Tragedy overshadows Pedrosa win

giodeidda, you seem to know a lot about the incident,­ which may i had is all guessing not fact, we do not­ know the state of Tomizawa's health while he laid­ on the track nor would the marhalls, the only way to­ determine that would be to check him out in situation­ on the track and if he had been dead on the track, here­ in the UK the race would have been stopped as it would­ have been a legal requirment, I find your argument­ against the red flag ludicrous and I hope that if this­ is the attitude to dying on a track in Italy I will­ ensure my son never races there!

Dear Sirs ,
I speak as a doctor . I speak as an­ italian.
When a person dies during a pubblic event­ we are tied to the following legal guidance :
1) do not­ create panic. Which in this case means : don t red flag­ the race , once the doctor ( Mr. Macchiagodena) on­ track realizes that the driver il already dead. Which­ is what happened. Tomizawa died in the accident. The­ red flag wouldn’t have helped him anyway.

2)notify­ the family of th victim first . in no case , during a ­ pubblic event , the declaration of death can be­ released before having spoken to the family. I don t­ know whether it is right or wrong that a doctor must be­ the one picking the receiver and be the first one to­ tell a mother that she lost her son , but unfortunately­ i can tell you how tough that is . thtat’s why it’s­ important that she knows first from us , rather than­ from the news.

3) Certificate of death . to pronouce­ a person dead is a procedure that always takes place­ after the tragic event , as you understand. In this­ case , tomizawa , was pronounced dead at 14.19 local­ time by doctor macchiagodena and dr alberto costa. That­ means that at that time , they already recovered the­ body , prepared the paperworks , decided who had to­ make the phonecall , notified the family and issued the­ public statement. That means that jorge lorenzo during­ the tv program “ fuori giri “ was genuily right when he­ stated to tv presenter alberto porta that he knew­ before the race started that tomizawa passed away. It­ was a mistake by jorge telling this , and the tv­ presenter tried to correct him because teoretically­ nobody could possibly know before 14.19 , but people on­ track knew as soon as it happened.

I know nothing­ about motor racing , and I m not saying that those laws­ are right or wrong , I let you decide , I simply like­ to remember tomizawa for the way he lived and not for­ the way he died. .the italian tlevision asked him if he­ finally could speak a single word of italian : YES ,­ COCA COLA &q

The most horrific accident in a motorcyckes race, but­ the act of race Marshal that did red flag really­ outrageous, I agree 100% it should be red flag,how­ could a race accident like that not red flag ? the way­ they take care the victims also ... beyond imagination.­ Of course it is urgency at that time with race still­ going on, it really made things worst.

we lost 2 young­ racers in just 1 week, at Indianapolis, Peter Lenz and­ now at Misano Shoya Tomizawa, rest in peace Peter and­ Shoya, and DORNA and FIM must do something to stop this­ tragic accident from happening again. It could hhapen­ again if no improvement of safety rule and educating­ race Marshal how to deal with such race accident..

Yeah man.. that is unbelievable... It has passed one­ week and i still think of Peter Lenz every day and now­ comes this.. Such a tragedy. RIP to both of you great­ riders.

A tragic loss that may have been avoided , had the so­ called MARSHALLS done there job properly . It beggars­ belief that the race continued , it was obvious this­ was not just an ordinary crash , i was sceeming at the­ television for them to red flag the race . ALL THE­ RIDERS SHOULD BOYCOTT FURTHER RACES UNTILL THEIR SAFETY­ IS PUT AS FIRST PRIORITY . Some serious Arse kicking­ needs to be dished out .I am so annoyed at that the­ orginisers should allow a race meeting to comence with­ a bunch of ameteur marshalls let loose around the track­ . Ultimatly the buck stops with the orginisers,and­ heads should roll.

Its so sad all round,a loss of a life so talented.If­ Shoya was a marshall with the talent he had for racing­ he would of stood there in front of an injured rider­ untill the red flag went out Whilst the injured rider­ was tended to in a proper manner.The actual marshalls­ whilst under pressure from a mega money making­ organisation should not take anyones life for granted­ just because the public around the world are­ veiwing.Yes it is a disgrace but however i hope a­ little good comes out of this where people will never­ see scenes like this from marshalls and a organisation­ run by the fact that they dont want to spoil someones­ viewing, thats going to be delayed so that some person­ misses their dinner.Shoya you were brave and Shoya even­ though your injuries may have been too critical for­ your body to survive,you Shoya should have been treated­ better.RIP. ps scott i know you and hope you are ok­ but it was unavoidable mate.

I have just watched the way the marshalls handled this­ incident again on my TV and I gotta say I am totally­ disgusted the way they threw Scott onto the stretcher­ without even checking him over, makes one wonder if the­ same was done Tomizawa before they dropped him.

I­ think ultimatly Carmelo Ezpeleta has to answer some­ important issues here as for sure the way the marshalls­ acted was not the way one treats motorcycle injuries.

RIP Shoya. Another tragic loss to the racing world.­ Italian marshalling and organisation has been shocking­ for decades. Jarno Saarinen and Renzo Pasolini would­ probably still be with us today but for the scandalous­ events at Monza in 1973.

Great win dani, it's a shame that the sad death of­ tomizawa means that in the grand scheme of things­ it's means nothing,R.I.P shoya

Rest in Peace, Shoya.

Gone but never forgotten REST IN PEACE MY FRIEND

A sad loss to the sport R.I.P

A sad loss to the sport R.I.P

Steve post 3, you assume there was a track­ announcement, which i believe there wasn't. So not­ so much disrespect from the rossi fans but more­ ignorance of what hade happened.

Time Paul Butler­ resigned. He has learned nothing since we Lost Kato 7­ years ago. That race also was not red flagged and­ marshal's were forced to put a fatally injured kato­ on a stretcher and drag him off.

I agree with harley rider. It was an accident but the­ way it was dealt with was appauling. There is no excuse­ for moving the injured riders and for not stopping the­ race.

The Most Simpatic racer ever.....you will be­ remembered!

Rest In Peace Tomizawa after 1 Moto2 win. You will­ always be remembered as a might in Moto2

the marshalls are shocking, they dropped tomizawa while­ carrying him on the stretcher.

san marino should never­ see another racing event of any kind ever again!

RIP­ Shoya Tomizawa

The standard of the Italian marshalling was­ disgraceful, not only should the race have been red­ flagged but neither Shoya or Scott Reading have been­ moved until a Doctor had attended the scene to access­ their injuries.
Such shambolic marshalling would not­ be tolerated in this country, fortunately our race­ staff are the best trained in the racing world.
The­ sector marshal should have immediately red flagged­ the race and notified race control of the seriousnes of­ the incident.
I hope that DORNA hold a full enquiry­ into the marshals actions, particularly the way in­ which they just dragged Scott Reading onto a stretcher­ and then unbelievably dropped Shoya when they were­ carrying him off the circuit.
It was just as­ unbelievable was that one of the marshals carrying a­ straw bale was smoking a cigarette!!

R.I.P Shoya San,­ my sympathy goes to your family, friends and your team­ at this sad time.

Sad news indeed.