Thankfully, I haven’t seen the crash but it sounds scarily similar to the crash the Franco Uncini had back in 83 at Assen, Uncini went down and was hit by Wayne Gardener
Fortunately Uncini survived and I believe is now the rider safety rep for MotoGP
Thankfully I’ve not seen any footage from any of it, but the general gist I’m getting over on Pistonheads is pretty horrific. I can see Edwards turning in his wings, and I reckon Rossi could as well. Unimaginable the guilt/grief they must be going through, even though it appears that they had no chance to avoid him.
Edwards and Rossi had no where to go. I hope that this doesn’t have an effect on their racing going forward.
Yeah 🙁 I can see edwards packing it in, he had nowhere to go but he’ll be broken inside. Rossi might keep going. We had a death in last years moto2 as well.
so sad 🙁 rest in peace Simoncelli. totally gutted he was so exciting to watch and i was watching with anticipation as his career progressed. rossi and edwards must be in bits but there was no way to avoid that, i know he and valentino were good friends i hope they dont blame themselves Marco Simoncelli RIP
RIP Marco Simoncelli, what an awful crash and a terrible loss of life. Very similar to Craig Jones and Shoya Tomizawa. In those situations Andrew Pitt and Scott Redding and Alex DeAngelis were all in the same position as Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi. My sympathies to those two guys at this diffuclt time.
Oh and that poem Wildfred Owen’s poem Dulce et Decorum Est is probably the most moving and upsetting poetry I’ve ever read. Not sure what it has to do with Simoncelli
Must be so hard for all the riders in the paddock to get back on their bikes after something like this. Was a good decision (and the only right decision) by Dorna to cancel the race. Valencia will now be a very sad end to the season.
