Topic: RIP Shoya Tomizawa

[malcolmgb]

Anyone who saw Moto2 today will be saddened by the crash involving Shoya Tomizawa which resulted in his death.

I was particularly disgusted by the marshall's handling of the situation, it was immediately obvious it was a serious incident and to scoop the 2 riders laying on the track on to boards to be man handled off the track to me was bordering on criminal. I hope that the timing for the MotoGP race and keeping Television happy wasn't the reason, or is that me being cynical?

As usual my thoughts at this time are with his family.

[petercb750]

Agreed Malcolm.
RIP.

Peter.

(Did you notice at one of the other accidents a marshall walking across the sand trap dragging a foam barrier - smoking! Nice if there had been any fuel spilt  ).

[simon#42]

the worst fu*king Marshall's  i have seen for years , they even managed to drop the stretcher . should have been a red flag  straight away there is plenty of time between the moto gp race and the moto 2 race for just this reason . been a bad week for moto gp , rip tomizawa san

[switchum]

I always rooted for him in Moto2 and hoped to see him race in big classes. I am saddened by the news. He was not even 20 years old....

[malcolmgb]

(Did you notice at one of the other accidents a marshall walking across the sand trap dragging a foam barrier - smoking! Nice if there had been any fuel spilt  ).

Yes I saw that too, wasn't sure what he had in his mouth, marshalling requires 100% concentration, yes a lot is voluntary but if you cannot give 100% then get out, DO NOT go for a free day of spectating or your 15mins of fame. I just hope questions are asked by MotoGP riders after all the same marshalls were looking after their race.

[bwaller]

Two deaths in two weeks is sad.
 
RIP Shoya

[simon#42]

nearly three , fonzi nieto broke his ankle at indy and the hospital made such a mess of it he almost died , they then wanted to amputate his foot .

[lordmoonpie]

Those marshalls should face prosecution for their actions - disgusting behaviour. Who knows if he would be alive today if they had acted properly and race direction had acted properly. Sometimes it isn't all about the money... 

[simon#42]

its paul butler's call , he is the race director , he watches the race , he should have stopped it .
i am at every british superbike meeting and stuart higgs [race director ] stops racing straight away so that riders can receive medical attention .  another thing that makes bsb safe is that they use the same marshals at every circuit [ not practical for a world series ] but maybe there should be some sort of standard that marshals are expected to meet .  for instance no smoking a cigar while dropping a badly injured rider off a stretcher .