ROUND 8/JULY 21, 2013
MOSCOW RACEWAY/MOSCOW, RUSSIA
WORLD SUPERBIKE
P96
WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
Marco Melandri takes the
checkered flag in a rainstorm.
CANCELLED!
World Supersport race re-start
and the second World SuperThere was no restart to the
bike race.
red flagged World Supersport
"The accident happened
race at Moscow Raceway
very close to the Medical
when it was clear that an acCentre and Antonelli was recident that happened on the
covered in an ambulance fully
back straight approaching the
equipped for an emergency
final turn in wet conditions
like that," said SBK Medical
had claimed the life of Team
Director, Dr. Ruggero Mattioli.
Goeleven Kawasaki's Andrea
"I am very sad personally and
Antonelli.
I am very close to his family at
Conditions were horrendous for the World
In wet starting conditions
this moment."
Supersport race that ended in tragedy.
the World Supersport pack got
Dorna SBK chief Daniel
off the line relatively cleanly,
Carrera stated after the official
but the red flags came out very
press conference that the event had indeed been
soon afterwards and that was to be the last track accancelled as a mark of respect to Antonelli.
tion of the day at what ended up a sad and greyed-out
"The decision to stop the race at first was from
Moscow Raceway.
Race Direction and to stop the event was from the
A following rider had struck Antonelli, 25, after he
FIM, Dorna and YMS, which is the promoter of the
had crashed and he suffered a cranium base fracture, event."
which proved fatal despite attempts to revive him. He
Antonelli had qualified fourth in the race for his
was declared dead at 2:10 p.m. local time. The FIM,
privateer team, and was seventh in the championship,
Dorna and the local promoter YMS, decided to cancel with a best season result of fourth at Aragon in round
the rest of the track action, which cancelled both the
two.
