FIM releases report into fatal Luis Salom accident

The technical report into Luis Salom's fatal crash during FP1 for the Catalunya Moto2 round is released by the FIM.
FIM releases report into Luis Salom accident

The FIM has released꧟ its technical report detailing its findings in the wake of Luis Salom's fatal accident duri📖ng first free practice for the Catalan Moto2 race in May.

The 24 year-old succumbed to injuries following an accident during Moto2 free practice at turn✨ 12 of the Circuit de Cat🐻alunya. No other rider was involved.

The technical report - conducted by the Technical Director and the Director of Technology in the presence of judicial expert Angle Calzada Gomez and independent telemetry expert Lluis Lleonart Gomez - confirms there were no apparent defects with the SAG Team Kalex or the tyres iꦿn the run up to the accident.

The report concludes braking offline and at an angle appears to have been the primary cause of the initial crash, though it was the impact with tܫhe bike after it struck the barrier that ultimately resulted in his fatal injuries.

Though the SAG Te𓂃am had suggested 🌳bumps leading into Turn 12 played their part, th♓e repor♛t says the data showed no evidence of this.

"Confirming the initial analysis Mr. Gomez reported that his data showed that at the time of the accident the bike was 4 Km slower than its fastest ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚlap but at the time of braking the rider was 7 or 8 meters closer to the curve than on his fastest lap. He confirmed that on the piece of straight between the two curve❀s, there was a partial cut in the throttle.

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