Marco Simoncelli dies in crash at Malaysia MotoGP

[caption id=“attachment_114982” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Image from http://totalsportsgallery.blogspot.com”] [/caption] Italy’s Marco Simoncelli has died after a crash at the Malaysian MotoGP in Sepang, organisers said on Sunday. He was 24. The race was cancelled after just four minutes when Simoncelli fell and was hit by Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi as he slid across the track on his Honda. Simoncelli’s helmet was knocked off in the incident and the race was immediately red-flagged. Motor sports have seen a nightmare stretch recently and Simoncelli’s death looked certain to throw open more questions over safety. Last weekend, 2010 MotoGP champ Jorge Lorenzo crashed during warm-ups in Australia, severing a finger, while two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died in a 15-car crash in Las Vegas in Indy Car. Reuters