# RIP Marco Simoncelli **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [October 23, 2011, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-marco-simoncelli/260984 "2011-10-23T08:52:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-marco-simoncelli/260984/21 "2011-10-25T12:25:37Z")
> [@DRock518"](#): > > Jesus, hopefully he didnt have to suffer through that. Personally, I think he is 100% out of it if he didn’t die instantly right then and there. It is very very rare in any moto racing that a collision will rip the helmet right off, unless for some f’d reason that his helmet was not secured. ---
**Author:** ![MclarenGP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MclarenGP](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MclarenGP)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-marco-simoncelli/260984/22 "2011-10-25T13:16:21Z")
wow… another sad story. RIP ---
**Author:** ![Gundamzeppelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Gundamzeppelin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gundamzeppelin)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-marco-simoncelli/260984/23 "2011-10-26T02:18:03Z")
> [@fs:audition and old boy](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-audition-and-old-boy/46212/7): > > Personally, I think he is 100% out of it if he didn’t die instantly right then and there. It is very very rare in any moto racing that a collision will rip the helmet right off, unless for some f’d reason that his helmet was not secured. his helmet had to cover a lot of hair. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-marco-simoncelli/260984.md?page=1)