I've been lying awake half the night thinking about the crash and tragic loss of Marco Simoncelli.
This accident will surely effect all the riders massively, and one of the things I can't get past is the terrible impact on Colin Edwards and Rossi, particularly Vale who was good friends with Marco.
Unfortunately, I think this accident could have a huge effect on the immediate future of MotoGP.
After the .... year he has had with Ducati, could this accident, and being involved in the death of his friend, be enough to push Vale to walk away from MotoGP. Will this accident finally destroy his motivation to try to beat the bike that is constantly trying to kill him.
What about JB.
What about Colin Edwards. Aside from the death of Marco, another injury, and the prospect of coming back on a completely uncompetitive CRT bike.
Stoner - will this be too close to home for the soon to be father, who has probably achieved most of what he set out to, and has made no secret of one day retiring to the farm with his family.
Possibly the same for some of the other riders, and even support crews.
Will Dorna, or the FIM introduce 'knee jerk reaction' changes after the accident.
Could this change again the formula for MotoGP.
Gresini, surely this accident will have a massive impact on the team, and on HRC. How do they recover from the death of another young rider.
There is one change that I hope this accident does bring.
Fans and the media can be way too critical of the riders. Everyone has their favorites, but it has become way too easy to criticize others, and sometimes it goes too far. These riders are all young guys out there giving 110%. From first to last, they all deserve a lot more credit and respect than they are given, and they should not cop some of the .... that is dished out.
How many people in the media, and on forums like this, would have the balls to race one of these bikes at the limit, or to get back on the bike after it has tried to kill you. I wouldn't.
A lot of people have been very critical of Marco.
At the end of the day, the guy has died racing a bike. Doing somethng that most people who have criticized him, will never have the balls to do. Whether he was better or worse than another rider, or whether he made mistakes in races, sort of looses importance. After his previous comments, credit to Dani for being one of the first to publicly pay respects to Marco and to his family.
This accident will surely effect all the riders massively, and one of the things I can't get past is the terrible impact on Colin Edwards and Rossi, particularly Vale who was good friends with Marco.
Unfortunately, I think this accident could have a huge effect on the immediate future of MotoGP.
After the .... year he has had with Ducati, could this accident, and being involved in the death of his friend, be enough to push Vale to walk away from MotoGP. Will this accident finally destroy his motivation to try to beat the bike that is constantly trying to kill him.
What about JB.
What about Colin Edwards. Aside from the death of Marco, another injury, and the prospect of coming back on a completely uncompetitive CRT bike.
Stoner - will this be too close to home for the soon to be father, who has probably achieved most of what he set out to, and has made no secret of one day retiring to the farm with his family.
Possibly the same for some of the other riders, and even support crews.
Will Dorna, or the FIM introduce 'knee jerk reaction' changes after the accident.
Could this change again the formula for MotoGP.
Gresini, surely this accident will have a massive impact on the team, and on HRC. How do they recover from the death of another young rider.
There is one change that I hope this accident does bring.
Fans and the media can be way too critical of the riders. Everyone has their favorites, but it has become way too easy to criticize others, and sometimes it goes too far. These riders are all young guys out there giving 110%. From first to last, they all deserve a lot more credit and respect than they are given, and they should not cop some of the .... that is dished out.
How many people in the media, and on forums like this, would have the balls to race one of these bikes at the limit, or to get back on the bike after it has tried to kill you. I wouldn't.
A lot of people have been very critical of Marco.
At the end of the day, the guy has died racing a bike. Doing somethng that most people who have criticized him, will never have the balls to do. Whether he was better or worse than another rider, or whether he made mistakes in races, sort of looses importance. After his previous comments, credit to Dani for being one of the first to publicly pay respects to Marco and to his family.
