Marco Simoncelli dies in MotoGP in Malaysia

[Andrew]

THE Malaysian MotoGP was halted four minutes after the race began today when Honda rider Marco Simoncelli fell and was hit by Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi.

The 24-year-old Simoncelli had his helmet knocked off in the accident, which occurred when the Italian lowsided from his bike at Turn 11.


His bike veered across the track and straight into the path of Edwards and Rossi. The race was immediately red-flagged.


Simoncelli, who was motionless on the track after the impact, had been fourth at the end of lap one.


Edwards also fell but escaped serious injury, while Rossi, on a Ducati, was able to return to the pits.


After a short time, it was announced that Marco has passed away tragically.

Absolutely sad to see it happen, not to mention people watching live... The MotoGP community will have been rocked and saddened by this. Such a sad day.

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[Troy]

It was a horrible crash to watch. Edwards and Rossi could do nothing about it as Simoncelli just skidded across their path. So sad that another racer has died and he is so young. He was touted as a star of the future and it is a shame to see it end. I just hope there won't be a third added to this as it normally happens in threes.