Paolo Simoncelli “grateful” for Jorge Martin: “Centimetres” from “tragedy”

Father of Marco Simoncelli: Jorge Martin "hit ten centimetres fr💦om the point of no return"

Jorge Martin
Jorge Martin

Paolo Simoncelli has expressed his sincere gratitude that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin avoi﷽ded more serious injuries at tꦛhe Qatar MotoGP.

MotoGP champion Martin suffered 11 rib 🌜fract🐎ures and a collapsed lung last weekend after crashing in Qatar.

He has endured a brutal 2025 since switching from Ducati to Aprilia, first h♌ighsiding on the opening morning of pre-se💟ason testing then breaking a delicate hand bone which ruled him out of the first three races.

But the father of Marco Simoncell🔯i, who tragically died after an accident in Sepang in 2011, was relieved to see Martin escape without worse inju💟ries.

“We leave Qatar grateful, not for what happened but for what di💟dn’t,” Paolo Simoncelli said.

“Martin came out ‘almﷺ🌠ost unscathed’ after the crash and being hit.

“Luckily, he was hit ten centimetres from the ꦑpoint of no r♔eturn.

“It wasn’t the moment, it wasn’t destiny, call it wh🎃at you want…

“In that handful of centimetrꦺes, tragedy could have been inevitable.”

Martin's𒊎 first public w🤡ords after the crash were: "Thank God this could have been much worse."

The hospitalised168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Martin d🐟escribed his pain as “int🍃ense”, although MotoGP medical director ♍Dr. Angel Charte insisted “his injuries are progressing♔ satisfactorily”.

There is no timeline on Martin’s comeback b💮ut it will inevꩲitably be some time before he is on a MotoGP bike again.

Jorge Martin
Jorge Martin

Paolo Simoncelli: "A clear rule is needed"

Simoncelli considered the dangers in tod𓂃a♒y’s grand prix racing.

“That’s why I started thinking about the fam🀅ous Misano kerbs,” he said.

“In the meantime, the increasingly lightweight wheel rims, in the pursuit of performance at all costs, get bent and d♛amaged and every time it’s a cost for teams🤪.

“And then, perhaps, they were given🐬 the green light with too much recklessness.

“Born to protect, but too often the source of problems, they🌱 carry their own responsibility.

“On the other hand, it must be considered that todayꦰ’s riders have no r🌃ules.

“They know that beyond the corner there isn’t gravel, there isn’t ꧃a cliff 💙and it becomes the ‘off-track festival’.

“There is asphalt, and that changes everything. Those who dare, don’t pay 🦄for it. Those who go wide, come back onto the track with no prꦺoblems.

“Those who don’t make mistakes…what kind of advantage✃ do they have?

“We continue to reward risk and p🏅enalise precision.

“I’♓ve been sayin༺g this for a while: a clear rule is needed.

“For example, 🅺if you go off the track you get one-second penalty🔴.

“Otherwise – since we can’t introduce moats full of crocodiles – we go back to the good old gravel. Where mistakes have a price.🐻 Where every action on the track matters and teaches.”

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