KatoKid Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 As a passionate ex racer and rider I'm was shocked to hear the news about Marco's death. Marco wore his heart on his sleeve, while he polarised opinions he was a great character and rider. Love him or hate him he will be greatly missed from the over sanitised world off professional motorsport. RIP Marco. Quote
Sirpent Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 +1 The footage was horrific, however it seemed quick and he passed doing what he loved. Quote
handsandwhich Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 Holy sh1t! Didn't know this happened until now. I remember watching a video of him the other day and having a chuckle about how he looked like sideshow bob from the Simpsons (no disrespect intended) R.I.P Quote
peter mc Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 so sad and so hard for the two that hit him ,,, Rossy and him were close Friends so this will be very hard for him ..... i loved his style he was a real racer he gave 100 every time he was out there, he will be mist by all race fans Quote
Aliangus Posted October 23, 2011 Posted October 23, 2011 +1. I wasn't a big fan of Marco's, but he made the sport entertaining. I said to a mate only on Saturday that Marco would be a championship contender of the future if he could only stop crashing. A great talent lost in a shocking crash. Quote
NZeder Posted October 24, 2011 Posted October 24, 2011 +1 Don't know what else to say. RIP Marco Quote
RB30X Posted October 24, 2011 Posted October 24, 2011 What happened? It looks like his left leg has popped up as he lost balance or something then he came across the track hanging off the RH side of the bike, and was t-boned by another rider. Lot of fatals lately in Motorsport. Quote
53-681 Posted October 24, 2011 Posted October 24, 2011 Sorry guys, but who was Marco??? Is there an autobiograhpy? Worth youtub'ing perhaps? Quote
PeterAllen Posted October 24, 2011 Posted October 24, 2011 I worked for some period of time in road safety research with Dr Michael Henderson and have a technical interest in this tragic event. I have picked up comments throughout the season from Daryl Beattie about the increasing number of crashes in MotoGP and the injuries to riders. He is of the opinion that crash dynamic have altered due to the traction control technology on the bikes, whereas in the past once the bike lost traction in merely continued off at a tangent to the corner, today they can regain traction once the initial limit has been overstepped. Unfortunately the rider has usually been partially dislodged in the initial phase and is not in a position to regain full control. That makes a lot of sense when you see how the bike, and Marco clinging to it, came back across the track. All very sad. Quote
KatoKid Posted October 24, 2011 Author Posted October 24, 2011 I think there is some element of truth to this, look at the vicious high sides that were common in the latter stages of the two stroke era. If there was a good thing about the high side it pitched you off the racing line most of the time. Tyres have an impact as well, the Bridgestones are renowned for excellent grip and this combined with sophisticated electronic controls creates non traditional (unexpected) outcomes from near crashes as the chassis, tyres and suspension conflict with each other. The fact that Stoner could regularly win on the Ducati last year and yet Rossi can barely make the top 10 illustrates that there is a disconnect between traditional rider skills (Rossi) and those required to go fast in this new electronic age (Stoner). While I agree that racing improves the breed I feel we have reached a point where the rider must commit too much trust to the electronics and then when it goes wrong they cant deal with it...classic example was Lorenzo's high side crash at Laguna because he forgot the traction control was disabled after the practice launch! Same argument is now rearing its head in aviation Air France 447 shows what happens when pilots trust the electronics too much and expect flight laws to pull them out of a unrecoverable situation. Quote
waxhead Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 The fact that Stoner could regularly win on the Ducati last year and yet Rossi can barely make the top 10 illustrates that there is a disconnect between traditional rider skills (Rossi) and those required to go fast in this new electronic age (Stoner). Are you kidding. Rossi was screaming on the yamaha bike before he changed to ducati. It would seem that Rossi is not capable of hanging on to the Ducati while stoner was. Nothing to do with the electronics im sure they were there on the yamaha. I was sick when I heard abdout Marco, He was one of the entertaining riders out there and while he was robbed of his life we were also robbed of a new and exciting talent Quote
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