Anyone see the MotoGP this morning? RIP Marco Simoncelli

[Paul]

Marco Simoncelli has died from injuries sustained in a crash on the second lap of MotoGP's Malaysian Grand Prix, when he fell and was struck by following riders. The Italian Gresini Honda rider was 24.

Simoncelli dies from injuries suffered in Malaysian GP crash - MotoGP news - AUTOSPORT.com

[lee303]

yes, horrific to watch, poor guy, RIP

[Paul]

I was going to watch it at 1pm, but doubt it will be on now

[innovation]

horrible seeing him lying face down on the track with no helmet on, he was going to be one of the greatest imo

RIP

[Paul]

Cannot understand how it came off?

[corsadonk]

Poor bloke, looked bit nasty, but I can't work out how his lid came off.

[Lugy]

I've just seen this on Facebook

I've not really been interested in MotoGP this year, but from what I did see Simoncelli was one of the best. He did take a few risks as I'm sure Lorenzo would agree with but he was entertaining to say the least!

Cannot understand how it came off?

I've seen it happen a few times doing the bike marshalling, not a nice sight .

It's not been a good year for bike racing this one (and car racing last week) .

[Lugy]

I've just seen a video of it now, Colin Edwards must feel absolutely terrible, he had nowhere else to go. I'd like to know what happened before Edwards and Rossi got there though, he was already off the bike.

[scooby-KILLER]

i was going to watch this this morning nut i missed it, will they still be showing it at 1pm? and as already said how the hell did his helmet come of?

[Joker]

I just watched that crash, it was pretty bad! The rider had no where 2 go.

Another sad day for motorsport.

[lee303]

I've just seen a video of it now, Colin Edwards must feel absolutely terrible, he had nowhere else to go. I'd like to know what happened before Edwards and Rossi got there though, he was already off the bike.

simoncelli had lost the front end of the bike, he was trying to push it back up with his knee instead of letting it slide out off the track, in doing so the bike kept turning right, straight into the path of edwards, and as he was hanging off the bike it seems his head made contact with edwards’ bike first.
when the lid rolled across the track you could see the chin strap had broken off on one side, and the forces involved in doing that don’t really bear thinking about

[Lugy]

i was going to watch this this morning nut i missed it, will they still be showing it at 1pm? and as already said how the hell did his helmet come of?

When you see footage of it, then you'll see where Edwards hit him, the impact seems to have been so strong as to rip the strap out the helmet.

[Joker]

It looks so bad to watch, theres a slow motion video on youtube, You see him just get mangled up as soon as the edwards bike hits him. Poor guy

[Lugy]

simoncelli had lost the front end of the bike, he was trying to push it back up with his knee instead of letting it slide out off the track, in doing so the bike kept turning right, straight into the path of edwards, and as he was hanging off the bike it seems his head made contact with edwards’ bike first.
when the lid rolled across the track you could see the chin strap had broken off on one side, and the forces involved in doing that don’t really bear thinking about

Aye, I came across this in another report, he was having a battle with Bautista when he lost it.

[scooby-KILLER]

yeah just watched it man and it wasnt a pretty site, im surprised he didnt die on impact as his head must have took the full whack of it, i rekon the front tyre peeled his chin strap of and sadly the other rider was helpless in the sense he couldnt do any thing to prevent hitting simonceli

the view from above the track is just gob-smacking seeing him just lying there, not good!!

[Paul]

i was going to watch this this morning nut i missed it, will they still be showing it at 1pm? and as already said how the hell did his helmet come of?

Not showing as being on at 1pm now on the old programme guide

[Paul]

motogp.com · Sepang 2011 - MotoGP - Race - Highlights

Lets face it, theres not a lot to show

[scooby-KILLER]

Not showing as being on at 1pm now on the old programme guide

bloody typical, i would imagine it was a bloody good race up until the point of the crash,

was the race stopped or did every one else continue after simonceli was attended to and the debris was cleared?

[innovation]

the race was red flagged as soon as the accident happened on the 2nd lap

[scooby-KILLER]

the race was red flagged as soon as the accident happened on the 2nd lap

ah i didnt know it was only the 2nd lap, not a good day at all

[Paul]

Scooby did you not see my link?

[@ndy]

A sad sad day. I think Rossi will call it a day at the end of thr season now.

Had the potential to be a gp winner in 2012

[lee303]

yeah steve parish was on about that, hope not but can see it happening

[scooby-KILLER]

Scooby did you not see my link?

Nah man sorry I never noticed it to start with.

@ndy that's exactly what my mate said, he was putting money on him taking the 2012 title

[innovation]

I agree he would have been a major contender for the title next year, such potential and real passion for the sport

I can see Rossi retiring as well which would be such a shame as I really wanted to see him take another title on the Ducati