Jag var fundersam på den här kraschen:
The FIM has confirmed two riders died in an incident at Brno on Saturday
www.crash.net
eftersom all rapportering, man först stötte på, inte nämnde något om hur olyckan gått till.
Lite grävande senare:
The circumstances of the accident are as tragic as they are cruel. The fifth race on the programme, reserved for the STK1000 and Superbike categories, saw an enormous grid of 47 riders lined up across 16 rows of the starting grid. The incident occurred at the very moment the race got underway. Steinmayr, starting from second position, raised his arm to signal a technical problem after his motorcycle's engine had cut out on the line, leaving him stationary as the field launched away.
The riders immediately behind him saw the stricken machine and managed to take avoiding action. But one of the riders starting from the back of the enormous grid, Adrian Rus, arriving at full speed with his line of sight obstructed by the motorcycles ahead of him, was only able to see the stationary bike at the very last moment. The resulting impact was violent in the extreme, and both riders lost their lives.
motorcyclesports.net
Det här påminner ju väldigt mycket om de beskrivningar jag läst av den svenska dödsolyckan i våras.
Joakim avled igår till följd av en olycka vid starten av en SM-tävling i roadracing, Open 1000-klassen, i Falkenberg. Joakim blev 30 år gammal.
www.svemo.se
Så vad är egentligen fel med startprocedurerna? Kan man verkligen undvika den här typen av olyckor? Var det exceptionellt många startande även vid den svenska olyckan?
Det vore väl iofs värt det om man kunde minimera detta ytterligare men samtidigt verkar denna typ av olycka vara förhållandevis ovanlig?
#RIP