R.I.P Shoya Tomizawa

Sep 06, 2010 01:38

So like the title says. R.I.P Shoya Tomizawa. I hate that my journal has an R.I.P tag and I hate that it gets used a few times a year. My deepest sympathies go to Tomizawa's family and friends.

Moto2 rider Shoya Tomizawa has died from multiple injuries after a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix.

The 19-year-old, from Japan, came off his Technomag-CIP bike when under pressure... Neither De Angelis nor Scott Redding were able to avoid hitting Tomizawa, who was propelled off the track into the gravel.

Tomizawa's death follows that of 13-year-old Peter Lenz in a warm-up event ahead of the Indianapolis MotoGP on 29 August. He also crashed and was hit by another rider. Prior to this weekend, Japan's Daijiro Kato was the last MotoGP rider to die after an accident. He crashed during the first race of the 2003 season at Suzuka and died following two weeks in a coma.

You can't forget motor sport is dangerous. That people die doing it. I've grown up knowing people die in racing, people get killed by fast cars. My earliest clear memory is of Ayrton Senna's fatal crash. The Motorsport Is Dangerous warning on the back of tickets has never been just for show.

It's, you don't forget, but it fades out of awareness until something horrific like this happens. Even though I'm not as passionate about the Motorbikes as I am with Formula One this still strikes right at my heart. Modern motorsport has almost impossible levels of safety but it will never ever be 100% safe, there are always going to be freak accidents and circumstances coming together in the wrong way.
Mostly this end of the post is me trying to organise my thoughts about a sport I love when it reminds of... idk it’s true nature? It still slams me back into being 4 years old and listening to my dad whispering “oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck” to himself after Senna’s crash. It’s a reminded that while it’s marvellous to go very fast improving safety still needs to be a priority.

motogp, shoya tomizawa, r.i.p

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