MotoGP retires Simoncelli's 58 number from racing competition

MOTOGP has honoured the memory of Marco Simoncelli by retiring the late rider's No 58 from the sport's premier class. Skiptocontent Previous Next MotoGPretiresSimoncelli’s58numberfromracingcompetition ByTonyCarter|2020-06-24T18:03:33+01:00September8th,2016|Categories:News,Sport|Tags:AndreaDovizioso,CarmeloEzpeleta,DornaSports,KevinSchwantz,MarcoSimoncelli,MoreBikes,MotoGP| MOTOGPhashonouredthememoryofMarcoSimoncellibyretiringthelaterider’sNo58fromthesport’spremierclass. ThepopularItaliandiedasaresultofacrashduringthe2011MalaysianMotoGPrace.Hewas24yearsold. Articlecontinuesbelow... Advert Articlecontinuesbelow... Advert Aheadofthisweekend’sSanMarinoGrandPrix,heldattheMisanoWorldCircuitnamedinSimoncelli’shonour,DornaCEOCarmeloEzpeletamadetheannouncementalongsideSimoncelli’sfatherPaolo. “Thisnumber,fromnow,belongstotheSimoncellifamily,”Ezpeletasaid. “Wewillnotuseitforanybodyunlesstheydecidesomebodyhasthehonourtousethisnumber.” Articlecontinuesbelow... Advert Articlecontinuesbelow... Advert THENUMBERSRETIREDFROMUSEINMOTOGP Simoncelli’sisthefifthnumbertoberetiredfromactiveuseinMotoGP. ThefirstwasNo34inhonourofKevinSchwantzfollowingthe500ccstar’sretirementfromthesportin1995.Thenumberisstillusedinthelowerclassesofthesport,mostnotablybyAndreaDoviziosopriortohisgraduationtoMotoGP. Articlecontinuesbelow... Advert Articlecontinuesbelow... Advert LorisCapirossi’sNo65hasalsobeendeactivatedinhonourofhiscareerthroughoutallofMotoGPandsupportclasses,whilstNo48andNo74havebeenretiredinrespecttothelateJapaneseracersShoyaTomizawaandDaijiroKatowhodiedinracingcrashes.   VALENTINOROSSI:IDON’TWANT46RETIRED Theownerofarguablythemostfamousnumberinthesport,however,wouldliketoseehisdigitsusedbeyondtheendofhiscareer. “MyfirstimpressionisthatIdon’tlikethatthe46iscancelled,”Rossisaid. “Ipreferthatitremainandifsomeotherriderwanttotakethatnumberhecan. Butit’saproblemthatIhopeisnotfornow.” Articlecontinuesbelow... 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