RIP Simoncelli

azoomm · 10-23-2011, 10:27 AM

http://espn.go.com/racing/story/_/id...malaysian-race

How horrible.

My thoughts are with Colin. There was nowhere for him to go...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkInp...e_gdata_player

Porkchop · 10-23-2011, 11:19 AM

Fuck. My buddy just called to wake me up, and told me about this. I didn't believe it at first. Horrible.

derf · 10-23-2011, 11:27 AM

It really looked like a crazy unavoidable accident. Sim just came straight across the line tucked under the bike. Edwards and Rossi both looked like they swerved to the right to avoid him just a little too late. I still don't even know where sim came from. The video I saw showed the 4 or 5 bikes ahead of them and Sim wasnt even there.

Kaneman · 10-23-2011, 11:44 AM

Porkchop · 10-23-2011, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by derf

It really looked like a crazy unavoidable accident. Sim just came straight across the line tucked under the bike. Edwards and Rossi both looked like they swerved to the right to avoid him just a little too late. I still don't even know where sim came from. The video I saw showed the 4 or 5 bikes ahead of them and Sim wasnt even there.

I heard Sim lost the rear but saved it by planting his knee. When the rear finally grabbed he rode the thing out, trying to save it, but it was arcing back across the track. Thats why it seems like he came back perpindicular to the track, and why he was so low. Just a case of wrong place wrong time. If he would have dumped it in the gravel, he would still be

fasternyou929 · 10-23-2011, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by derf

It really looked like a crazy unavoidable accident. Sim just came straight across the line tucked under the bike. Edwards and Rossi both looked like they swerved to the right to avoid him just a little too late. I still don't even know where sim came from. The video I saw showed the 4 or 5 bikes ahead of them and Sim wasnt even there.

This onboard footage, combined with the outside perspective shows pretty clear how it happened.

Sad day, and I can't imagine what must be going through the minds of Edwards and Rossi.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDILx...layer_embedded

10-23-2011, 11:19 AM	#2
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10-23-2011, 11:27 AM	#3
derf token jewboy Join Date: Nov 2008 Moto: CBR 900, KLR ugly ass duckling, Gas Man Posts: 10,799	It really looked like a crazy unavoidable accident. Sim just came straight across the line tucked under the bike. Edwards and Rossi both looked like they swerved to the right to avoid him just a little too late. I still don't even know where sim came from. The video I saw showed the 4 or 5 bikes ahead of them and Sim wasnt even there. __________________

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10-23-2011, 10:27 AM	#1
azoomm moderator chick Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hill Country TX Moto: Pasta Rockets Posts: 8,917	http://espn.go.com/racing/story/_/id...malaysian-race How horrible. My thoughts are with Colin. There was nowhere for him to go... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkInp...e_gdata_player