Paolo Simoncelli downplays rescue incident

Marco Simoncelli’s father Paolo, has decided to talk about the video that many of you have already seen, where track recuse workers dropped his son as they were rushing to put him into the waiting ambulance.
Paolo Simoncelli was arriving at the scene on a scooter when it happened, but as he’s a very special person he’s decided to play down any controversy regarding the incident.

“I was there at 10 meters from Marco.
He was already dead, it didn’t change a anything,” he told reporters.
“I reached for the stretcher, I took his hand, I called him, but he was already gone, there was nothing to do.

Marco was dead on the spot.
I want to thank the Malaysian authorities, the Italian ambassador and the circuit personnel that never left us alone for a moment.
They’ve been exceptional.
In Rome today, everyone was there.
From the authorities to hundreds of people who stopped working to applaud Marco.

If I say I am happy it would be bullshit ….
but all this deep affection is a beautiful thing.

” The Italian police are expecting over 50,000 people to attend Simoncelli’s funeral on Thursday at Coriano.