The post-mortem into Marco Simoncelli's fatal crash at Malaysia's Sepang MotoGP round last week will look into whether the charismatic Italian was the architect of his own demise.
You can't miss the spot where he died. Among the rubber scrawls that scar the exit to turn 11, a pair swing
right then hook where the Honda's tyres gripped as Colin Edwards hit while hard on the brakes.
Wilting flowers mark the spot where fourth-placed Simoncelli lost control and cut across Edwards and Valentino Rossi. Simoncelli lost his helmet in the impact.
A fellow journalist saw the crash and says Simoncelli died on the tarmac; protected by bolsters, he was briefly unattended while marshalls cleared debris and awaited medics, who in their haste to cross the small wall separating them from the infield ambulance dropped his body - a carelessness unlikely had he been alive.
AGV will examine his helmet and Sepang its track and procedures. Dorna will no doubt look into what caused the crash, with aggressive rivals Simoncelli and Hector Barbera elbow-to-elbow after lap one. But had it taken a tougher line with riders seen as dangerous, it's possible Simoncelli would be alive today.
