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MotoGP Mugello: Marco Simoncelli leads in sunny warm-up

19 March, 2020
MotoGP warm-up this morning saw a sunny and dry Mugello with the forecast expected to be the same for this afternoon’s race. Heading the top of the chart was Marco Simoncelli who laid down a best lap of 1.48.430 on…

Jorge Lorenzo wants Simoncelli's head and racing license

19 March, 2020
That Jorge Lorenzo and Marco Simoncelli have a certain history this season is a well known fact, that Marco Simoncelli has been amply criticized and lectured for being reckless is also a fact; as his inability to get to the…

Marco Simoncelli Autobiography

18 March, 2020
After Valentino Rossi’s What If I Never Tried It and Jorge Lorenzo’s My Story So Far, the 2008 250cc World Champion, Marco Simoncelli has added his contribution the the literary world, with his autobiography called Dio Bò Che Bello, that…

More wind tunnel testing for Marco Simoncelli

18 March, 2020
Dani Pedrosa may be Honda’s fair haired child, but HRC looks like they’ve got a special place in their flinty hearts for Marco Simoncelli.Simoncelli didn’t take this year’s Rookie of Year Award, because he crashed out to often trying to…

Marco Simoncelli 1987-2011 – A small portrait in images

18 March, 2020
It is so hard not to fall into rhetorical phrases and sensationalism (as what happened on Italian television all yesterday afternoon and evening, with the video of the incident almost on a loop) when writing about the death of a…

Marco Simoncelli dies after Sepang crash

18 March, 2020
Marco Simoncelli has passed away succumbing to the horrific injuries suffered during the Sepang race. The Gresini Honda rider was declared dead 16.56 local time.Our thoughts and prayers go out to Simoncelli’s family, girlfriend Kate and all his friends in…

All Motegi Qualifying sessions cancelled

18 March, 2020
Due to torrential rain and standing water on the track all three grand prix classes qualifying sessions at the Twin Ring Motegi Circuit were cancelled today. Grid positions for all classes have been decided by combined practice times. MotoGP starting…

HRC pulls out all stops, Gresini becomes all official

17 March, 2020
Yesterday at the Monza racetrack, Team San Carlo Honda Gresini officially presented their 2011 team and confirming their continuing sponsorship with snack food company San Carlo, who is celebrating their 75th anniversary this year.Besides the usual positive words by riders…

New Marco Simoncelli tribute helmets by AGV

17 March, 2020
AGV has released a new updated version of a GP-Tech Marco Simoncelli tribute helmet and have also added a jet model that the Italian manufacturer has produced, in agreement with his family, to commemorate the late champion.The 2011 version had…

Marco Simoncelli to Replace Nakano at Imola?

17 March, 2020
Surprising news is coming from Motosprint according to the Italian website 2250cc rider Marco Simoncelli seems to have accepted Aprilia Racing Team offer to race in this Sunday’s WSBK round at Imola.Simoncelli has previously tested the Aprilia RSV4 Factory last…

Marco Simoncelli's Lid and Leathers after Sepang Highside

16 March, 2020
Next time anyone scoffs about the idea of wearing a helmet, no matter what type of motorcycle or scooter he or she rides, show them this pic of Marco Simoncelli’s AGV helmet.The Italian rider highsided at the Sepang 2 tests…

Napoli football team pays tribute to Marco Simoncelli

16 March, 2020
The Napoli football (soccer) team in a postponed match last night payed tribute to the late Marco Simoncelli. Aurelio De Laurentiis, the president of the team invited Simoncelli’s parents, Paolo and Rossella and team manager Fausto Gresini to watch the…

MotoGP riders in 2008 Monza Rally

16 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi, Marco Simoncelli, Jorge Lorenzo and Alex de Angelis will ride in the Italian Monza Rally. Valentino will make his customary appearance alongside Carlo Cassina against team mate Lorenzo and San Carlo Honda Gresini’s de Angelis. They will drive…

Valentino Rossi gives Kate Fretti a job

16 March, 2020
Kate Fretti was the late Marco Simoncelli’s girlfriend (Sic in his autobiography wrote that she kept him calm and ‘never busted his balls’) and they were inseparable, although they were both young they had been together for over five years.…

IMF asks that Marco Simoncelli's racing number be retired

15 March, 2020
Following Marco Simoncelli’s tragic death, many Italian fans have requested that Simoncelli’s racing #58 be retired from MotoGP racing and the President of the Italian Motorcycle Federation, Paolo Sesti has taken up the cause, writing the following letter to Dorna:…

MotoGP: Marco Simoncelli Heads to Japan

15 March, 2020
While Grand Prix racing teams and riders were unpacking their suitcases after the official announcement that the MotoGP round at Motegi was postponed, Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini’s rookie rider was lucky enough to get on a plane in…

Coriano to erect a statue in honor of Marco Simoncelli

15 March, 2020
Coriano, Marco Simoncelli’s small home town has decided to dedicate a statue to the late GP rider “to keep alive the memory of the great motorcycle champion who died tragically on Sunday October 23rd during the Malaysian GP, a memorial…

Video: Melissa Satta on Italian television talks football

15 March, 2020
Italian show girl Melissa Satta appeared on Italian television with Marco Simoncelli for the program Controcampo. Satta talked about her husband Cristian Vieri (Bobo Vieri) and Ronaldinho and Italian football club FC Inter Milan and coach Mourinho and….Whatever. You probably…

Marco Simoncelli Drifting with his BMW

15 March, 2020
Marco Simoncelli who has had his car driver’s license pulled twice for speeding, loves to drift with his BMW.In his autobiography Diobò che Bello!, SuperSic writes that he had two accidents in the same day while drifting his car on…

Marco Simoncelli's Makeover

14 March, 2020
What is 250cc World Champion Marco Simoncelli’s most recognizable feature? His big and bushy hairdo, naturally.This video is from the backstage shoot of the December issue of the Italian magazine Riders, where Simoncelli went under the hands of expert hairdressers,…

Mamma Rosella comforts fans

14 March, 2020
Marco Simoncelli’s death has hit hard the small town of Coriano located near the Adriatic coast where the late Italian rider grew up and still lived with his entire family. Simoncelli was autotopsied this morning at the Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan…