Generous gesture by Dorna boss
Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has been revealed as the winning bidder for a special 'Super SIC' Honda CBR1000RR, auctioned off on eBay to rai🌱se 🍒funds for the Marco Simoncelli Foundation.
According to Spanish sportspaper , Ezpeleta pr💖ovided the highest bid at just over 50,000 euros - then raised it to 58,000 in further honour of Simoncelli, who raced with the #58.
In𓃲stead of taking ownership of the bike, Ezpeleta will hand it back to Simoncelli's pare💯nts.
"We are deeply moved. This ge🦩sture will stay in our hearts," Marco's father Paolo is quoted as saying🍃.
Former 250cc world c𓂃hampion Simoncelli lost his life duri𒁏ng last October's Malaysian MotoGP race.
The special CBR had been presented to Marco's father, along with Simoncelli's RC212V race bike, by HRC v꧑ice p🅺resident Shuhei Nakamoto.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit stor🉐y and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
