Casey Stoner, the new MotoGP world champion, who edged Simoncelli at the previous race at Philip Island last week, said he had feared the worse after seeing the crash. Tributes came in from his fellow riders. A great rider and all round nice guy. I will never forget today. Simoncelli, who won the cc world championship in , clinching the crown in Sepang, stepped up to MotoGP in And it comes a week after British racing driver Dan Wheldon, a former IndyCar champion and two-time Indy race winner, was killed in a car accident at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Officials in Simoncelli's native Italy announced sports events in the country would observe a minute's silence. It is believed he was trapped under the bike therefore unable to slide away from the other riders coming around the bend.
Had he been able to do so it may have ended differently. F1 has more recently been saddened by the death of one of its elite with driver Jules Bianchi losing his life following a crash on lap 43 of the Japanese GP in poor weather and low light. As one watches the final moments of his life we can clearly see if the crane did not begin its backward trip when it did, Bianchi could have gone clean through to the safety barrier and perhaps survived.
The Bianchi family agree, filing lawsuits against the F1 management of the day and motor racing bodies involved in F1 for the death of their son. Some changes were made by F1 in the hopes of preventing a similar incident such as ensuring start times always leave plenty of time before dusk, the placement of recovery cranes to limit such impacts again and changes to the way a crash is dealt with in terms of the safety car and procedures for other drivers.
There is a huge investment by teams and all who are involved in motorsport in order to ensure their sport is as safe as it can possibly be. It is a very fine balance to ensure everything is not wrapped in cotton wool and so significantly reduce the excitement enjoyed by fans. Danger and Risk are significant elements as to why we show up every race day to watch our heroes. Its because the tracks are much safer now. I agree the tracks are much safer but the sheer number of MotoGP crashes each season must surely mean the chance of a tragic accident would be considerably higher?
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The behaviour on-track now cannot be attributed to how other riders themselves have raced in the past. Certainly, these moments change the rules of engagement.
Redding also raised a point which is pertinent. In the instances of serious or fatal accidents, the common response tends to follow a similar pattern. This was part of the argument against Formula 1 introducing the halo safety device back in No one who races goes into it wanting to die.
WorldSBK came in for some flack last Sunday when it announced it would be going ahead with its race schedule for the day. It was just Lavilla and the riders present. Dorna, to its credit, handled the situation delicately, and is taking a more proactive approach going forward to the situation it tragically found itself in again this year last weekend. But the foundations of progress are very much beginning to be laid out…. His third place at Misano made Enea Bastianini the fifth different Ducati-mounted rider to score a podium in Amid a season that has seen one rider amass the bulk of Yamaha and Honda's success, the Ducati's versatility makes for a potent weapon, but the contribution of a former leading light shouldn't be forgotten.
As Marquez likened Bagnaia to a Ducati title contender of old, it appears the Italian rider could finally start to fight for wins on a more regular basis. But the circumstances that have led to the former Ducati rider ending his sabbatical point to his signing being one more of convenience than a long-term commitment.
It was something of a full-circle moment that highlighted just how far MotoGP has come in the last decade. But the circuit's fast, flowing circuit provides the best racing and should be regarded as its best bet for the foreseeable future. The MotoGP season was an utterly enthralling affair, but few would argue with you if thought it the world championship was a poorer place without its biggest star Marc Marquez. In an exclusive interview, he explains the challenges he's faced in his comeback from injury and what he makes of the current MotoGP landscape.
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