since im not really into it... i wasnt going to write a post about the fatal crash in the Indy last week that took the life of british driver, Dan Wheldon....
but this weekend, in the moto GP, another fatal crash took the life of an italian rider, Marco Simoncelli....
obviously these two incidents hits the motorsports industry quite hard, and it obviously affects other driver/riders minds as well as they mourn....
the Indy race was "asking for trouble" as many drivers had already mentioned how dangerous it is to drive the light weight indy cars around an oval track at high speeds..... it was almost like the Vancouver Olympics luge track, where the competitors had expressed their fears for safety that went unheard by the officials, and ended up with a tragic death....
the malaysian motoGP was a bit different.... the track is renowned to be tricky, but this was the first death on the track, and it was just an unexpected tragedy....
however, the track officials who dealt with marco simoncelli's crash were disgusting.... it was quite obvious how serious the crash was, yet the due care that was required in moving the rider off the track was lacking at the very least... the race was red flagged straight away, therefore, unnecessary movement of an injured rider could have led to further spinal injury...
then as the photo from AP shows.... they just dropped him on the grass trackside.... with one guy losing his corner before the others.... what motoGP needs to take a look at is the training of the marshalls around the track....
