Dettwiler's Horrific Sepang Accident
Safety should never be compromised for commercial reasons, which is why MotoGP needs to take a long, hard look at itself.
Dettwiler was helicoptered to hospital after Sunday’s Moto3 sighting-lap accident at Sepang. Sadly, Sunday’s horrific Moto3 accident at Sepang was of a kind known only too well in motorcycle racing: one bike moving slowly, for whatever reason, rammed by another moving at high speed.
- American star Bubba Shobert ended his career due to a similar accident during the 1989 US Grand Prix.
- 250cc ace Reinhold Roth suffered a similar fate during the 1990 Yugoslav GP.
- TT winner Norman Brown and Swiss privateer Peter Huber were killed in a similar accident during the 1983 British GP.
- Marc Márquez and Ratthapark Wilairot were lucky to avoid serious injury in a similar incident during the 2011 Australian GP.
There is nothing more dangerous in racing than collisions involving a big speed differential.
Author's summary: Safety compromised in MotoGP.