Marco Simoncelli [SEP] place of birth
Prix at Sepang on 23 October 2011 after being run over following his own fall on track.
Career.
Career Early career.
Marco Simoncelli was born in Cattolica but grew up and lived in Coriano with his family since childhood. He started racing minibikes at the age of seven in his hometown of Coriano, moving on to the Italian Minimoto Championship in 1996 at the early age of nine. He won the Italian Minimoto Championship in 1999 and 2000 while also became the runner-up in the 2000 European Minimoto Championship.
the Italian National Olympic Committee President Gianni Petrucci.
On 20 January 2012, the anniversary of Simoncelli's birth, it was announced at a ceremony in his home town Coriano that the town's sports area would be renamed "Palazzetto dello Sport Marco Simoncelli", and that one of the town's tram routes would be re-numbered 58 in his honour.
On 2013, his father Paolo Simoncelli announced the formation of SIC 58 Squarda Corse racing team in honor of Marco. The team is created to help young Italian