Shoya Tomizawa killed in crash during race...

[Katsuya]

It's not a sport that many people follow, I know, but I think this is going to be a big thing over the next couple of days; Shoya Tomizawa, who races in Moto2 (the new B series for Moto GP, as it were) was killed in a horrific accident during the San Marino GP today. Quite shockingly they continued the race after the accident even though it was obvious that he was seriously injured, which sort of calls back to Senna and Ratzenberger all those years ago. As if it weren't tragic enough, he was only 19 and this was only his second real season in any major competition. He was also the guy that I'd been supporting throughout the season so far ever since he won the first race, so it's particularly gutting in a way for me.

Alex de Angelis and Scott Redding are reportedly alright after the accident (they hit Tomizawa after he had come off his bike just in front of them), which is good news in itself but it panes in comparison to what happened. RIP Tomizawa

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/8970385.stm

Edited September 5, 2010 by Katsuya

[LUKIE]

It was a nasty crash, but sadly completely unavoidable. Tomizawa low sided right in front of two other bikes around a high speed corner. Just a horrible accident.

[Taxation is Theft]

It's not a sport that many people follow, I know, but I think this is going to be a big thing over the next couple of days; Shoya Tomizawa, who races in Moto2 (the new B series for Moto GP, as it were) was killed in a horrific accident during the San Marino GP today. Quite shockingly they continued the race after the accident even though it was obvious that he was seriously injured, which sort of calls back to Senna and Ratzenberger all those years ago. As if it weren't tragic enough, he was only 19 and this was only his second real season in any major competition. He was also the guy that I'd been supporting throughout the season so far ever since he won the first race, so it's particularly gutting in a way for me.

Alex de Angelis and Scott Redding are reportedly alright after the accident (they hit Tomizawa after he had come off his bike just in front of them), which is good news in itself but it panes in comparison to what happened. RIP Tomizawa

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/motorbikes/8970385.stm

I am not familiar with motorcycle racing specifically but am a huge fan of most other forms of racing so this is sad news to hear. Especially for only being ninteen years old.

I remember back in 1994 being nine and seeing the race continue after Senna's crash and thinking it wasnt right to continue. It wouldnt have mattered if it were a racing god like Senna or a backmarker like Bertrand Gachot. I also remember J.D. McDuffie's fatal crash at Watkins Glen in a NASCAR race in 1991. However i also understand the old adage "The show must go on".

Either way, a horrible loss for the racing world. RIP Tomizawa.

[hackerjack]

The big difference between this and the Senna/Ratzenberger deaths is that there isn't really anything short of stopping them racing that could have prevented this.

Though I agree that in both cases the races should have been stopped along with any subsequent races. I mean how must the MotoGP guys have felt going out there after that knowing fully what had happenned?

I hope for their sakes that de Angelis and Redding realise fully that there was nothing that they could have done because this is the sort of thing that could destroy them otherwise.

[Liam]

The MotoGP riders were told after the event that he died, so yeah, they wouldn't have known the severity of the incident outside of conjecture, really. Doesn't make it any better, but just covering a slightly wrong aspect of the above post.