Maurizio Salvadori, father of the Italian motorbike racer Luca Salvadori, has posted a video to his late son’s YouTube channel that includes a reconstruction of the crash which led to his dying.
The video was posted on the finish of December and contains an English-dubbed monologue from Maurizio Salvadori.
The video description reads as follows: “In the present day, on the final Monday of a 2024 that has deeply affected us, Maurizio has determined to share an necessary replace with you.
“This video was created to reply your many questions, to make clear the dynamics of Luca’s accident and to share some reflections on the way forward for his channel and the group he created.
“Maurizio will speak to you concerning the selections made to honor Luca’s reminiscence, the undertaking to create an area devoted to him within the Trident Motorsport manufacturing facility and his authorized battle to make sure larger security in street motorbike competitions.
“He will even ask you for an opinion on a very necessary initiative: the Basis in Luca’s identify, to assist motorcyclists who’re victims of accidents.”
Salvadori had been racing within the Worldwide Street Racing Championship for the primary time in 2024, when he crashed on the Frohburg circuit in Germany in September.
The reconstruction proven within the video exhibits how Salvadori crashed when making an attempt to keep away from a rider who fell in entrance of him in a nook that he entered at 250kph (155mph).
Salvadori hit the rider and fell himself, heading in the direction of a barrier that was positioned round some bushes, and which was perpendicular to the observe within the place the place Salvadori’s bike hit it.
Maurizio Salvadori says that as a result of the fences that made up the barrier weren’t fastened in place, they had been capable of be moved out of the way in which by Salvadori’s bike, which means that when Salvadori himself reached the barrier he went straight via the hole and straight into the straw bales behind.
Mr. Salvadori stated his son reached the barrier at a pace of 102kph (63mph), and advised that the obstacles used on this case weren’t match for goal.
“It should be stated that these air obstacles usually are not authorised,” Mr. Salvadori stated. “They weren’t fastened to the bottom per laws, and evidently they’re protecting obstacles used for biking races.”
He continued: “It should be added that straw bales — that are mechanically pressed, not like these used previously — have been banned since 2018. I believe there may be little so as to add to this case.”
The complete video may be watched beneath.
