# RIP Marco Simoncelli

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-marco-simoncelli/260984>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [October 23, 2011, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-marco-simoncelli/260984 "2011-10-23T08:52:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gundamzeppelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Gundamzeppelin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gundamzeppelin)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-marco-simoncelli/260984/17 "2011-10-25T02:42:18Z")

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> [@OK... JoesTypeS.... YOU WIN. (watches... yeah, yeah...)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ok-joestypes-you-win-watches-yeah-yeah/46176/9):
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> yea, but it looked like he was lowsiding and tried to save it. He was way too low to the ground to be doing that on purpose… even if he hadn’t been hit he would have been in the grass…

From what it looked like to me, he was Lowsiding. But, tried to save the bike by pushing up with his leg & elbow. The wheels regained traction and rocketed him right into Val and Ed.  
Had he just let the bike go he would have lived, but he pushed it like he always does.  
I can’t fault him had it been me I’d have tried the same thing.

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