Shoya Tomizawa RIP

[Kwickkwack]

Caught up with the Moto GP and other results today, and was saddened to see that Shoya Tomizawa lost his life in the Moto2 race today after being hit at 130mph by two riders
I like many love bike racing, and it has been 7years since the last death in the Moto GP, ironically another Japanese rider.
RIP and thoughts are with his family.

[Bart101]

Yeah, very sad news :( My thoughts are with his family.

R.I.P :(

[kungpo]

Indeed; a very sad day for Motorsport, and all his family and friends.

[challis349]

it is sad, such a good race saddened by the death of a rider, r.i.p. tomizawa, makes it sadder as another lad lost his life last weekend in one of the support races

I think also, the way the marshalls dealt with the hole situation was terrible, after tomizawa being ran over twice and redding launched from his bike the way he was, the race should have been stopped so treatment could have been given straight away, I mean... did you see the marshalls drop tomizawa at one point whilst carrying him on the stretcher, and then drag him across the gravel trap for a while, does SPINAL INJURIES mean nothing to them, sorry to blurt on, but having marshalled various races myself, that is bang out of order!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Craig33]

The crash looked horrific, its on the tube should anyone want to see. Really sad to hear he passed away as he has made that class interesting since the start of the season.

[daywalker]

Yep another sad day :( my thoughts go his family and friends

[Boggy]

a sad few weeks in moto gp. my thoughts go out to the poor family of Shoya Tomizawa . and of course the family of young Peter Lenz who died last week

[SRH990]

[quote=challis349;527911]it is sad, such a good race saddened by the death of a rider, r.i.p. tomizawa, makes it sadder as another lad lost his life last weekend in one of the support races

I think also, the way the marshalls dealt with the hole situation was terrible, after tomizawa being ran over twice and redding launched from his bike the way he was, the race should have been stopped so treatment could have been given straight away, I mean... did you see the marshalls drop tomizawa at one point whilst carrying him on the stretcher, and then drag him across the gravel trap for a while, does SPINAL INJURIES mean nothing to them, sorry to blurt on, but having marshalled various races myself, that is bang out of order!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]

Very, very sad and I strongly agree about the marshals handling of the situation, from the brief information given so far Tomizawa died of various serious injuries but I certainly expect an inquiry to find out if the marshals may have exacerbated them. As you say, the race should have been stopped immediately so a full assessment could be made before almost throwing him onto a stretcher, not the standard of marshalling I've come to expect after spending many years watching BSB races, both on TV and at the circuits.

Not heard any news of Scott Redding yet and it was astonishing to see Alec DeAngelis walk off the track

[challis349]

says on crash.net that scott redding had no serious injuries

apart from I would say, the phycological damage which will be caused after such an incident

[Tim Procter]

Its a sport where riders defy death everytime they race on the track.

Sadly another life has been lost today.:(

RIP Shoya Tomizawa.