Death in Moto 2

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Japan's Shoya Tomizawa was killed today in a Moto2 race at the San Marino GP.



"Shoya Tomizawa has died as a result of injuries sustained in the Moto2 race earlier today at Misano.The Japanese - who made history by winning the first ever Moto2 Grand Prix at Qatar and took pole for round two - fell from fourth and was hit at high speed by Scott Redding and Alex de Angelis.Tomizawa was transferred to hospital were he passed away at 14.20 local time.de Angelis walked away from the huge accident, while Redding continues to receive treatment.

The last time a rider was killed at a motorcycle grand prix was Daijiro Kato, in the MotoGP class, at Suzuka 2003."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ot...Moto2-crash-San-Marino.html?ito=feeds-newsxml



R.I.P Shoya :(
 
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Just saw a still picture with RIP under it on the TV so investigated. Such a shame.
 
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It is indeed a sad day for motorsport. Rest in Peace Shoya, you will be sorely missed.
 
Saw this crash earlier as a friend informed me, R.I.P Shoya.
 
Just saw the replay. I won't post cause it is sad. Very, very sad.
RIP Shoya. He was far too young to die.
 
bloody hell! RIP and my condolences to his family!!!

Chris
 
Very very sad day. RIP and condolences to his family.
 
RIP Shoya ,what a tragedy :S
 
RIP. Another sad death in motorsport.
 
RIP, and condolences to his family.

A somber day for the motorsport community
 
🤬! I was shocked receiving this news. I could only felt sorry to the family. :guilty: :indiff:
 
R.I.P. and my condolences to his family and friends.


Had to write this too often this year...
 
It just shows how dangerous motorcycle racing is. That is Misano's first and hopefully last victim. And hopefully motogp's last victim. :(
 
Saw it on TV as it happened.. Horrible crash - but still, could've happened in any class, any where..

RIP Shoya..
 
Rest in peace Shoya... we will not forget you!

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K.
 
Damn, 19 ain't no age to die.
R.I.P.
 
Last week at Indy 13yr old Peter Lenz was killed during a support race. And now this?? What the **** is going on.
 
The thread could be titled something a bit better I think, something perhaps more respectful and less sensational.
 
Kneedragger
Last week at Indy 13yr old Peter Lenz was killed during a support race. And now this?? What the **** is going on.
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It's racing. It's to be expected to be honest. This sport does not come without it's risk and eerily the situations always seem to happen in 2's or 3's. Senna and Ratzenberger, Villeneuve and Smiley, Surtees and Massa etc.
 
Saw the crash before heading out for lunch with my wife and thought 'that looks nasty'. Just got back to see Tomizawa died... terrible news :(
 
Ardius
The thread could be titled something a bit better I think, something perhaps more respectful and less sensational.
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I agree, please re-title this thread.

K.
 
Its so tragic to see someone die so young :(

My condolences to his family and friends.
 
RIP Shoya Tomizawa
 
So I guess nobody cared about Peter Lenz.
 
Alex.
It's racing. It's to be expected to be honest. This sport does not come without it's risk and eerily the situations always seem to happen in 2's or 3's. Senna and Ratzenberger, Villeneuve and Smiley, Surtees and Massa etc.
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I hit a tire wall on motorcycle after leaving the track and was bent like a pretzel in two, with such force it gave me compression fractures of 2 vertebra. If the force was translated just 6 inches higher it would have been my neck and not my upper back. Yeah racing is risky.
My early post was just an emotional reaction. You could take the position that its a miracle it dont happen more often.
 
RIP Shoya Tomizawa. A future great of the sport and you will be sorely missed.

My condolences to those close to him.
 
RIP Shoya.

I've only just watched the MotoGP race and found out although I don't think I want to see the crash.

Duffers917K
So I guess nobody cared about Peter Lenz.
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They do mate, it was brought up in the MotoGP thread and could be considered even more tragic due to him only being 13 years old but I guess it got less coverage.
 
Duffers917K
So I guess nobody cared about Peter Lenz.
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Just like Ratzenberger, you can't expect people to make (comparably) much of a fuss until it either happens again quite soon or it happens to someone more famous.

To be honest, I dislike a comment like yours more than I dislike anyone's apparent lack of care. It implies no one here cared just because there is a thread for one and not the other. This isn't a popularity contest.

Loads of people die everyday in various tragic ways. Do we all not care just because we don't know? You cannot expect everyone to pay respects to everyone in the world, sadly more famous or more successful people will get more attention, thats the way it is.

Personally, I don't feel its my place to say anything other than RIP. I never really follow motorbikes that much, let alone Moto2 or any feeder series. So I really can't claim to know anything about him till today. Sadly I seem to only have heard about it just because he was in Moto2 and it was a pretty dramatic incident. Of course I'm gutted that someone passed away like that, its always bad to see it regardless of sport or area of life.
As for Peter Lenz, again, before today I don't think I even heard about him either. I personally feel uncomfortable saying much about someone I don't know about at all.
 
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Kneedragger
Last week at Indy 13yr old Peter Lenz was killed during a support race. And now this?? What the **** is going on.
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The fact of the matter is that motorsport is, and will always be, dangerous. Every rider and every driver knows what he's getting into. No matter how safe you make the sport, there is always going to be that chance that things will go horribly wrong. And sadly, it happened to Tomizawa. He deserved more. He was talented, very talented; he deserved a long and prosperous career, not an inglorious death like this. Hopefully he'll be able to rest in peace an the FIM will retire the number 48 out of respect.
 
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