Today is the sadest day at the circuit because the great Super Sic dies after Sepang crash involved Collin Edward & Valentino Rossy.
Marco Simoncelli, the Italian MotoGP rider, has died after a crash during the Sepang Malaysian grand prix, according to Dr Claudio Costa, who is part of the motorcycling world championship's medical team.
Another riders in the premier MotoGP class were informed after their race.
"I found out now, when things like this happen nothing else matters," the MotoGP world champion, Valentino Rossi, told Mediaset television. "He was a lovely guy, it was a horrible accident."
Honda Gressini's Super Sic was travelling at full speed when he fell off before a corner and was hit violently by the bikes of Collin Edward and Valentino Rossi almost in the middle of the crash, who both also tumbled but looked relatively unhurt.
"You forget sometimes how easily something like this can happen. Sometimes our sport is just too dangerous," the MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso said.
Officials said they decided to stopping the race after the crash because of the fear of other accidents if a red flag was suddenly shown. They added that Simoncelli was alive when he was taken from the track and rushed to a local hospital on Sepang. He was pronounced dead soon after.
Edward, who suffered a dislocation shoulder in an accident, will led riders in a tribute to the dead Italian colleague in a ceremony at Misano. Marco Simoncelli, Soya Tomizawa, and Daijoro Katoh died after an accident at the Japanese grand prix in 2003, 2010, 2011. Rest in Peace Super Sic.(hep/crashnet)
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