World supersport rider dies in Moscow
In treacherous conditions, Italian Andrea Antonelli has lost his life after a horrific crash also involving his countryman Lorenzo ZanettiWorld supersport rider Andrea Antonelli has died after a terrible crash on the opening lap of the championship event in Moscow on July 21.
In wet and slippery conditions, the crash involved Antonelli and fellow Italian Lorenzo Zanetti and occurred soon after the start.
Officials stopped the race following the accident, with Antonelli transported to hospital while Zanetti was able to make it back to the pits. Antonelli didn’t regain consciousness and died a short time later.
The remainder of the event was eventually abandoned, including both the supersport race and the second world superbike race.
Antonelli, 25, was riding for the Italian-based Team Goeleven, and was into his second stint as a world supersport rider. He was running seventh in this year’s championship. RIP Andrea.
BMW's Marco Melandri won the world superbike race, ahead of teammate Chaz Davies and Ayton Badovini (Ducati), who made a late pass on Honda’s Jonathan Rea.
Those to crash in the slippery conditions included polesitter Davide Guigliano (Aprilia), Eugene Laverty (Aprilia) and Leon Haslam (Honda), while Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes retired after a spectacular engine failure on his Kawasaki.
Suzuki's Leon Camier and Aprilia's Michel Fabrizio were the first riders in the championship's history to make pit stops under new flag-to-flag racing rules.
Frenchman Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia) leads the championship by 4pts over Sykes, with the next stop Silverstone next month.
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