"Security is mostly a superstition, it does not exist in nature: avoiding danger in the long run is no safer than outright being exposed. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."-Helen Keller
the medical centre staff is focusing on treating rider 58 Marco Simoncelli
and track action cannot be resumed in the current circumstances."
a public address announcer told the fans, "It is much regret that due to the
incident in the second lap of the MotoGP race and Sepang International Circuit
has decided to cancel the remainder of the race."
The fans, who had no idea of the severity of the accident, reacted badly,
whistling and screaming and throwing bottles at pit lane from the main grandstand.
Horrific crash and there is nothing that Edwards could have done.
It looks like Edwards saw him coming in and tried to brake a bit, see how his bike gets loose, likes like he was desperately trying to do something.
This is awful to see and even worse is the loss of Simoncelli, for him and his family and the MotoGP crowd.
That is bloody awful. It looks like it could have been a relatively uneventful low side early in the race. He is hanging on, trying to stay up, cuts across lines in front of Edwards and Rossi which results in him getting run over by both and even ripping his damn helmet off. Ugly and horrible! It makes me thankful to have reached 40.
SEPANG, Malaysia -- Italian rider Marco Simoncelli died of chest, head and neck injuries Sunday after crashing and being hit by two other riders at the Malaysian MotoGP motorcycle race. He was 24.
Race organizers said Simoncelli was sent to the medical center at the Sepang circuit for treatment but efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.
"He was already unconscious when the medical team arrived," said MotoGP medical director Michele Macchiagodena. "We attempted to resuscitate him but failed. He died 45 minutes later."
The race, the second to last of the season, was canceled.
Simoncelli died a week after Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon was killed in a 15-car accident in the IndyCar finale at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Simoncelli lost control of his Honda at turn 11 four minutes into the race, but his bike regained partial grip and swerved across the track and into the path of American Colin Edwards and Italian Valentino Rossi.
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Italy's Marco Simoncelli leads the field Sunday in Malaysia. The 24-year-old later died after a crash involving two other riders.
Simoncelli's helmet was ripped off in the collision and he lay motionless on the track. He had been fourth at the end of the first lap. The other two riders were unhurt.
The Italian's death was the first fatality in MotoGP since Japan's Daijiro Katoh died from injuries sustained at the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix. The number of deaths in MotoGP since it was founded in 1949 is now at 47, MotoGP said.
Last year, Japanese teenager Shoya Tomizawa died after crashing in a Moto2 race at San Marino.
Race director Paul Butler said circumstances surrounding Simoncelli's accident would be investigated.
Sepang circuit chairman Mokhzani Mahathir voiced his condolences and said it was unfortunate that a death occurred for the first time since the circuit opened in 1999.
"We had our standard operating procedure ... this is one-of-a-kind freak incident where the helmet came off and I am sure (motorcycling body) FIM and MotoGP will be looking into this," he said.
Newly crowned MotoGP champion Casey Stoner said that he feared for Simoncelli after seeing video of the crash.
"As soon as I saw the footage it just makes you sick inside," the Australian told the British Broadcasting Corporation. "Whenever the helmet comes off that's not a good sign."
The Italian motorcycling federation canceled all events planned for Sunday at the Mugello circuit near Florence.
The Italian Olympic Committee said it would honor Simoncelli by requesting a minute of silence at all Sunday's soccer matches, with AC Milan, his favorite team, planning to don armbands in his memory.
Italian Olympic Committee president Gianni Petrucci said Sunday marked the saddest day of his presidency.
"Life is sacred; you shouldn't die at age 24 just for a race," ANSA news agency quoted him as saying.
tragic day in motogp. thoughts and prayers to his family and to colin and vale as they must be having a difficult time now
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sad day indeed.... but it's all part of the life of racing anything. i saw the videos and it indeed is sickening, colins and rossi will have a very hard time getting through this, that i've no doubt.
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