Marco Simoncelli dies at Sepang MotoGP

[Alby_da_Wolf]

JEMC said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

spurgeonryan said:

JEMC said:
Sad news. I was watching the race when it happened.

Watching the helmet rolling down the track and then his father negating with his head at the outside of the medical center weren't good signs.

My sympathies with his family.

Thats horrible! His father was there!

Yes, he was like paralyzed, he was so terrified he couldn't even cry, he clenched his fists and wandered like a zombie with a blank stare... Valentino Rossi instead was crying, they were good friends, and many thought that maturing and learning to dare within his skills and the bike's limits, Simoncelli could have become almost his heir.

It's normal that Rossi was so depressed as he was not only very good friend with Sic but also because he was involved in the crash.

Regarding his skills, yes, he won the 250cc championship in 2008, but ... well I'm not the most appropiate to describe him (I'm biased as I like Pedrosa).

I prefer Pedrosa to Lorenzo, anyway, and yes, Sic still had to mature, he often dared beyond his own or his bike's limits, while Rossi learned earlier to do it within his own (very high) limits. But after all the criticisms from pissed off pilots for the times he involved them in his accidents, he was trying to mature quicker, and in this last, fatal accident Sic wasn't particularly daring, after the bike lost grip and started sliding, instead of going off on the tangent, it took a totally unnatural and unpredictable trajectory. BTW even the once invincible Rossi shows some limits, it looks like his driving style is at its best with "smoother" bikes like Honda and Yamaha, while he still has to get used to the "rough" character of the Ducati (and I still think Ducati made a mistake not supporting enough Capirossi in his last golden years, as he felt at his ease with the bike immediately, even when it was an undrivable monster, now they got him back but he's become too old).