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Slorta...

"I put much of the blame for the accident back on the shoulders of the commentators, reporters and persons on this forum, who have raved on and on about how great Simo was when really, the stats didn't match the hype. "

Nope... don't see how that changes the context... read the whole post... still the same.

... & now you're resorting to name calling... why am I not surprised?

Slorta

We will never know now.

Anyway, Rossi thought very highly of him, and so did Carl Fogarty, and many other world champions. This was his second season in MotoGP, and in his Rookie year he was 8th, half way through the field. He had a podium, and he could of had more for certain.

You can teach a fast person who crashes to stop crashing, but you can't teach a slow person to be fast.

Simo was fast, he needed to stop crashing, which was what he was doing . He was finishing more races, getting a better understanding of where to press on, and where not to.

The bike is responsible for 90% of the performance. The difference is in the rider or driver, to take it over the edge. Simo would have been champion, now we will never know.

Do you really think a MotoGP rider gives a toss about what somebody writes on the internet? I doubt it.

For all I know, you could be Rossi. Or you could be somebody with no ability whatsoever. Or, you both could be the same person, or even more weird, we all could be the same person, but that would make little sense as I only have one account on here.

Either way...

Besides no one knows what could of happened. How do you know if he wasn't going to win every race next year?

Slorta...

I said "You accuse people on this forum" not all the people & there have been plenty of articles in MCN hailing the skills of Marco for them to slip into your category (if nothing more than accolading the "brilliant" single laps that you so derided him for). I may have taken a snippet from your post which could have been misconstrued by someone who hadn't read it (& I hold my hands up & apologise for that) but I most certainly didn't argue my point out of context with your original post. Only 2 posts later you take issue with the next person to speculate on Simoncelli's potential.

CBRJGWRR's post "He would have been MotoGP champion, the 1000's would suit him, and he would be on a very good starting point already."

... is hardly "raving on and on" but you accused him of posting the sort of thing that possibly put him where he is today all the same. It's an opinion, like yours, but one that doesn't accuse anyone of being guilty of contributing to the death of a rider who proved himself to be one of the best in the world.

Well...

The 90% stat was from a lecturer who worked with Honda in the1990's, so it is probably out of date by now.

My posts were written with sadness - This is the industry I will be working in in a few years, and the fact that 12 people have died in racing this year rather makes you wonder...

(Two people have died in Argentinian national series, which I only found out about a few days ago, both in cars.)

 At least I can't find the other fatalities I thought there were for sidecars.

At least this topic ends nicely.

"Tyres I think need to have a little less grip and/or a slower warm up period" - really? This is exactly the opposite of what the riders have been saying and asking for all year.

"...go down straight away if the rider loses the front or rear end of the bike, instead of gripping up and running into the path of traffic" - this has happened exactly once in MotoGP this season, tragically in the case of Marco and was more a case of his sheer determination and fight not letting him let go of the bike and actively trying to pick it back up again rather than tyre characteristics.

"I know present and former riders have said nothing could be done to prevent this disaster, but we must not have this attitude if we want to prevent riders from dying or being seriously injured in these terrible accidents" - do not make the mistake of thinking that former and current riders have no interest in safety. Stating that there was nothing that could have been done does not represent a laissez-faire attitude to safety. No-one takes that more seriously than those who climb aboard the bikes.

There is a greater argument that Tomizawa's crash should bring into focus safety, specifically that of circuit run-off areas.

Yes, MotoGP and the wider fans will and should take a lot from Marco's life, his passion and his spirit, but to suggest that his death carries culpability or signals a failing in safety measures is wrong