gav Wrote:
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> Yup, it's shocking.
>
> What makes it all the more sad is that the guy who
> turns up on the scooter at 0:26 is Paolo
> Simoncelli, Marco's father.
>
> To his enormous credit, he has refused to
> specifically criticise the marshals for their
> calamitous actions, saying Marco was already dead.
> I don't know if I'd have the self discipline to do
> that at the time never mind later, so it speaks
> volumes of him and apparently the way Marco was
> brought up (regardless of what people think of his
> on-track actions, I've not heard anyone say
> anything negative of him off it).
What were his on track actions? Not being a follower I didn't know what he was like as a racer...