Marco Simoncelli was just at the start of his career. A week before his death, he achieved his best ever result in MotoGP by finishing second at Phillip Island. No one then realized that it would be his last race. I still remember the day as if it was yesterday. October 23 2011, the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang. Marco started fifth and had a good start, but only two laps into the race it all went terribly wrong.. Marco fell and Colin Edwards, who was riding behind him, couldn't avoid him anymore. (Even now, two years after it happened, I can still see the crash happening..) It was a horrible crash, but at that point the thought "he could be dead!" wasn't popping in my head. No, we, MotoGP fans, got used to riders falling, it happens every single race. They fall and the get back up and jump back on their bike. That's the way it goes! But not on October 23... Marco didn't get up and he didn't jump back on his bike..
I remember I then waited for news, news saying "Marco Simoncelli survived horrible crash" but that news didn't come. Marco didn't survive the crash and died at just 24 years old. That day, October 23 2011, the MotoGP world changed and the lives of many people all around the world changed. Marco was a very popular rider, people just loved the friendly Italian with his curly hair and his big smile. People loved his aggressive racing style and it seems the more his fellow racers got annoyed (or was it just scared?) by him, the more the fans started to love him. And Marco loved his fans, he wasn't the arrogant champion, no, he made time for the fans who came to support him. And that made us love him even more! But more than anything, Marco loved racing. And that's what every Simoncelli fan will tell you, "at least he died doing what he loves most."
I can tell you one thing, our Super Sic will never be forgotten. He will race on in the hearts of everyone who loved him. We loved him, on and next to the track. We will always be his fans. Fellow Super Sic fans, don't cry on October 23 because that's not what he would have wanted, he wants us to smile, to enjoy life, to make our dreams come true, to love, just like he did. Live life to the fullest. Race your life! So put on the #58 cap, shirt, pin,.. Wednesday and smile! Smile for Super Sic!
Catya Leroux
"Life is the sport of the brave people"
----- Marco Simoncelli -----
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