Paolo Simoncelli “grateful” for Jorge Martin: “Centimetres” from “tragedy”
Father of Marco Simoncelli: Jorge Mart♓in "hit ten centimetres from the point of no retu📖rn"

Paolo Simoncelli has expressed his sincere gratitude that 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jorge Martin avoided more serious injuries at the Qatar 🍒MotoGP.
MotoGP champion Martin suffered 11 ribඣ fractures and a collapsed lung last weekend after crashing in Qatar.
He has endured a brutal 2025 since switching from Ducati to Aprilia, first highsiding on the opening morning of pre-season testing then breaking a🌳 delicate hand bone which ruled him out of the first three races.
But the father of Marco Simoncelli, who tragically died after an accident in Sepang in 2011, was relieved to see Mar🙈tin escape without worse injuries.
“We leave Qatar grateful, not for what happ𓃲ened but for what didn’t,” Paolo Simoncelli said.
“Martin came out ‘almos𓃲t unscathed’ after the crash and being hit.
“Luc🅺kily, he was hi꧙t ten centimetres from the point of no return.
“It wasn’t the moment, i﷽t wasn’t destiny, call it what you want…
“In that handful of centimet🦂res, t💝ragedy could have been inevitable.”
Martin's first public words after the crash were: "Thank God this▨ could have been muc𒁃h worse."
The hospitalised168澳洲幸运5官方𝔉开奖结果历史: Martin described his pain as “intense”, although&n𓃲bsp;MotoGP medical dir🌊ector Dr. Angel Charte insisted “his injuries are progressing satisfactorily”.
There is no 🌜timeline on Martin’s comeback but it will inevitably be some time before he is on a MotoGP bike again.

Paolo Simoncelli: "A clear rule is needed"
Simon🐬celli considered the dangers in today’s grand prix racing.
“That’s why I started thinking about the famous Misano🍎 ꧑kerbs,” he said.
“♑In the meantime, the increasingly l🤪ightweight wheel rims, in the pursuit of performance at all costs, get bent and damaged and every time it’s a cost for teams.
“And then, perhaps, they were given the gr𓆏een light with𝄹 too much recklessness.
“Born to pro💖tect, but too often the source of problems, they carry their own responsibility.
“On the other hand, it must be 🎶considered𓆉 that today’s riders have no rules.
“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 onto𝔉 the track with no problems.
“Those who don’t make mistakes…what kꦕind of advantage do theꩲy have?
“We continueಌ to reward risk and penalise precision.
“I’ve been saying this for a while: a clear ru🍷le is needed.
“For example, if you go off the track you get one-second penal🧸ty.
“ꦇOtherwise – since we can’t introduce moats f🐼ull of crocodiles – we go back to the good old gravel. Where mistakes have a price. Where every action on the track matters and teaches.”

Jame🦩s was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.