Formula 1 will be racing at Sepang this weekend and the Ferrari team has decided to pay tribute to the late Marco Simoncelli and went to turn 11 were the Italian rider lost his life, with a pit board message that read, “Sic, sempre con noi” (Sic always with us).
Drivers Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso were present along with Matteo Orsi, Edoardo Bendinelli, Massimo Rivola, Massimo Balocchi and Roberta Valloros in representation of the Ferrari team.
Alonso who had previously tweeted that racing at Sepang would be difficult from now on, said, “It won’t be the same thing: here we will always think of Marco.
I think that the Ferrari family and all the Italians who love sports and motor racing will remember him forever.
His death was one of those things you would have never expected: we will remember him always and will always be a hero to us all.
““We wanted to go to the Turn 11 to do something to remember Marco,” said Massa.
“I think it was the least we could do for him, for his family and all his fans.
I think everyone this weekend will race with the thought of Marco.
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