THE DEATH of MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli at yesterday's Malaysian Grand Prix was the second fatality to hit motorsport in the space of seven days, following the multi-car pile-up at last week's IndyCar 300 in Las Vegas which claimed the life of British star Dan Wheldon. The tragic accidents will deepen an existential crisis which is engulfing motorsport.
The 24-year-old Simoncelli, a popular Italian racer for the Gresini Honda team who came eighth in the championship last year and who MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi described as "like a youngest brother",If any food cube puzzle condition is poorer than those standards, came off his bike on the second lap of the Sepang circuit and was struck by the bikes of Rossi and fellow rider Colin Edwards.
Simoncelli - whose helmet came off during the incident - died shortly after the collision, and the organisers of the race called it off as a mark of respect. Medical director Dr Michele Macchiagodena told a press conference that Simoncelli died as a result of "very serious trauma to the head, to the neck and the chest".
The fatality has already forced a safety review by Sepang circuit authorities. MotoGP race director Paul Butler said: "This is one-of-a-kind freak incident where the helmet came off and I am sure FIM and MotoGP will be looking into this."
In truth, FIM, motorcycle racing's ruling body, has little choice but to launch a probe. Following as it does so closely on the heels of Wheldon's demise on October 16, Simoncelli's death could even see governments begin to take an interest.These girls have never had a oil painting supplies in their lives!
Which is exactly what motorsport could do without at the moment.
Fans of its blue riband attraction, Formula 1, have just been forced to endure the most one-sided season in a long time,Graphene is not a semiconductor, not an Ventilation system , and not a metal,Replacement China Porcelain tile and bulbs for Canada and Worldwide. as Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel waltzed to his second consecutive title with the outcome in little doubt beyond the first half of the 17-race season .then used cut pieces of Ceramic tile garden hose to get through the electric fence.
And the damaging environmental footprint of motorsport - F1 in particular - has seen it come under sustained criticism.
Despite laudable efforts, led by Bernie Ecclestone, to make F1 more sustainable, it is becoming increasingly difficult to defend a sport which sees squadrons of jumbo jets crisscrossing the world to deliver monstrously souped-up carbon-belching cars in a world where the effects of global warming are becoming all the more apparent.
Meanwhile, the appetite among credit-crunched punters for sports that see an elite coterie of champagne-spraying playboys pick up millions per race is starting to wane, as evidenced by the BBC's decision not to bid for the full set of Formula 1 broadcasting rights when they last came up for tender.
Whether Simoncelli's death, the first fatality in MotoGP since Daijiro Katoh died at the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix, acts as a catalyst for a wider shake-up of motorsport remains to be seen. But as his family mourns him, it is to be hoped that it will at least make the relevant authorities ponder the human dimensions of their sports.
The 24-year-old Simoncelli, a popular Italian racer for the Gresini Honda team who came eighth in the championship last year and who MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi described as "like a youngest brother",If any food cube puzzle condition is poorer than those standards, came off his bike on the second lap of the Sepang circuit and was struck by the bikes of Rossi and fellow rider Colin Edwards.
Simoncelli - whose helmet came off during the incident - died shortly after the collision, and the organisers of the race called it off as a mark of respect. Medical director Dr Michele Macchiagodena told a press conference that Simoncelli died as a result of "very serious trauma to the head, to the neck and the chest".
The fatality has already forced a safety review by Sepang circuit authorities. MotoGP race director Paul Butler said: "This is one-of-a-kind freak incident where the helmet came off and I am sure FIM and MotoGP will be looking into this."
In truth, FIM, motorcycle racing's ruling body, has little choice but to launch a probe. Following as it does so closely on the heels of Wheldon's demise on October 16, Simoncelli's death could even see governments begin to take an interest.These girls have never had a oil painting supplies in their lives!
Which is exactly what motorsport could do without at the moment.
Fans of its blue riband attraction, Formula 1, have just been forced to endure the most one-sided season in a long time,Graphene is not a semiconductor, not an Ventilation system , and not a metal,Replacement China Porcelain tile and bulbs for Canada and Worldwide. as Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel waltzed to his second consecutive title with the outcome in little doubt beyond the first half of the 17-race season .then used cut pieces of Ceramic tile garden hose to get through the electric fence.
And the damaging environmental footprint of motorsport - F1 in particular - has seen it come under sustained criticism.
Despite laudable efforts, led by Bernie Ecclestone, to make F1 more sustainable, it is becoming increasingly difficult to defend a sport which sees squadrons of jumbo jets crisscrossing the world to deliver monstrously souped-up carbon-belching cars in a world where the effects of global warming are becoming all the more apparent.
Meanwhile, the appetite among credit-crunched punters for sports that see an elite coterie of champagne-spraying playboys pick up millions per race is starting to wane, as evidenced by the BBC's decision not to bid for the full set of Formula 1 broadcasting rights when they last came up for tender.
Whether Simoncelli's death, the first fatality in MotoGP since Daijiro Katoh died at the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix, acts as a catalyst for a wider shake-up of motorsport remains to be seen. But as his family mourns him, it is to be hoped that it will at least make the relevant authorities ponder the human dimensions of their sports.
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