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Club Arnage => General Discussion => Topic started by: Nordic on October 23, 2011, 11:20:36 am

Title: Not a good week. Marco Simoncelli
Post by: Nordic on October 23, 2011, 11:20:36 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motogp/15420069.stm

Reports are that he is critical, but others suggest he has died.

Horrific crash that saw his helmet ripped off, terrible.

Title: Re: Not a good week. Marco Simoncelli
Post by: Robbo on October 23, 2011, 12:00:15 pm

Unfortunately he has died of his injuries  :(

Title: Re: Not a good week. Marco Simoncelli
Post by: Barry on October 23, 2011, 12:48:34 pm

RIP Marco Simoncelli.
Great rider and rising talent.
Just seen the accident, horrible, the ones where riders are hit by other bikes are always the worst, first time I've seen a helmet come off.

Title: Re: Not a good week. Marco Simoncelli
Post by: Andy on October 23, 2011, 03:09:00 pm

I switched on Eurosport to watch MotoGP and they were just rpping up the programm saying due to major incident this programme has been cancelled.
You Tube have withdrawn it and reports are all different at present
RIP - Wildman Simoncelli

Title: Re: Not a good week. Marco Simoncelli
Post by: Dirk3D_NL on October 23, 2011, 03:31:44 pm

terrible crash.... sad weeks

Title: Re: Not a good week. Marco Simoncelli
Post by: Jon King on October 23, 2011, 05:45:29 pm

RIP Marco Simonchelli Great Talent Lost

Title: Re: Not a good week. Marco Simoncelli
Post by: Snoring Rhino on October 23, 2011, 06:09:05 pm

Awful accident, nothing Edwards and Rossi could have done to avoide it.

Title: Re: Not a good week. Marco Simoncelli
Post by: Chris24 on October 23, 2011, 06:25:43 pm

A really sad week, first the devastating news about Dan Wheldon, then my favourite stock car driver retires from the sport I love the most, then announcement at work of a 50 % cut in jobs in our department and Marco Simoncelli's death this morning to bookend the week.

Wish I could forget this week to be honest.

R.I.P. Marco Simoncelli.

Title: Re: Not a good week. Marco Simoncelli
Post by: slash on October 23, 2011, 07:02:07 pm

Just posted this elsewhere .......

A classic case of burning twice as bright and lasting half as long. Simoncelli was a delight to watch racing, his uncompromising style was harsh but fair, I always thought, and his outlandish style always made me smile, Charlie Cox once said " it isn't a riding style, it's crisis management!"
This forum can be a bit sniffy about other forms of the fine art, but Motorsport in general needs personalities, unfortunately it has lost two this week and our world is a duller place because of it.

RIP Dan Wheldon

RIP Marco Simoncelli

Title: Re: Not a good week. Marco Simoncelli
Post by: Boorish Grobian on October 23, 2011, 11:11:54 pm

A tremendous loss to motor racing, as mentioned a brilliant champion, racer, and personality.
The Simoncelli AGV replica I purchased at Indy has been cleaned, returned to its box and retired to the top shelf of my closet.
Arrivederci Campione!
Godspeed Marco.
Fax

Title: Re: Not a good week. Marco Simoncelli
Post by: goodduck on October 24, 2011, 01:19:17 am

lorenzo losing his finger last weekend on top of the death of dan wheldon made me very nervous about something else happening. the luck has run out

Title: Re: Not a good week. Marco Simoncelli
Post by: lofty on October 27, 2011, 08:51:16 pm

sometimes i wonder if motorsport is worth it