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MotoGP Race Direction lectures Marco Simoncelli

8 April, 2020
Whatever anyone expected from the outcome of the Race Direction discussion with Marco Simoncelli regarding his highly controversial pass on Dani Pedrosa at Le Mans, was just a stern lecture and some sound fatherly advice to help correct the hairy…

Marco Simoncelli : "I'm unhappy about it"

7 April, 2020
Most of paddock pretty well voiced their opinions on Marco Simoncelli’s overtaking move on Dani Pedrosa yesterday at Le Mans, which cost the Spaniard a broken collarbone and none the least Alberto Puig. The manager summed it up with “the…

Eicma 2008: Marco Simoncelli signs autographs

6 April, 2020
Fans went crazy over the arrival of Marco Simoncelli at Eicma in Milan, as seen in this Eicma gallery. The 250cc world champion declared he will stay in that class and will delay his passage to MotoGP. Simoncelli turned out…

Aligi Deganello is Max Biaggi's new crewchief

5 April, 2020
Aligi Deganello was the late Marco Simoncelli’s crewchief from 2007 and Simoncelli had insisted bringing his beloved crewchief and 250cc pit crew into MotoGP after winning the 250cc title despite Fausto Gresini’s doubts regarding the team’s complete inexperience in setting…

MotoGP Sepang test: Marco Simoncelli leader of the pack

5 April, 2020
That Marco Simoncelli and his team were coming to grips with the complex electronics of his Honda was already obvious towards the end of last season and during these last two days of testing at Sepang with a 4th and…

MotoGP Estoril: Marco Simoncelli in charge in FP2

5 April, 2020
Marco Simoncelli continued his form in the second free practice at Estoril despite a low side crash halfway during the 45 minute session at turn 3, but his fastest lap of 1’37″663 remained untouched, even though Jorge Lorenzo and Dani…

MotoGP Mugello: Marco Simoncelli takes the lead at home

5 April, 2020
Warm and sunny Tuscan weather on the newly asphalted Mugello greeted the MotoGP riders for FP1 practice and the highly controversial Marco Simoncelli took the lead again in this first session. The Gresini rider put in a final fast lap…

Marco Simoncelli museum and memorial to be inaugurated

5 April, 2020
The city of Coriano has decided to dedicate December 8th to the memory of Marco Simoncelli. Next Saturday will also be an important date as they will inaugurate and open to the public, inside the Palazzo della Cultura, the museum…

Marco Simoncelli says Yes! Will Race at Imola

4 April, 2020
Italy will have their dream team this weekend at Imola, because Marco Simoncelli has decided to take up the challenge and will make his World Superbike debut on the Aprilia RSV-4 alongside Max Biaggi.“I’m very happy with this test and…

No Aprilia Superbike Ride for Simoncelli

4 April, 2020
Marco Simoncelli will not be getting his wish to partecipate in two rounds of the WSBK aboard the new Aprilia . Just a second slower than MotoGP veteran Nakano, at the Valencia tests last november, the 21-year-old Simoncelli was thought…

250cc Valencia – Barbera wins and Aoyama is World Champion

3 April, 2020
In the last ever 250cc race in motorcycling GP history saw Hiroshi Aoyama crowned the 2009 World Champion.In an action packed, full of ‘mistakes’race it was Hector Barbera who actually won the race at Valencia.Aoyama made the first mistake on…

Team Gresini will attend Valencia GP

3 April, 2020
Yesterday, Fausto Gresini was quoted by several Italian media sources that he would not take his MotoGP and Moto2 teams to Valencia to take part in the final event of the season.Apparently the Italian team manager who has lost two…

Happy Birthday Sic! – videos from the event

2 April, 2020
January 20th Marco Simoncelli would have turned 25, if that fateful and tragic October 23rd at Sepang hadn’t taken him away from racing and his fans.A large show called Buon Compleanno Sic! was organized by his family last Friday with…

Jorge Lorenzo criticizes Marco Simoncelli and Alex Criville

2 April, 2020
A day after the highly controversial Le Mans GP, reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo decided to post his own opinion on his Facebook page regarding the Marco Simoncelli/Dani Pedrosa incident that cost the Spaniard a broken collarbone. The title of…

Valentino Rossi: "Sic was like my younger brother"

1 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi has finally broken the silent despair in which he retreated in after the terrible and untimely death of his dear friend Marco Simoncelli, in which he and Colin Edwards were unfortunately involved in.Marco was one of Rossi’s closest…

MotoGP Assen: Marco Simoncelli leads FP1 in the wet

1 April, 2020
As expected in this first MotoGP free practice at Assen all eyes were pointed on Valentino Rossi and the new GP11.1. While the session was fully wet and so it was difficult to see if all the new updates that…

Marco Simoncelli, Jonathan Rea and Mikko Hirvonen (w/video)

31 March, 2020
Last Tuesday there was Castrol event in Cumbria with Abu Dhabi World Rally driver Mikko Hirvonen and also on hand were two professional motorcycle riders, Castrol Honda’s Superbike rider Jonathan Rea and Gresini Honda’s Marco Simoncelli.While for Rea it was…

Comic: Marco Simoncelli faces the MotoGP Inquisition

30 March, 2020
Luca Ruggeri has come up with another of his devastating comics and the target has to be this weekend’s most talked about rider, Marco Simoncelli.Simoncelli at Estoril was first accused of being an aggressive and dangerous rider and in France…

Simoncelli in Japan: ordering in a restaurant

29 March, 2020
Ah, the world of international travel. Here we see Italian rider Marco Simoncelli from the 250cc class ordering to eat in a restaurant in Japan at the Motegi gran prix. With some confusion, the video doesn’t show the outcome of…

Marco Simoncelli's pass on Max Biaggi

29 March, 2020
Lucky for us the Flamini Brothers and Infront Motor Sports who run the WSBK series are less strict with Superbike footage, so this video probably won’t disappear like the MotoGP ones do.Here’s Fabrizio Calia from Italian TV La 7 interviewing…