Quote from: gm2 on October 25, 2011, 12:53:50 PM
words from marco's father:  http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95668

And great Super Sic pictures, ZLTFUL.

Quote from: gm2 on October 25, 2011, 12:53:50 PM
words from marco's father:  http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95668

Holy crap.

That was heart wrenching.

Quote from: lazylightnin717 on October 25, 2011, 04:45:37 PM
Holy crap.

That was heart wrenching.

Seriously. I was on a tour bus full of guys when I read that. Had I been at home I don't think I could have held it in.

I was going to go into the guessing game of why and how did this happen, it will come out eventually, so all I have to write is

R.I.P Marco. 

Quote from: gm2 on October 25, 2011, 12:53:50 PM
words from marco's father:  http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95668

After reading that I had a lump in my throat and a tear in the eye. I feel for his family

Quote from: ducatiz on October 24, 2011, 01:26:20 PM
i just read that Sic was from Rimini, like Paso...   

After mentioning Paso, I wonder if honda will name a bike after Marco?

Quote from: gm2 on October 25, 2011, 12:53:50 PM
words from marco's father:  http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/95668
btw, he says that marco was dead on the track.  there were some other mentions of media coverage contrary to this earlier this thread.  in the Race Direction press conference the medical lead clearly says he was unconscious when they got to him.  plus, you can't intubate a conscious person.  of course it's just another person's opinion but when my wife (an ER/ICU nurse) watched the impact on Sunday, she was sure he was dead instantly.  as in sure he did not suffer, never knew what happened.

Called that one unfortunately.  Poor kid.      There's no way the earlier reports of him being conscious were right.  Ugh.  His dad also spoke about the "medics"..more like the keystone cops..fumbling about with Sic as they scurried him off the track.  Can totally see that happening after seeing them in action in the past.  Sad.      Reading this article and being a new dad though..it sure does get the tears flowing.  Now being a parent..so many things I never thought twice about before are now so clear.   RIP Sic   

Quote from: Stinky Wizzleteats on October 25, 2011, 08:25:53 PM
I was going to go into the guessing game of why and how did this happen, it will come out eventually, so all I have to write is

R.I.P Marco.  

this being the crash?  we know exactly how it happened.

Appears that Fausto is certain they will be at Valencia but still uncertain if they will be competing.

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2011/gresini+team+to+attend+valencia+gp

Gotta be hard for Fausto...not only was Marco the brightest star on his team, he really was genuinely fond of Marco.

Quote from: gm2 on October 25, 2011, 03:10:43 PM
being somewhat newly parent'd, twice over, i can't even begin to imagine.

The grief would kill my wife. If I died, she'd be aggravated and pissed. Her child? She'd drop dead right there.

Quote from: gm2 on October 26, 2011, 10:10:32 AM
this being the crash?  we know exactly how it happened.

I know how the crash happened too. I'm referring to the factors in which his helmet came flying off.

I'm not gonna get more into it, don't want to think about it.

I was thinking could it have been the traction control that threw the bike across the track like that ?

It seemed like a "normal " low side but then the bike just seemed to "grab " and shoot .

I was thinking that the TC was trying to achieve traction on the rear tire , normally it would not and the bike slides ..this time the tire does get traction on the asphalt when it is on its side , therefore shooting the bike .


Does this make sense ?

Quote from: ute on October 26, 2011, 05:01:24 PM
I was thinking could it have been the traction control that threw the bike across the track like that ?

It seemed like a "normal " low side but then the bike just seemed to "grab " and shoot .

I was thinking that the TC was trying to achieve traction on the rear tire , normally it would not and the bike slides ..this time the tire does get traction on the asphalt when it is on its side , therefore shooting the bike .


Does this make sense ?

either the rear end slid around or the front end regained traction while he was holding on/fighting to save the lowside and he ended up pointing back across the track.

The front had regained traction as the back slid around more and the bike started to come back upright and the rear gained traction back literally shooting the bike in the other direction. A perfect storm scenario that was a billion shot. Incredibly unlikely any of us will see a similar crash in our lifetimes and for that alone I am thankful.