Grand Prix Rejects

Sad, sad news

http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/ ... -97398499/

This was not something I was expecting to see today... After Bianchi, now this. Sad, sad day.

What a thoroughly rotten weekend all-round.

When it rains, it pours.

RIP Andrea.

Sad news. A great racer, and much loved within the paddock.

I don't read Italian, is there any indication of what happened to him?

Well I wasn't expecting that. Dreadful news to hear, rest in peace Andrea.

I've just read a really bad news.
It seems Andrea De Cesaris died today in a road accident while riding his motorbike in Rome.


At now there are only Italian source but this one:
http://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/ ... -97398499/
is a reliable website.

Very sad.

fjackdaw wrote:I don't read Italian, is there any indication of what happened to him?

He lost control of his motorbike and crashed into a guardrail. he died on impact.

Strangely enough I was reading his Wikipedia page this morning to see how many times the word 'crash' appeared (12) and now this. Am I right in thinking he crashed his motorbike? Very sad, and although the nickname De Crasherist was a bit undeserved at times and now oddly prophetic, he was a real stalwart of the sport.

Ciao Andrea and thanks for the good times.

Biscione wrote:

fjackdaw wrote:I don't read Italian, is there any indication of what happened to him?

He lost control of his motorbike and crashed into a guardrail. he died on impact.

That's really sad.

My God, what an awful day this is for Formula 1. RIP Andrea.

If only that Jordan had made it to the end at Spa in 1991.

This is one shite day.

Can we merge this with the other thread moderators? RIP Andrea

Crazy! I was just watching the 1982 U.S. Grand Prix West on youtube yesterday. A world without De Cesaris is a sad world indeed. Rest in Peace. You will be sorely missed.

Just read in Twitter people mentioning it... My God... RIP to him, he will be missed and his legacy will always remain

What?! This is messed up, Bianchi getting hurt, De Cesaris passing away...blimey, this sucks.

RIP Andrea, you are a true legend.

This day just keeps getting worse. Rest in peace Andrea.

On Autosport.

RIP.

I was refusing till believe it until it was on Autosport. Goodbye to a legend - the first season I watched really closely so one of the first memories I had of him was Spa that year.

This day just gets worse if you're a motorsport fan.

RIP Andrea, thanks for those 15 years.

Terrible day for motorsport.

RIP to a determined driver, so sad it happened today as well

RIP, Andrea. This is truly a dark day for Formula One.

RIP Andrea :'(

I just saw this topic on the forums and had to do a double take. What an awful, awful day for Formula One.

RIP Andrea.

What a devastating day

RIP

What a shite day for the sport was only just watching a re-run of his near-win at Spa '91 a couple of weeks ago as well

I saw this on Taki Inoue's page and was hoping for it not to be true.

I know I bang on about how rubbish the BBC Sport website is, but the currently have a 'tribute' page with a picture of an Alfa labelled as a McLaren, and a caption that claims he 'drove for Cosworth' in 1988. Come on guys, this stuff isn't hard to get right.

Anyway, I will do my own tribute on Facebook. I always loved the fact that he got to redeem his reputation at the end of his career, and always cheered him on for Dallara and Jordan. RIP Andrea.

Very bad day. RIP.

This is one if the darkest days in motor racing for as long as I can remember. RIP Andrea, a true hero of the sport.

What a bad day. RIP Andrea. A truly great character. Bless his soul.

I met him at Spa on the Thursday in '92 when I had sneaked into the paddock without a ticket. He was very friendly and kindly gave me an autograph. Thanks again.

I'll remember him as the guy who took F1's most beautiful car ever and took it to where it belonged: to the front!

RIP Andrea de Cesaris, a remarkable driver in many ways.

RIP Andrea.

A driver with a huge impact. Just name all the teams he drove for and you don't need to explain anything else. A great loss, without doubt.
Perhaps he was remembered as the only italian in the world who never liked to look into mirrors, but there's no denying that he could get results in average cars, and he was unquestionably talented, and as far as i heared, a nice person.

What day :'( Just terrible :'( I know he deserved at least some wins. Good bye Andrea de Cesaris. We miss you :'(

RIP.

Such a shame. He was such a well loved driver and a good driver. It is really unfortunate.

How sad. It was only a day or two ago I was telling my daughter that when I was her age the equivalent of Maldonado was a bloke who we called 'de Crasheris' who - even if he was erratic - was a true racer who gave it everything he had in his fragile and flawed Alfa Romeo and no matter what misfortune befell him, would always come out swinging in the next race. Characters like de Cesaris were a large part of why F1 captured my imagination as a young boy - thanks, Andrea, for all the memories.