there any video of what happened to him before the collision? All I have seen is the impact. Was it just simply that he lost it going into the corner? When he came into view on the shot I have seen, he looked to be leaning incredibly low, actually already on the ground. With the g-forces pushing one to the outside of a curve, how was it that the trajectory of the bike changed so dramatically where he came back across the track? If the front end bit, wouldn't the load just flip him towards the outside of the track?
Walk away from the sport. Colin Edwards will be 38 and he has been competing at a high level for a LONG time. He surely has the talent to continue, but why? So many racers stick around and the risk doesn't decrease. Valentino Rossi probably a little young to consider walking away, but he's a 7-time champion - what's left? He's had some tough injuries, including his shoulder and his leg - that has to weigh on him. It's easy to armchair quarterback after a terrible accident, and maybe I am a little emotional over it. At times I think it's a young person's sport - my own experiences in life as I age show that I'm not nearly as brave as I once was.
