Lorenzo Somaschini, the child prodigy of Argentine motorcycling, has died at the age of 9. The little boy suffered a serious accident this past Friday during training for the Honda Junior Cup of the Brazilian SuperBike championship.
After the crash, the young pilot from Rosario (Argentina) was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, where they managed to stabilize him. Unfortunately, Somaschini has not been able to recover.
As reported by the Argentine media Clarionthe barely 9-year-old driver suffered a fall at the Pinheirinho curve at the Interlagos Autodrome, a usual venue for Formula 1, severely hitting his head.
Diego Pierluigi, Lorenzo’s instructor, confirmed a few days ago that the young pilot was still fighting for his life: “His condition is serious but he is alive, his heart beats and he has vital signs, but it is serious. “The doctors are doing everything possible to try to improve,” Pierluigi told the Rosario newspaper. The capital.
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Throughout Sunday, ‘Lolo”s health status did not improve: “Somaschini remains in serious condition, under observation, under intensive medical care,” SuperBike Brasil stated in a short text shared on its Instagram page. The organization detailed: “As soon as he fell at the exit of Pinheirinho, the pilot was immediately treated on the spot by the medical team and the ICU ambulance.”
Lorenzo Somaschini was born on July 17, 2014. When he was only four years old, his father gave him a minibike and since then he has not stopped showing his talent on the asphalt, which allowed him to take part in competitions in his category. “My dream is to get to MotoGP, to be world champion,” ‘Lolo’ told the media after his first great sporting experience. D.E.P.
