The causes of Luis Salom’s fatal fall

According to telemetry analyzes published by the Stop and Go (SAG) team, Luis Salom’s fatal fall during the Moto2 practice of the Catalan GP was due to braking slightly later than usual when passing a front bump. turn 12, which would have lost the lead to the young Spanish driver whose funeral took place …

According to telemetry analyzes published by the Stop and Go (SAG) team, the during Moto2 testing was due to braking slightly later than usual when passing a bump before turn 12, which would have made losing the front to the young Spanish driver whose in Palma de Mallorca.

"During free practice 2 (FP2), Luis Salom had his best lap (1’48.608) before making his first stop to change his rear tire", explains the SAG team after a meeting on the ” analysis of telemetry data attended by team owner Edu Perales, team manager Jordi Rubio, chief mechanics Bernat Bassa (chief mechanic for Luis Salom) and Michael Ferger (chief mechanic for Jesko Raffin), his teammate Jesko Raffin and his manager Marco Rodrigo.

“Salom then got back on the track and the accident happened on this new first lap. In this lap, Luis arrived at the braking point of turn 12 with 6 km / h less than in his fastest lap, this is explained according to the telemetry by a slower acceleration when exiting turn 11. Due to this slower speed, Luis braked 9 meters later to maintain a speed suitable for turn 12 "(which was deleted in the for the rest of the weekend, Editor’s note).

"Loss of adhesion"

"At the entrance of the turn, there is an irregularity of the bitumen known to all the pilots (a bump)", continues the team in its official explanation. “The delay in initiating the braking forced Luis to keep the brakes on that bump, unlike in previous laps where he had already released them. All of this, added to a speed equivalent to that of his best FP2 lap, resulted in a stress on the front tire and a loss of grip on this irregularity. This loss of grip led to its fall with the tragic consequences that we know "…

The team concludes by specifying that "these telemetry data are available for the attention of any qualified technician who would like to analyze them".

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