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RIP Marco Simoncelli

I dont say any of this for shock value or reaction. Just speaking my mind.

I never liked Simoncelli. I always said he was too dangerous for motogp and he was going to hurt someone very badly someday. He never seemed to give a .... about his own or his fellow riders well being. After the Pedrosa incident I posted that he should be sat down for a few races until he understood the what it takes to be a Motogp rider. Dorna didnt really care about his recklessness because the clown show brought in ratings.

You just hoped that over time he would mature enough and become a safe competitive rider and not kill someone in the process.

Its like that old adage from the movie Colors. There's two bulls standing on top of a mountain. The younger one says to the older one: "Hey pop, let's say we run down there and .... one of them cows". The older one says: "No son. Lets walk down and .... 'em all".

Sadly we will never know what he would have become. Some say he had turned the corner. I dont know. I just know that noone deserves this. Today i feel hollow and very sad.

I would have liked to see him out of MotoGp but not this way. never this way

RIP Marco
 
good words by Dani.



Dani Pedrosa, Honda MotoGP rider

"In a tragedy like this there is not much to say. I just want to give my condolences to his family and all the people who love him. I've been with his father and all we could do was to hug, nothing else matters. It was a fatal accident and everybody in the paddock remains in shock. Many times we ourselves forget how dangerous this sport can be and when you lose people on the way nothing has any meaning. It's clear that we all do what we like, what we love, but on days like today nothing matters."
 
I am still hollow. I have been wondering around like a lost soul today. Most of my friends are not bike people, so cannot comprehend what I am going through. Arrabiata called me and was very much the same. We needed someone to talk to. I have been in contact with Jumkie, Cali Kid and Austin too. We are all trying to come to terms with this.



Marco and all the riders past and present have given me a special gift. I have made some very very close friends over the past few years. It would not have been possible without guys racing bikes.



THANK YOU and I am already missing you Super SIc
 
I'm shocked. RIP Marco.



We'll miss him a lot, very good and aggressive rider, although sometimes dangerous.



Things of sport...



I'd love to watch him on the 1000cc's, I think he could do super well on the thousands. Sad day.
 
Just gotta say a word for Fausto Gresini and the team. Losing two riders in 9 years is a tradegy, but in Daijiro and Marco, he lost two guys with incredible talent and potential.
 
i have followed marco for many years and am gutted if anyone had to die it was him. I hope now we do not have to put up with the people who have made marcos life miserable this year acting as though they were the best of friends with him! rip Marco enjoy the racetracks in the sky, moto gp will miss you and remember you for the legend you were certain to become xxxxxxxxxxxx
 
I'll just say here what i said in race thread. Reading what many of u write here reminds me just how much we hav in common. I know if i was to tell a non racing friend hiw i feel today, they might think im crazy. On top of that, Im dealing with a personal issue. Its all a bit of a nightmare to all of us. I feel ashamed ive ever spoken bad about any rider. At my age, im still learning lessons about life. These men have brought to my life many lifelong friends as Wilski said. These riders deserved due respect. I apologize to them for not realizing this and i whole heartedly thank them for the great friends they have brought to my life, many of which members on this site. I come here to PS to vent, relax, cheer, & jeer. Today i felt like crying. Im a 40+ man, i didnt know Marco personally, but im choked up since last night. I know its a combination of little sleep, my personal situation atm, and Marco's death. The outpouring of thoughts on this thread has been inspiring. There are many people my heart goes out to, frim Marcos family, to The riders involved, to the entire paddock & spectators.
 
Rip marco



Woke up, turned on my phone, couldnt get on the racesport website so went to facebook instead, knowing motogp would post results. Instead i read chris his post. Truly shocking, my dad and i were the only ones who felt the same disillusion and upmost shock. We just kept talking about it throughout the entire day. I just cant believe it. Prayers and thoughts go out to his friends and family, hope they find strenght and love
 
Jumkie said:
I'll just say here what i said in race thread. Reading what many of u write here reminds me just how much we hav in common. I know if i was to tell a non racing friend hiw i feel today, they might think im crazy. On top of that, Im dealing with a personal issue. Its all a bit of a nightmare to all of us. I feel ashamed ive ever spoken bad about any rider. At my age, im still learning lessons about life. These men have brought to my life many lifelong friends as Wilski said. These riders deserved due respect. I apologize to them for not realizing this and i whole heartedly thank them for the great friends they have brought to my life, many of which members on this site. I come here to PS to vent, relax, cheer, & jeer. Today i felt like crying. Im a 40+ man, i didnt know Marco personally, but im choked up since last night. I know its a combination of little sleep, my personal situation atm, and Marco's death. The outpouring of thoughts on this thread has been inspiring. There are many people my heart goes out to, frim Marcos family, to The riders involved, to the entire paddock & spectators.
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This is the point I've been making for a while, to Barry etc. Appreciate the riders, quit the hate and enjoy the show that these lads put on for us at such a high risk to themselves.



This is a terrible situation.
 
R. I. P. Super Sic

A talented rider and I have no doubt he would have been a future champion, at least he died doing what he loved.
 
Despite the fact I'm new here, I've been checking in to the site all day to read what you guys have to say and it's made it easier knowing that other people feel as .... as I do. Like you've said, most of my friends don't get why we have such a connection to these guys, but as bikers it almost feels like we share the burden with them, both when we go out on the road or sit in front of the TV to watch them. I feel that despite what people say about riders we all know this, and when something tragic does happen, getting pissed off about a stupid error or at someone you don't really like (you don't have to like everyone) pales into insignificance. Nobody would ever suggest for a moment that one of us would wish this on any rider, and it's times like this that we are reminded that we are really all on the same side.



MotoGP has brought us all here, and it keeps us here through the good times and the bad. Thanks guys.
 
RIP Simoncelli... Even though I hated you in Le Mans and loved you in Assen, you will be dearly missed around the paddock.



BTW, you can watch the press conference for free here (http://www.motogp.co...arco+Simoncelli).



That really was scary stuff to wake up in the morning and run down to the TV to watch the recording just to see him fly across the screen into Colin Edwards... I really cannot get the picture of seeing the helicopter shot of him just laying there on the asphalt and seeing his face skid across the ground in the actual crash footage... Really did feel sick the second it happened...



I have been saying it for a couple years now(not on this forum) - the buckle to a helmet needs to be more secure, not just a plastic button that snaps into place... Had it been something that didn't just unbuckle with the tiniest bit of force, he might be still alive... In critical condition, but alive...



R.I.P. 58.
 
Marco Simoncelli was a polarizing figure in the sport. He was a bad boy in the 125s, a lunatic according to some in 250s, and outright dangerous according to many riders and pundits earlier this season.



And he was all of those things. But he was all of those things because Sic rode the way we all dreamt of riding as kids. Marco rode purely with his heart. My personal opinion is that he never would've knowingly put anyone in danger with his moves. He simply saw an opportunity to win and he went for it. And isn't that what this sport is all about, when you get right down to it?



I was never a huge fan of his. But I could never deny that I didn't find him to be the most exciting rider on the grid and the most humorous in the media center.



We lost a great one today. Whether you loved him or hated him, rated him or not, Marco Simoncelli had that rare combination of talent and charisma equalled by only one other man in motorcycle racing.



I, for one, will miss Marco. Watching him somehow manage to fit that AGV over his enormous mane. The look of his comically oversize frame attempting to tuck behind a fairing designed with Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso in mind, knees and elbows stuck out all over the place. His wild lines. The infectios smile. The hair. His interviews. In Marco Simoncelli, there was something for everyone to like and we are far poorer today for having lost him.
 
Ion Blaster4 said:
RIP Simoncelli... Even though I hated you in Le Mans and loved you in Assen, you will be dearly missed around the paddock.



BTW, you can watch the press conference for free here (http://www.motogp.co...arco+Simoncelli).



That really was scary stuff to wake up in the morning and run down to the TV to watch the recording just to see him fly across the screen into Colin Edwards... I really cannot get the picture of seeing the helicopter shot of him just laying there on the asphalt and seeing his face skid across the ground in the actual crash footage... Really did feel sick the second it happened...



I have been saying it for a couple years now(not on this forum) - the buckle to a helmet needs to be more secure, not just a plastic button that snaps into place... Had it been something that didn't just unbuckle with the tiniest bit of force, he might be still alive... In critical condition, but alive...



R.I.P. 58.
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Hardly a "tiniest of force". The way that helmet flew accross the track showed the energy poor marco suffered on impact !
 
chopperman said:
Hardly a "tiniest of force". The way that helmet flew accross the track showed the energy poor marco suffered on impact !
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My post may have been a bit misleading there... I know had his helmet not come off he still probably would have died, but what I meant was that if you have ever put one of those helmets on, you would know, or at least from the helmets that I have worn, all that holds that chin strap on is a little plastic button... All you need to do is pull on it a bit and it comes undone. From the crash it looked like the strap wasn't broken, it just came off like it normally should be taken off.



Please don't take my post the wrong way. RIP 58.
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Austin said:
Marco Simoncelli was a polarizing figure in the sport. He was a bad boy in the 125s, a lunatic according to some in 250s, and outright dangerous according to many riders and pundits earlier this season.



And he was all of those things. But he was all of those things because Sic rode the way we all dreamt of riding as kids. Marco rode purely with his heart. My personal opinion is that he never would've knowingly put anyone in danger with his moves. He simply saw an opportunity to win and he went for it. And isn't that what this sport is all about, when you get right down to it?



I was never a huge fan of his. But I could never deny that I didn't find him to be the most exciting rider on the grid and the most humorous in the media center.



We lost a great one today. Whether you loved him or hated him, rated him or not, Marco Simoncelli had that rare combination of talent and charisma equalled by only one other man in motorcycle racing.



I, for one, will miss Marco. Watching him somehow manage to fit that AGV over his enormous mane. The look of his comically oversize frame attempting to tuck behind a fairing designed with Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso in mind, knees and elbows stuck out all over the place. His wild lines. The infectios smile. The hair. His interviews. In Marco Simoncelli, there was something for everyone to like and we are far poorer today for having lost him.
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Very well said Austin.
 
Ion Blaster4 said:
My post may have been a bit misleading there... I know had his helmet not come off he still probably would have died, but what I meant was that if you have ever put one of those helmets on, you would know, or at least from the helmets that I have worn, all that holds that chin strap on is a little plastic button... All you need to do is pull on it a bit and it comes undone. From the crash it looked like the strap wasn't broken, it just came off like it normally should be taken off.



Please don't take my post the wrong way. RIP 58.
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There probably designed lke that so they dont rip your head off. Im my 30 years of bikes i have never been able to undo the strap by just pulling on it. They all have to pass saftey tests. I would also expect all rider's can not ride with a loose strap because of the speeds they ride.
 
Ion Blaster4 said:
My post may have been a bit misleading there... I know had his helmet not come off he still probably would have died, but what I meant was that if you have ever put one of those helmets on, you would know, or at least from the helmets that I have worn, all that holds that chin strap on is a little plastic button... All you need to do is pull on it a bit and it comes undone. From the crash it looked like the strap wasn't broken, it just came off like it normally should be taken off.



Please don't take my post the wrong way. RIP 58.
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He died from heart attack, even with the helmet would be very hard to survive such a crash. Colin hit him very hard on the back/chest. I don't think a helmet would have made a big difference in that case.
 

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