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I was watching the Malaysian round of the MotoGP from the office today and on the 3rd lap Simoncelli slides but somehow manages a save which almost brought the bike up again and unfortunately across the track and into the path of riders Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi.

Both Edwards and Rossi crashed into Simoncelli at the same time, Simoncelli was rushed to the medical center but he succumbed to his injuries at 11:56am local time.

Marco was a great racer we all enjoyed watching him race, he was the spice of the MotoGP.

Ciao super SEC .

Crash video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax41CdbrKNQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu_wXExS9HU

Pay tribute to Marco.

U’ll be missed, and your innovations’ will live on.

Claudio Castiglioni the man behind 3 -CAGIVA, Ducati, MV Agusta- of the best Italian motorcycle brands passed away yesterday at the age of 64.

The man founded CAGIVA and with his brother took the company from manufacturing combination locks for briefcases to motorcycle manufacturing he then purchased Ducati and later on sold it to Texas Pacific Group. He recently bought back MV Augusta from Harley Davidson and was very happy about it.

Claudio was the man behind some the most successful models in the history of motorcycles , the 916, the Monster and the MV F4.

Press release

Seams the demonstrations are becoming contagious and moving to sport venues, i just learned that there will be some sort of a gathering at the Jaber al-Ahmad arena -motocross track- on Saturday to appeal to the concerned not demolish the track.

The Czech Grand Prix one of the most attended races is might be coming to an end, Automotodrom Brno announced a loss of £2.9 million in 2010 which is likely to bring an end to the annual Czech Grand Prix, Automotodrom Chairwoman Ivana Ulmanova said: even if we cut operational costs it’s likely this summer’s Czech Grand Prix will be the last one.

So my Tiq Taqi friends its either this summer or never

It was stolen last night, if you spot it or have any info please contact Mathew @ 60930302

The crash Rossi had yesterday during the practice session left him with a broken tibia and fibula of the right leg, he was operated on for around 3 hours and the surgery was a success…the doctors used Spinal Block (epidural) insted of general anesthesia which means that Rossi was awake during the surgery and can see and hear all the cutting and drilling to his leg but without feeling any pain.

The bad news is that he will be out of the track for around 5 month, so today’s race at Mugello will be with out Rossi.

Race start at 2:30pm on Jazeera Sport +3.

Last Friday i had a small accident, i fell of my bike…the road was straight and my speed was around 70-80km,  all i can recall is that i felt like i have hit something and the front wheel started shaking i tried to ease the head shake by accelerating to unload the weight of the front wheel… it worked for a couple of seconds just to come back harder than before and the bike became like a raging bull on a rodeo ring and throw me away.

I managed to stand up and walk away from the street, my nose was bleeding as i was wearing an open face helmet with the visor removed …any way i ended up with a dislocated left shoulder, dislocated right pinky, cracked left toe, deeply scuffed right knee and a broken nose…i could have avoided the nose injury if i was wearing a full face helmet, and the knee cut if i was wearing my riding jeans not a regular jeans.

Now am all wrapped up like a mummy and enjoying the pain killers high, i just realized that 5 days already passed

Watching all these bikers in Athens riding made miss riding a lot, and wanting to go back to Kuwait to ride my bike…the way motorcyclists ride in Athens is as if they are running away from a volcano, it doesn’t matter if they are ridding a 1300cc bike or just the 50cc delivery scooter…they all ride with an attitude.

Am back in Kuwait now and can’t wait to ride the beast, but unfortunately 2 of my friends crashed a couple of days ago, believe it or not they collided into each other…nothing serious just a couple of cracked rips, a broken arm, and a scare.

The above photo is for a used Desmosedici at a Ducati dealer in Athens with only 600km, they are asking 60000 Euros for it.