In the MotoGP event several collision incidents which resulted in many injury drivers have occurred. Not only minor or severe injuries. Even a number of MotoGP riders ended their lives on the circuit where he was racing.
Here are the drivers who ended their lives on the circuit.
1. Marco Simoncelli
Marco Simoncelli was born in Cottarica, Rimini, Italy on January 20, 1987. He was one of the MotoGP racers who came from Italy and was quite famous for his racing character which was quite fierce. A cheerful young man who must breathe his last breath at the International Sepang circuit, Malaysia October 23, 2011 at the 2011 Malaysia MotoGP.
Simoncelli fell while turning on the corner of the Sepang Circuit 11 and was hit by Edwards motorbike. Edwards also fell but only suffered a shoulder fracture. While Simoncelli lay silent on the track shortly after the accident with his helmet in the incident.
Meanwhile, Rossi just lost his balance and could move slowly to the pit stop. After the incident, the race was stopped and Simoncelli was immediately taken to the Sepang Circuit medical center. At 4:55 p.m. local time.
Simoncelli was declared dead because of a serious injury he suffered. Then, at a press conference of directors of MotoGP races, medical chief Michele Macchiagodena stated that Simoncelli had "serious head, neck and chest trauma," and was given CPR treatment for 45 minutes before finally dying.
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2. Michele Frutschi
Michel Frutschi was born on January 6, 1953 in Geneva, is a Grand Prix highway rider from Switzerland. His best year was in 1979 when he finished fifth in the 350 cc world championship. Frutschi was killed while competing in the 500 cc French Grand Prix at Le Mans on April 3, 1983 at the age of 30
3. Luis Salom
Luis Jaime Salom Horrach August 7, 1991 was a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Salom died after having an accident at the Circuit de Catalunya on June 3, 2016. At that time he hit a wall at high speed.
His motorcycle crashed into the guardrail and soared upwards, while Salom (who had removed his bicycle) slid under it, making him directly on the crashing motorcycle lane. Salom was rushed to the General Hospital de Catalunya, where he died during surgery due to injuries suffered in the accident.
4. Shoya Tomizawa
Shoya Tomizaw born on December 10, 1990 was a Japanese motorcycle racer. After a successful career at the All Japan Road Race Championship, he switched to MotoGP and competed in the 250 cc class. Omizawa competed in the 11th round of the inaugural Moto2 World Championship, the San Marino Grand Prix at the Misano World Circuit on September 5, 2010.
On lap 12, he finished 4th, Tomizawa fell on Curvone, a fast right corner. When he was forced to widen and lose the grip on his rear tire. He was then attacked by motorbikes Scott Redding and Alex de Angelis, and suffered skull, thoracic and abdominal trauma.
He was initially taken to the circuit medical center, before being transferred to a hospital in Riccione. He died of his wounds at 2:20 p.m. local time at the hospital, 19 years old. His death was announced at the end of the MotoGP race. The podium flag was lowered to half a pole, and the podium was celebrated without champagne.
5. Daijiro Kato
Daijiro Kato born on July 4, 1976 was a Japanese Grand Prix car racing driver, 2001 250cc world champion, and winner of the Suzuka 8 Hours in 2000 and 2002. On April 6, 2003, in the first race of the MotoGP season at the Japanese Grand Prix, held at The Suzuka Circuit, Kato fell when he lost control of his motorcycle, which resulted in him leaving the race track.
Initially he and his motorbike hit a barrier tire, followed by a foam barrier. Kato was seriously injured when his head touched the foam barrier, blistering the joint between the base of the skull and cervical spine. Because of the wound he exhaled his last breath.
6. Ivan Palazzese
Iván Palazzese born on January 2, 1962 is an Italian-born Venezuelan professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the 1977-1999 Grand Prix highway racing championship. In 1977, he became the youngest person to stand at the Grand Prix podium, when he was third behind Angel Nieto and Anton Mang in the Venezuela 125 Grand Prix at the age of 15.
On May 28, 1989, he was killed in a racing accident at the 1989 German Grand Prix at Hockenheimring, Palazzese collided with Preining and then fell. While Palazzese lay in the field he had died of suffering from a very large chest wound. 27 years old.
7. Nicky Hayden
Nicholas "Nicky" Patrick Hayden, born on July 30, 1981, nicknamed The Kentucky Kid, was a professional American motorcycle racer who won the MotoGP World Championship in 2006. On May 17, 2017, Hayden was hit by a car while riding a bicycle near Rimini, Italy.
The accident occurred at the intersection via Ca 'Raffaelli and via Tavoleto in Misiano Adriatico, he did not die in the circuit. Hayden was taken to the Rimini hospital with severe injuries. At 6:00 p.m. local time, four hours after the accident, Rimini hospital staff announced that he had been transferred to the main trauma unit at the Maurizio Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, for possible surgery.
It was widely reported by the mainstream media that Hayden was put into a medically induced coma for surgery, Hayden had a traumatic brain injury and also a broken bone, pelvic fracture, and double fractured vertebrae. After 5 days of coma he finally breathed his last breath on May 22, 2017.
8. Jason Dupasquier
Moto3 racer from the CarXpert PrustelGP factory team, Jason Dupasquier, died after suffering a terrible accident with Japanese driver Ayumu Sasaki at Turn 9 of the Mugello Circuit in the qualifying session.