Taken in by emergency services after a fall on the Sao Paulo circuit, the young Argentinian succumbed to his injuries.
The motorcycle world is in mourning. A young nine-year-old Argentine driver died in an accident during a test session on the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo, announced the organizers of the competition in which he was to participate. The accident occurred on Friday during the first free practice session of the fourth round of the Honda Junior SuperBike Brazil Cup. The child was admitted to hospital after a fall on the circuit which hosts Formula 1 races each year at the end of the season.
“SuperBike Brasil announces, with great sadness and regret, the death of rider Lorenzo Somaschini on Monday”said the organizers in a press release. “The entire SuperBike Brasil team is dismayed and expresses its sincere condolences to Lorenzo’s family and friends”it is added.
“The factors have aligned”
His trainer, former runner Diego Pierluigi, said goodbye to him by posting a message on social networks: “It is with a broken heart and soul that I must say goodbye to you. I will miss you very much, Lolito”. According to Pierluigi, the accident “was a misfortune in which the factors aligned to happen” because the child “had a fall at low speed in the slowest curve of the circuit”.
The Honda Junior Cup brings together riders aged 8 to 16 on adapted 160 cc motorcycles, whose pedals and handlebars have been modified according to the size of each child, and which can reach speeds of one hundred km/hour .
