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Andrea Iannone dedicates Misano podium to Shoya Tomizawa
To remember Moto2 rider Shoya Tomizawa who died tragically at Misano a year ago, Speed Master’s Andrea Iannone took out this page in Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport’s on Wednesday September 7th, to dedicate his third place podium at the Italian circuit, to the much missed Japanese rider.
A special Shoya’s Day will be held by his Technomag-CIP team on September 13th at Alès, France and if you’re interested in paying tribute to the late rider just click here for more info.
2011 Shoei X-Spirit II Tomizawa Replica Limited Edition
The 2010 GP racing season can be summed up in a nutshell. All three Championship titles went to Spanish riders, Valentino Rossi seriously hurting himself for the first time in his career, Rossi and Casey Stoner changing teams and the untimely death of Shoya Tomizawa during the Moto2 GP at Misano in September.
To commemorate the late Japanese rider, helmet company Shoei will be releasing a special and limited edition of their X-Spirit II model with Tomizawa’s graphics. This special edition helmet, will at the moment be available only to customers in Japan and will cost 71.400 yen, taxes included, and part of the profits will go to Tomizawa’s parents and to youngsters who want to start a career in motorcycle racing.
Source | racinghelmetsgarage.com
Riders pay tribute to Shoya Tomizawa
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All the riders of the paddock showed up today with some sort of tribute in honour of Shoya Tomizawa.
Some like Valentino Rossi has the face of the Japanese rider on the side of their helmets (Rossi also has a Norifumi “Norick” Abe sticker on the other side) or Toni Elias who has the number #48 on the top of his helmet, others carried Tomizawa’s face or racing number on their leathers or motorcycles, while others are wearing black armbands.
Source | neilspalding@twitter and alexbriggs@twitter via motomatters.com
Late Shoya Tomizawa awarded Metraux Trophy and his #48 to be retired
Dorna has announced that in memory of Shoya Tomizawa who tragically lost his life at the Misano GP two weeks ago, that his racing #48 will be retired from the Moto2 championship and has been posthumously awarded the Michel Metraux trophy for the best Moto2 rider of the year, as was suggested by Toni Elias in yesterday’s press conference and fellow riders have done so unanimously.
Tomizawa was laid to rest yesterday at Ashahi, near Chiba, Japan with more than a thousand people paying tribute to the Japanese rider that included Alain Bronec, owner of Technomag CIP Moto team, Noboru Ueda (Tomizawa’s manager), and several riders from Yuki Takahashi, Tomoyoshi Koyama, Youichi Ui and many others.
There will also be a memorial ceremony for Tomizawa during the Motegi GP -October 3rd.
Press release after the jump
Continue reading: Late Shoya Tomizawa awarded Metraux Trophy and his #48 to be retired
Alex de Angelis: "I thought of quitting"
Alex de Angelis has had a tough 2010 season, between crashes, injuries and being dumped by his Scot Racing team and then the joy of finding a new ride with JiR Racing for his home race at Misano, but all these problems were nothing compared to his coping with the death of Shoya Tomizawa.
In an exclusive interview with Italia 1’s XXL show, the Sammarinese admitted that after the incident that saw him involuntarily part of of the accident, he thought of quitting.
De Angelis said that he learned of Tomizawa’s death while watching the MotoGP race on TV and finds it very hard to explain his feelings and in the days following the accident, some moments are worse than others. His thoughts turning to the Japanese rider and has had trouble holding back his tears, but with the help of friends and family, who stayed with him constantly to get through the first two difficult days, has helped him come to grips with what happened.
In this very touching video, De Angelis admits that his first thoughts were about quitting, giving up racing, but realized that as a person who loves and was born to race, he has to get back on his bike as soon as possible and try to ride, but confesses what happened has touched him very deeply and that Tomizawa’s death will haunt his dreams for the rest of his life.
Showa Tomizawa: Autopsy reveals cause of death
Yesterday the Italian medical examiner carried out the autopsy on Showa Tomizawa, who died during the Moto2 race at Misano.
The autopsy report revealed that the cause of death was thoracic crushing that compromised the functionality of his heart and lungs. Tomizawa’s body will be released to his parents who arrived at Rimini on Monday night and will now be allowed take their son home to Japan for burial.
Despite their grief, the Tomizawas’ asked to visit the Misano circuit on Tuesday and accompanied by former 125 rider Noboru Ueda and avoiding the media, Shoya’s mother layed a small bouquet of white flowers on the spot where her son tragically crashed.
Source | quotidiano.net
Moto2: Scott Redding unsure of future in racing
Scott Redding may be a professional motorcycle racer, but he’s only 17 years old and the death Shoya Tomizawa has hit Redding very hard, leaving him devastated and questioning his future in racing.
Redding and Alex de Angelis were both inadvertently involved in the tragic crash that would take the life of the Japanese rider, which left the British youngster with a deep laceration on his back after being thrown down the track and a troubled soul.
Redding’s father Adrian said :“Scott has now travelled from Italy to Spain, where he will be spending some time recuperating.He did have a problem with the stitches coming out from the injury to his back, and was back into hospital to have it seen to, but was back out straightaway. I have spoken to him briefly this morning and he is just sad in himself. It will do him good to be away for a while.”
However Redding’s father does not know if his son will return to the sport: “He was not the Scott I know – he is really withdrawn – but he is getting a lot of support from people.” but speaking to the BBC his father also said: “I don’t know whether Scott will carry on after or not, I want him to and everybody wants him to but it’s his decision at the end of the day, but he’s with a good team and there are good people around him so I hope they can put him on a clear path.”
Source | thisisgloucestershire.co
Shoya Tomizawa Tribute at Bologna Airport
Ian Wheeler is the Communications Manager for the Marc VDS Racing Team that fields Scott Redding and Hector Faubel in Moto2 and took this photo at the International Guiglielmo Marconi Airport in Bologna of a very touching and simple tribute to Shoya Tomizawa that was put up by some fans of the Japanese rider.
Scott Redding was the other rider involved in Tomizawa’s tragic crash and he was very lucky to escape serious injury and received ten stitches in a laceration to his back.
Source | ianwheeler@twitter
Inquest opened on the death of Shoya Tomizawa
Italian prosecuter Paolo Giovagnoli of Rimini has opened in inquest into the death of Moto2 rider Shoya Tomizawa during Sunday’s race at Misano.
The prosecuter is considering formulating a charge of manslaughter against persons unkown in the tragic death of the Japanese rider.
Tomizawa’s body underwent an external examination today and will undergo a full autopsy to determine if the marshalls stumbling in the gravel and dropping the stretcher with Tomizawa’s body on it, could have had any consequences in his death.
Source | ansa.it via motoblog.it
The Paddock pays tribute to Shoya Tomizawa
The entire Grand Prix paddock was stunned by the tragic death of Shoya Tomizawa and the following tributes have been paid to the 19 year old rider who succumbed to the injuries sustained during the Moto2 race.
Dani Pedrosa : “There are no words to say how it feels after this victory - it feels like nothing. I arrived at parc fermé very happy with the win and I immediately felt that the atmosphere among my mechanics was really strange, everybody was serious. Still with my helmet on they told me about Tomizawa and I couldn’t react. It was a big shock, a big contrast for me. I asked three times if it was true because I couldn’t believe it. It’s so sad, terrible, and these things should never happen.As a person I can only say that he was a very funny boy, always happy and making jokes, and as a rider he earned respect from everybody in a very short time, he was fast and brave. To lose two riders in a week is terribl. I believe everybody in the World Championship is feeling the same now and I want to send my condolences to the family. When you are born, life gives you the chance to choose what you want to do. Tomi chose to be a rider and in fact he was doing great. I just want to think that he’s been happy making his dream come true.”
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Shoya Tomizawa fighting against life threatening injuries UPDATED
Today’s Moto2 race at Misano was marred by a horrific accident that involved Shoya Tomizawa, Scott Redding and Alex de Angelis.
Tomizawa, winner of the first Moto2 event at Qatar, was running in fourth on the 11th lap when he touched the white line with his Technomag-CIP Suter and went careening and crashed at over 200km/h at the Curvone and was hit by oncoming Alex de Angelis and Scott Redding.
Tomizawa was sent to the Riccione hospital by ambulance and Dr Macchiagodena speaking to Italia 1 reported that the Japanese rider has suffered life threatening injuries with multiple and hemorrahaging thoracic, abdominal and cranial injuries.
More news when we get it.
UPDATED:
20 year old Shoya Tomizawa has passed away from injuries sustained in the crash.
Our thoughts are with Tomizawa’s family and friends.
Moto2 Brno: Shoya Tomizawa takes the Pole
Technomag-CIP’s Shoya Tomizawa took his second pole position of the season in today’s Moto2 qualifying session at Brno. The Japanese rider layed down a best lap of 2’03.452 admid traffic to leave Andrea Iannone who was looking for his fourth pole position in second and 0.232s behind.
Toni Elias who was banned from Friday’s free practice as punishment for a test session at Misano last Sunday, had been fastest in this morning’s practice will start the race on the third spot of the grid and completing the front row will be Roberto Rolfo riding an upgraded aerodynamic version of the Suter MMX.
On the second row of the grid will be Yuki Takahashi, Dominique Aegerter, Simone Corsi who was the final rider withing a second from Tomizawa. Arne Tode, Julián Simón and Scott Redding completed the top ten.
Thomas Luthi who is currently second in the championship 42 points behind Elias, will start in 13th.
Brno homeboy Karel Abraham, who will in MotoGP next season on a satellite Ducati crashed out this morning but also twice during the qualifying session and the second crash saw his bike fly over the tire barrier and will have to start in 34th. Others to crash during the session included Axel Pons, Yonni Hernandez and Raffaele de Rosa.
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