Simoncelli

Holyzeus

RIP Marco

xstrathyx

just saw the crash on youtube. really really sad news.

motorsport doesnt have a very good image at the moment with Dan Wheldon also.

RIP Marco.

Thoughts are with your family and friends now

Raymondavalon

That was a nasty incident, he was a passenger under his own bike.

In perspective I still feel MotoGP is safer than many 2 and 4 wheel motorsports

RIP Marco

bg13

RIP Marco, also feel really sorry for colin edwards, nothing he could have done!

Andy525

That was a bad crash, two riders unable to avoid him and his helmets is knocked off his head. You can see Marco slidding down the track without his helmet on.

whyamihere

Crap. He was one of the main reasons for watching Moto GP.

IcarusGreen

It was a horrendous collision,

RIP Simoncceli, he would have been one of the all time greats!

mikeysickalrigh

By far my favourite rider, the most exciting there is.

Big shame

mak3m

Awful just awful

RIP

toby_winkler

whyamihere wrote:

Crap. He was one of the main reasons for watching Moto GP.

+1.

Not a huge Moto GP fan but whenever I have watched it recently he was by far my favourite rider. Was literally speechless when I heard the news earlier, very sad day for the sport.

RIP.

Clank

He was a prodigious talent and was just starting to learn the maturity that would have started winning him titles in the big league.

His spirit and style will not be forgotten in the sport.

As has been said above, a sad day for the sport.

Gav888

So gutted, RIP.

sheepsteeth

never heard of him.

leevil knievil

Just seen this thread, cannot believe this deffinatley a rider for the future of moto gp, missed the race, totally unaware, gutted.

mak3m

sheepsteeth wrote:

never heard of him.

amazing hair, amazing talent european 125 champ at the age of 15

Joe_Pineapples

I watched it this morning and got the light feeling in the pit of my stomach when I saw the helmet rolling onto the grass. I knew it was going to be a bad one.

I'll be a Rossi man until my dying day, but Marco brought a new excitement to a MotoGP paddock that had been becoming quite stale of late. He didn't win a GP and fell off a lot, but he always rode at 100%, every lap was a qualifier, every time, every race. He was like an Italian Colin McRae, he only had one way to ride - 'Flat out or bail out', and for that alone I'll miss him.



PS - His move on Pedrosa at Le Mans in May was totally legit in my book.

sheepsteeth

Joe_Pineapples wrote:

He didn't win a GP and fell off a lot

sounds amazing

Joe_Pineapples

That's right, it's easy to be a c*nt.

sheepsteeth

Joe_Pineapples wrote:

That's right, it's easy to be a c*nt.

so now you think he's a c*nt?

nice.

IcarusGreen

sheepsteeth wrote:

Joe_Pineapples wrote:

He didn't win a GP and fell off a lot

sounds amazing

He was! He ruffled a few feathers this season with his 'no holds barred' riding style but brought a lot of excitement to this season!

trasher

RIP Marco Very sad day.

FocusZing

I can't get all Lady Diana over it, as I didn't know the guy. It's a big loss for MotoGP though, the guy was a great character and a brave risk taking rider.

lawman

sheeps as funny as you often are, theres a time and place for your shitty comments when people die is not one of them ... :roll:

RIP marco

sheepsteeth

lawman wrote:

sheeps as funny as you often are, theres a time and place for your shitty comments when people die is not one of them ... :roll:

RIP marco

dont be such a gaylord.

from what i can gather, none of these bleeding heart "look at how upset i am about someone i have never met" types have never met him nor will they ever have met him (if he hadnt died).

bike racing will carry on and in a day or so no one here will be thinking about him. I swear people love to be miserable mard-arses just for the fucking sympathy they hope to recieve:

webster wrote:

look how gutted i am

sheepsknacker wrote:

no, look how gutted I am

Bloke hanging on a cross next to spartacus wrote:

No, I'm Spartacus

:roll:

i genuinely dont see why people get so upset about dead people they are in no way connected to.

FocusZing

sheepsteeth wrote:

lawman wrote:

sheeps as funny as you often are, theres a time and place for your shitty comments when people die is not one of them ... :roll:

RIP marco

dont be such a gaylord.

from what i can gather, none of these bleeding heart "look at how upset i am about someone i have never met" types have never met him nor will they ever have met him (if he hadnt died).

bike racing will carry on and in a day or so no one here will be thinking about him. I swear people love to be miserable mard-arses just for the ******* sympathy they hope to recieve:

webster wrote:

look how gutted i am

sheepsknacker wrote:

no, look how gutted I am

Bloke hanging on a cross next to spartacus wrote:

No, I'm Spartacus

:roll:

i genuinely dont see why people get so upset about dead people they are in no way connected to.

Oh come on, you turned into a right girls blouse when Yeehamglee virtually snuffed it.

sheepsteeth

eh?

angry_bird

It's a shame when stuff like this happens, it was horrible looking crash, the way the bikes went straight into him, but at the end of the day it is something that happens, albeit not regularly, in sports like this and the guys know what risks are involved.

Joe_Pineapples

sheepsteeth wrote:

i genuinely dont see why people get so upset about dead people they are in no way connected to.

Ah, so we're only allowed to feel upset at the death of someone we've actually met?

Got it...

...so all these people who lined the streets of Wootton Basset were all just gaylords too?
The 3 million people who lined the streets of São Paulo for Ayrton Senna's funeral were in some way arseholes??

Am I getting this correct?

Terryg

leaving the debates to one side I'm gutted by the death of Simoncelli. He could have challenged for the title next year I'm sure...He was a bit wild but that's what made him so exciting to watch.

Feel gutted for his family and friends and also Edwards and Valentino.

Heard that Valentino may well retire after this.....

Hope not

R.I.P Marco.............................

sheepsteeth

Joe_Pineapples wrote:

sheepsteeth wrote:

i genuinely dont see why people get so upset about dead people they are in no way connected to.

Ah, so we're only allowed to feel upset at the death of someone we've actually met?

Got it...

...so all these people who lined the streets of Wootton Basset were all just gaylords too?
The 3 million people who lined the streets of São Paulo for Ayrton Senna's funeral were in some way arseholes??

Am I getting this correct?

i said "connected to"

id imagine the people lining the streets in wooton basset felt connected to their british armed forces fallen, a nation tends to be connected to it's military these days. Are you suggesting what a town full of people did for the families of over 300 dead servicemen and women is comparable to the bleatings of some crudders?

the people lining the streets for senna's funeral would have felt connected to a national sporting hero, he was extremely well known across the world of sport, not just motor racing due to his phenominal success. As far as i can tell this simoncelli fell off a lot and never won a race.

i might add the most important fact is that none of those people are bleating on about it in the crudcatcher.
Also, why are you allowed to be publicly upset yet im not allowed to be publicy not bothered?

paul.skibum

I was sad to hear the news - he was a good rider who could have been great and didnt deserve to go out that way. Sorry for Edwards and Rossi who will always wonder if they could have done something different. Both guys close to retirement - this might be it for them.

I didn't know him but he came across as a nice enough guy and he certainly stirred things up - his riding style was exciting and I will miss watching him on the track.