Helmet coming off was never a good sign...
A bad thing. Still, some glib bastard will say "He died doing what he loved." **** glib bastards. ================= Onya bike Gerry
yea I've never understood that either. I feel for Edwards and Rossi... and wait for the fingerpointing investigation into why the helmet came off.
Apply the right amount of pressure in the right spot and anything is possible. I would take a guess that it wasn't the result of the helmet coming off, but the force of the impact which caused the helmet to come off which caused his injuries, and that the result probably would have been the same even if his helmet had stayed on. I'll bet the post-qualifying Jorge v Simoncelli press conference from Estoril gets a few reruns. Nev..
"Nev.." wrote in message Apply the right amount of pressure in the right spot and anything is possible. I would take a guess that it wasn't the result of the helmet coming off, but the force of the impact which caused the helmet to come off which caused his injuries, and that the result probably would have been the same even if his helmet had stayed on. bt: I've seen a properly fastened helmet come off a rider while performing high speed gymnastics in the gravel trap at turn 1 at PI I'll bet the post-qualifying Jorge v Simoncelli press conference from Estoril gets a few reruns. Nev.. bt: -- --- a friendly growl from the drop bear who also motor cycles __ __ __ _ __ /__/ / /__/ /_ /_\ /_ / /_ / _ / /__/ /__ / \ / \ ...1982 Honda CX 500 EC 1990 Kawasaki Zephyr 550 barry j taylor < >
I think it was smashed by one of the other bikes. Probably took a lot of the impact but they only do so much. I feel for Edwards and Rossi also. The whole sport is feeling somewhat empty at this time. Toosmoky Vale #58
No. I taped it and watched it about 10:30 with no idea what was about to happen. Even disregarding the helmet it was a pretty horrific crash. He was just completely limp after the impact. Not that Edwards or Rossi had any control over the outcome but regardless they're going to feel like it was their fault somehow. A dreadful day all around.
He was just completely limp after the impact. Not that he would have known any different, not would it make any difference, but I think it was pretty much instant... instead of suffering. Seemed to take a while for help to arrive. I must admit I'm fuckin sick of hearing "bad week for motorsport British star Dan Wheldon died at the IndyCar 300 in Las Vegas."...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ot...te-MotoGP-mourns-death.html?ito=feeds-newsxml have a look 1/2 way down the page... a shot from infront of the incident as Edwards hits him... - very fucked up. Nobodys fault.
Sorry Nev, I meant that he would eventually overtake Rossi, Stoner and the others in the GP class he was killed in
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...malaysian-motogp/story-e6frey5r-1226177909924 DISTURBING footage has emerged of critically injured Italian rider Marco Simoncelli being dropped by medical staff as he is carried from the track on a stretcher at the Malaysian MotoGP. Simoncelli sustained fatal injuries when he crashed into fellow riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards on the second lap of Sunday's race. The footage, which was uploaded to YouTube later that evening, shows medical staff rushing on to the track before clumsily placing him on a stretcher. One of Simoncelli's legs is seen hanging off the side of the stretcher as trainers carry him towards an ambulance in the centre of the Sepang circuit, picking up speed along the way The group of medicos then stumble and drop the stretcher holding the 24-year-old before picking him up again and lifting him over a fence and into the waiting ambulance. Simoncelli was pronounced dead soon after. His father Paolo is quoted on the YouTube page as saying: "I was 10 metres away, but Marco was already dead, it changed nothing. "I helped them. When they got back up and passed the stretcher over to my side of the guard rail I took the stretcher to? place it in the ambulance and held Marco's hand and called him 'Ciao Marco', but he was gone already. "They say God summons the best to heaven. I don't know. I wish that's how it is." A funeral for Simoncelli is to be held tomorrow in his home town of Coriano.
I think we need to get all medical staff at GP circuits to practice running with stretchers without letting the patient fall off them, or tripping while they run. Obviously no lessons learned from the Daijiro Kato accident when he was carried off on the stretcher with an arm dangling over the side. If there's any enquiry it should be into why they just couldn't get an ambulance to park next to him. He was lying in the middle of the bloody road, after all. Nev..
