Rossi looked a bit shocked riding back, but Edwards was clearly totally stricken in the video, I'm fairly sure he was in tears at the point when he's just stood next to his bike, bent over.
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:52 pm
by Areen
Rossi's reaction
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 5:29 pm
by Trigger Happy
@ Luke: Edwards was bent, because had an arm thrown off the shoulder joint. He was trying to stay on his feet with the pain in that first seconds.
And I'm not surprised by that Rossi's feeling, he's good guy and IMHO his bike hit the head while Edward's was hitting the corpse, it must be terrible for both of them.
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 5:48 pm
by Lukeno94
I wasn't aware of Edwards' injury, but I'm fairly sure that he knew what had happened and that that was a factor.
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 6:19 pm
by Trigger Happy
Of course he was aware of smashing a guy by his bike, but I can guarantee you, that you couldn't simply stand up to straight, if your left arm would just hang half-randomly in the air. Look again, you'll see a man in pain (right half of him would like to straight more - and actually is more than left - but he cannot be more straight, because the left too much hurts, when he tries). Anyway, it doesn't change anything on fact that he now surely regrets this day ever happened.
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 6:33 pm
by DuklaLiberec
Trigger Happy wrote:
And I'm not surprised by that Rossi's feeling, he's good guy and IMHO his bike hit the head while Edward's was hitting the corpse, it must be terrible for both of them.
He lost a very good friend, Edwards too.
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:34 pm
by Bouncebackability
What an awful week this has been, two such high profile names, and two motorsport competitors that i have been big fans of.
Marco Simoncelli will be sorely missed, as will his 'underdog' status in modern MotoGP...
Such sad news
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:31 pm
by Alonsomania
SuperSIC was flying around Imola that weekend
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:16 pm
by Rendy
I know maybe it's too late, but RIP to Dan Whedon and Marco Simoncelli... They are the names that their respective motorsport series will remember.
Also, the interesting note is, one of Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 characters is Dan Whedon himself.
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 11:29 am
by Bouncebackability
It's now 10 years since Richard Burns won his world title The Richard Burns Foundation have released this video
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 5:34 pm
by Lukeno94
Quite a powerful video, rallying has never been the same since we lost Richard and then Colin. :\
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:03 pm
by Herbal
Another victim of motorsport...
RIP Guido Falaschi (1989-2011)
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 5:33 am
by DuklaLiberec
Oh my, that is horrible....
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 11:09 pm
by Haruna
That wreck was f!cking ridiculous, shows what happens when safety standards get too lax.
Why the hell were the other racers driving at full tilt into the accident scene? I'm surprised no further injuries or deaths happened. Terrible.
R.I.P. Guido Falaschi.
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 3:12 pm
by DuklaLiberec
The organisators of this series should think to improve the safety of the tracks and of the cars because the Turismo Carretera is not as safe as other touring car/stock car series in Europe/America, e.g. NASCAR. And the T-Bone of this accident is also horrible, compared to Gustavo Sondermann's fatal accident.
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:11 pm
by Haruna
Argentina's economy isn't exactly rich - it is unfortunately noticeable in the safety standards.
To renovate the series with an ACTC equivalent of a NASCAR Car of Tomorrow or even just the Brazilian Stock Car championships would put most of the teams out of business, plus the money required to resign these tracks is not exactly something that can be pulled out of thin air.
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:12 pm
by Alonsomania
Haruna wrote:That wreck was f!cking ridiculous, shows what happens when safety standards get too lax.
Why the hell were the other racers driving at full tilt into the accident scene? I'm surprised no further injuries or deaths happened. Terrible.
R.I.P. Guido Falaschi.
Stepping on your brakes is no option; its either plowing into someone or get plowed into by others. At least no co-driver is injured, good they banned that
Dakar Rally is infamous for being dangerous, it's sad but I can't say I'm very shocked.
Re: Remember the racers who have passed away
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:11 pm
by Herbal
Unfortunately I've got to dig up this thread again. In just some minutes, 17 years old Oscar McIntyre had a collision on Supersport qualifier race at Philip Island, and passed away. Rest in peace, Oscar!
He lost a very good friend, Edwards too. 
