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The Malaysian MotoGP race was abandoned after just one lap due to an horrific accident involving Marco Simoncelli on Sunday.
Simoncelli (Honda) was seriously injured in a very serious crash on the second lap of the race at Sepang.
Simoncelli had been involved in a fierce battle for fourth place with Alvaro Bautista (Suzuki) from the end of the first lap and the pair swopped places repeatedly during the first part of the second lap.
Coming out of Turn 11, Simoncelli fell as the front tyre of his Honda lost traction and the bike fell away under him and he was skating to the left towards the outside of the track. But then the front tyre gripped again and swerved sharply to the right and the bike with the rider down on the track veered straight into the path of Colin Edwards who crashed into Simoncelli and his bike, and Simoncelli's helmet was ripped off in the crash. Both also crashed into Valentino Rossi (Ducati) as he was swerving right trying to avoid them. Neither Edwards nor Rossi had any chance of avoiding the accident
Rossi was pushed out onto the grass but remained mounted and rode away slowly while Edwards was able to get up and walk away, but Simoncelli remained prone and motionless on the track.
The race was immediately red-flagged and the Italian was removed to the track's medical facility by ambulance within minutes.
Unconfirmed reports said that Edwards had dislocated his shoulder in the accident. Rossi, a great friend of Simoncelli, was sitting very subdued in his garage awaiting news of his countryman.
Simoncelli's girlfriend had been watching the race from his garage.
Half an hour after the incident, the race was abandoned.
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