Hello FB Friends! With Motorcross season upon us and the birth of the late Marco Simoncelli I thought I would share about the former MotoGP Racer. Marco Simoncelli was born January 20, 1987 in Cattolica, Italy. Simoncelli was a 14 time Grand Prix winner in the GP125 and GP250 classes. After four years in the intermediate class, he stepped up to the MotoGP class with the Honda Gresini Team. He competed in the Road Racing World Championship for 10 years from 2002 to 2011. Sadly Simoncelli died after an accident during the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang on 23 October 2011. On 3 November, the Misano World Circuit announced plans to rename itself in honour of Simoncelli. At the final Grand Prix of the 2011 season in Valencia, Spain, a tribute lap on race morning was held in honour of Simoncelli, with riders from all three Grand Prix classes taking part along with 1993 500cc World Champion Kevin Schwantz, who rode Simoncellis bike. Tributes were made in Formula One with Jenson Button dedicating his performance in the 2011 Indian Grand Prix to Simoncelli and IndyCar Series driver Dan Wheldon, who died at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the weekend before, during the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship. A minutes silence was held at the Grand Prix in memory of Wheldon and Simoncelli. At the 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix, Ferrari drivers Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso, along with other members of the team paid tribute to Simoncelli by returning to turn 11 and having a group photo with a banner in remembrance. On the same day of the accident, all Serie A football matches in Italy held one minute of silence in remembrance of Simoncelli as instructed by the Italian National Olympic Committee President Gianni Petrucci. On 20 January 2012, the anniversary of Simoncellis birth, it was announced at a ceremony in his home town Coriano that the towns sports area would be renamed Palazzetto dello Sport Marco Simoncelli, and that one of the towns tram routes would be re-numbered 58 in his honor. On Thursday 12 September 2013 in Coriano a tribute took place for Marco Simoncelli with a flame and a monument for Marco Simoncelli called Every Sunday and every Sunday at nightfall the flame will burn for 58 seconds. On 23 October 2013, AC Milan paid a tribute to Simoncelli by posting on their Google+ profile, a photo of their jersey in their dressing room with Simoncellis name on the back. On February 3, 2014 it was announced that Simoncelli would be inducted into the MotoGP Hall of Fame and become the 21st MotoGP Legend. The ceremony took place at the Italian round in Mugello.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 17:12:59 +0000
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