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 acci🐈dent during first free practice for the Catalan Moto2 race in May.

The 24 year-old succumbed to injuries following an accident during Moto2 free pract♑ice at turn 12 of the Circuit de Catalunya. No other rider was involved.

The technical report - conduc🥀ted 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 in 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, thoꩵugh it was the impact with the bike after it struck the barrier that ultimately resulted in his fatal iꦉnjuries.

Though the SAꦓG Team had suggested bumps leading into Turn 12 played their part, the repꦬort 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 slower๊ than its fastest lap 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 curves, there was a partial cut in the throttle.

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