Terrible news from sepang Moto GP

[Skippernick]

RIP Super Sic :'(


Nothin else to say really

[purplebear7]

RIP Marco ... Very sad for all concrned.

Polar Bear.

[b3tarev3]

Gutted!

[Hamos]

I think being hit in the back of the head with a 150kg bike traveling at 100mph would kill you straight off, helmet or not.  The fact that it came off just shows the forces involved.  If his lid stayed on he would still be dead anyway.  Look at Craig Jones, his crash was similar and his lid stayed on, but same outcome.

I just feel really gutted.  He was the reason to watch motoGP.

[Instructorman]

Shocking news, watched the race this morning and am still stunned.

Not a good week for motorsport with Dan Wheldon and Marco both being taken from us

[locksmith]

Wow didn't know there was a gp today. Been out all day and this is the first I heard about it. Seen the slow mo on you tube, can't imagine how Edwards and Rossi are feeling.


Still, got to remember there are big signs around race tracks,,Motorsport is dangerous

[tartanleathers]

Felt sick when I watched the live show on the beeb. When they briefly showed him lying on the ground with no helmet & then quickly moved away never to show it again, I just knew it was a bad one. Never expected him to no longer be with us.
Very sad day, cannot imagine what his family, friends, Gresini Team, & anyone else who knew or worked with him are feeling right now. Rossi & Edwards must be devastated, nothing either couldve done. Rossi must feel awful as it was his friend.
Awful day, awful week, 2 massive talent's lost in one week. Truly sad day.
RIP Marco Simoncelli & Dan Wheldon

[HarryHornby]

Watching the footage made me feel sick, such a shocking crash, I feel for Edwards and Rossi too.  I wonder if that will be the last time Edwards rides a moto GP bike?

Such a tragic loss, I've found Moto GP quite dull this year, but Simoncelli had been great to watch.

A very sad week for motorsport with Dan Wheldon's crash too.

[thecert]

Such a waste of life and huge potentual talent, I'm sure like many of you, still left with that sick feeling in my stomack. Goodness knows how Edwards and Rossi  must be feeling. We all know what risk we are taking on two wheels whether it be on the road or a track, but somehow it does'nt detract from the impact it has on fellow motor cyclists when some thing like this happens. RIP.

[pitternator]

Its comforting to see the universal affection felt for marco, his racing was adventurous, daring ,  even crazy at times...but in an age of "dull"  winners , he was such a breath of fresh air. I am utterly sad we will never get to see the full fruition of his talent and personality. Make no bones about it , his departure is a great loss to moto GP, which IMO is so teetering on the brink of almost absurdity( only honda are ever winning, and  others are on verge of pulling out ! )  that this could have very far reaching consequences for the sport.
Its 8 yrs since the tragic loss of Kato, but somehow this loss seems so much closer to home, aye even to the nub of why I ride bikes and love watching racing. If Rossi were to quit ... feck it could kill moto GP as we know it .People will no doubt take their places, but the soul and mass popularity  of moto GP is in danger of being lost. If ever moto GP needs a full grid, its gotta be now ...I know stoner and pedrosa have talent , but they just dont have any cult following like rossi and simo.With Lorenzo out ...TBH the moto GP is fast becoming  a farce...a honda test race...no competition. Its odd since 2 yrs ago, it looked like honda were a spent force !
I cant quite take in all the other injured riders too , over the last couple of weeks...it almost makes me wonder if the moto GP calender is too taxing ?? ... mark marques crashes into willarot, spies goes down, lorenzo takes a silly tumble, bradley smith crashes out , terol has heat exhaustion....now this tragedy . Its  a fecking lot of crashes and bad injuries in quite a short space of time ???

[GringoRojo]

watching the BBC coverage we recorded and seeing marco lying helmetless on the track, I knew it was serious. when they said he was conscious I thought maybe he was paralysed with severe road rash/fracture to the head, so when I discovered he had died the sick feeling in my stomach just grew tenfold. he's a huge loss:- he'd been a challenger on the big bikes next year; his aggression on the track won him as many friends as enemies - but at least he was noticed; and his personality was bigger than even his hair - I loved the "then I will be arrested" comment to Lorenzo in that press conference.
if we are queasy thinking about it then what must Edwards and Rossi be feeling? even though it was a racing incident an no-one is to blame I wouldn't be surprised if they hang up their leathers.
it must've been a huge force to rip the strap out of one side of his helmet, but I do think that his huge hair may have played a part too. I also think the way racers wear their lids is a factor - how many of them actually have the chin bar at their chin? I know they tilt the lid up to see forward when in a racing crouch but if I do that to my lid I cant tighten the strap up as much as I normally do.
another thought - dunno where I read/heard it, but did the electronics on the bike have an effect? pre-traction control if a rider couldn't recover a lowside with his knee quick enough the bike would just slide away. I've not looked at the youtube clips but my memory of the images shown on the BBC broadcast on the pit screens is that Marco's bike seemed to regain it's grip too much dragging him across the track into the path of E & R.

[mickdel]

I'm in Ireland visiting family and just saw this in the newspaper an hour ago. Sad,sad sight. RIS Marco.

[Phil TK]

Phew. I still feel a bit subdued over Super Sic's death, mates of mine are still talking about it, even my mum said it was very saddening. Gloom!
Anyway, this video is a great tribute to the spirit of Super Sic

http://www.bikesportnews.com/news-detail...ewsid=5956

[andthenurse]

Tragic accident, and an awful loss...aside from his obvious talent, which would undoubtedly have propelled him in the near future to a motogp title, Simoncelli was a really engaging, likeable bloke - and in a time where so many of the top riders seem either as dull as ditchwater, or to have disappeared entirely up their own arsehole, the big, gangly lad with Hendrix hair added an enormous air of excitement and fun to motogp.


For the last two seasons, I'd have honestly rather watched Simoncelli ride a Honda fucking Melody round a carpark than endure some of the processions we've had to endure on track.

[Fazer on kill]

How do you miss someone you never met?
Feel a loss having never bonded?
The thought of never seeing your mad hair poof out when you remove your lid....

I am still in denial, hopefully I will move through the stages of grief but I wont forget .....

My condolences to his family and friends. How much more do they hurt?