been a big fan of MotoGP for a few years now,always loved the excitement,the pace,the crazy manoeuvres but this was always tempered with the knowledge that THIS was also what made it so dangerous.
Marco was a talent,i watched him with great admiration and seen last weeks podium as the start of something great. I was not lucky enough to have watched a young Valentino Rossi come in and shake things up,it was only after he won a couple of championships that i became interested in MotoGP...with Marco...i though i was watching the beginning of something special. i was going round telling anyone who would listen "watch out for this lad,he is a bit special and he is going to be a huge star"
the crash itself,was horrendous...i do not wish to ever see it again as it left me numb,shocked and deeply upset. there is no fault apportioned to Colin Edwards or Valentino Rossi.if men of this experience and calibre are unable to avoid him,then there simply was no way humanly possible to avoid it.
this sport has lost a superstar that will never be able to burn at his brightest