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Era da tempo che volevo fare un post ricordo di questo pilota, e come al solito si trovano info solo in inglese.....
Eros Manferdini Complete name: Eros Manferdini Birth date: 04.Jul.1961 Birth Place: unknown, unknown Death date: 27.May.1990 Death Place: Grobnik, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) Nationality: Italy Gender: male Age at death: 28 Accident date: 27.May.1990 Series: European Motorcycle Championship - 250 cm3 Race: [Grand Prix of Riviera d'Opatija] Event: race Country: Croatia Venue: Rijeka Variant: ?-October 1991 Role: rider Vehicle type: motorcycle Vehicle sub-type: sports bike - from 126 cm3 up to 250 cm3 Vehicle brand/model: Yamaha Vehicle number: Notes:
Eros Manferdini was killed during the Yugoslavian round of the European Motorcycle Championship class 250 cm3 held at Rijeka on 27 May 1990. Shortly after the start of the race, Finnish rider P?iv?l?inen hit the straw bales near the side of the track on first turn, sending the bales into the path of the other competitors and causing a multiple pile-up. Manferdini fell down and died at the scene, six other riders were severely injured in the accident, bikes and straw bales caught fire.
Three weeks later popular German rider Reinhold Roth, two times runner-up in the World Motorcycle Championship 250 cm3 class in 1987 and 1989, was involved in another huge accident at Rijeka. While battling against Alex Criville in the Grand Prix of Yugoslavia 250 cm3 race, Roth crashed into the back of amateur rider Randy Milner, who was proceeding at a very slow pace, thinking that the race was going to be red-flagged because of the rain. Roth was without oxygen support for minutes after he suffered massive head injuried to which he never recovered. Milner was severely injured as well, being also Criville involved in the accident. In separate accidents ten other riders crashed at the first turn, including Alberto Rota, Adrien Morillas and Andrea Borgonovo who sustained minor injuries.
The number of accidents including the fatal crash of Manferdini caused the end of Rijeka as an International racing venue. It was regarded as an insecure track.
Sources:
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Eros Manferdini Complete name: Eros Manferdini Birth date: 04.Jul.1961 Birth Place: unknown, unknown Death date: 27.May.1990 Death Place: Grobnik, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) Nationality: Italy Gender: male Age at death: 28 Accident date: 27.May.1990 Series: European Motorcycle Championship - 250 cm3 Race: [Grand Prix of Riviera d'Opatija] Event: race Country: Croatia Venue: Rijeka Variant: ?-October 1991 Role: rider Vehicle type: motorcycle Vehicle sub-type: sports bike - from 126 cm3 up to 250 cm3 Vehicle brand/model: Yamaha Vehicle number: Notes:
Eros Manferdini was killed during the Yugoslavian round of the European Motorcycle Championship class 250 cm3 held at Rijeka on 27 May 1990. Shortly after the start of the race, Finnish rider P?iv?l?inen hit the straw bales near the side of the track on first turn, sending the bales into the path of the other competitors and causing a multiple pile-up. Manferdini fell down and died at the scene, six other riders were severely injured in the accident, bikes and straw bales caught fire.
Three weeks later popular German rider Reinhold Roth, two times runner-up in the World Motorcycle Championship 250 cm3 class in 1987 and 1989, was involved in another huge accident at Rijeka. While battling against Alex Criville in the Grand Prix of Yugoslavia 250 cm3 race, Roth crashed into the back of amateur rider Randy Milner, who was proceeding at a very slow pace, thinking that the race was going to be red-flagged because of the rain. Roth was without oxygen support for minutes after he suffered massive head injuried to which he never recovered. Milner was severely injured as well, being also Criville involved in the accident. In separate accidents ten other riders crashed at the first turn, including Alberto Rota, Adrien Morillas and Andrea Borgonovo who sustained minor injuries.
The number of accidents including the fatal crash of Manferdini caused the end of Rijeka as an International racing venue. It was regarded as an insecure track.
Sources:
- Magazine Moto 73, issue 12 of 07 June 1990. [L]
- Magazine Rombo, issue 29 May 1990, page 94.
- Website Atlas F1, bulletin boards, "The Nostalgia Forum", thread "Mark Donohue?s Osterreichring crash", posing by Fines, page http://forums.autosport.com/showthre...834#post855834 .
- Website Racing Memory by Vincent Glon, page http://racingmemo.free.fr/M%20GRAND%...P-PALM-YOU.htm .
- E-mail by Herman Looman, dated 03 December 2006, citing [L] above.
- E-mail by H?lio Rodrigues, dated 18 December 2006.
- E-mail by Stefan Teitge, dated 19 July 2008 citing book "Motorrad Grand Prix '90" by Volker Rauch, S?dwest Verlag 1990.
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