        Paolo Simoncelli never holds back, and the Le Mans weekend brought no exceptions, the Italian team boss always very clear and candid. Simoncelli: "Fellon, a senseless race"  The Sic58 Squadra Corse team boss has scolded his Moto3 riders, particularly Lorenzo Fellon, who Simoncelli thinks ran a &ldquo;senseless race&rdquo; in France. &ldquo;First things first&hellip; On Friday Fellon said that the bike &lsquo;is crap, it won&rsquo;t go!&rsquo;, words he used to justify his less than inspired performance on the bike (or inability)&rdquo;, writes Paolo in his post-race blog. Harsh words, which are followed up with more: &ldquo;On Saturday though &lsquo;the bike was amazing&rsquo;, to our puzzlement. But mathematics is not an opinion and even if we change the order in which we multiply numbers, the result does not change, this is what commutative property teaches us. On Sunday he finished 23rd.&rdquo; Simoncelli doubles down: &ldquo;On Sunday he ran a senseless race &ndash; after a decent start, he let everyone pass him. Fellon&rsquo;s been with us for two seasons but despite our advice and support, I&rsquo;m yet to see him make a pass&rdquo;. Rossi and the smartphone  Simoncelli also criticises Riccardo Rossi: &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a guy with the right numbers, he knows that the bike needs to be modified to improve it. He understands, and the same can&rsquo;t be said of all riders, but he needs to be able to focus already on Friday. This is the lifestyle of youngsters today, always on their phones, their life clouded by social media, and this has me thinking that he&rsquo;s distracted and not on the ball. Grana (his crew chief) and I are considering confiscating it over the race weekend&rdquo;. Rossi failed to score points at Le Mans due to a crash: &ldquo;He needs to get back in the race even more aggressive than before, you can&rsquo;t close the throttle and make a cautious start. A crash can&rsquo;t define your entire day&rdquo;, remarks Simoncelli. Fellon and Rossi are in for a tough time in the run up to Mugello, where they will both be tasked with making up for their recent lacklustre performances. Translated by Heather Watson What&rsquo;s it like to ride a MotoGP that&rsquo;s missing a wing? Brad Binder reveals all       

The Sic58 Squadra Corse team boss is quick to criticise his riders after a disappointing Le Mans round

Moto3, Simoncelli tough on Fellon: “He tries to justify his inability”

        The Emilia-Romagna race weekend was a very emotional one, from Fabio Quartararo&rsquo;s world title win to Valentino Rossi&rsquo;s final Italian race, and the lap of honour in memory of Fausto Gresini. A number of events that took place over a weekend in which the championship also stopped to mark the tenth anniversary of Marco Simoncelli&rsquo;s passing. A commemoration that came to a head on Saturday 23 October, exactly ten years after the incident at Sepang, when an oak tree was planted at the Quercia turn in memory of Marco. A touching weekend  &ldquo;This weekend brought some special moments &ndash; the ceremony during which we planted &lsquo;Sic&rsquo;s oak&rsquo; was very intimate&rdquo;, comments Simoncelli, "It was incredible how, on what was a gloomy day, a ray of light shone through, making for a magical rainbow. It was beautiful&rdquo;. And that wasn&rsquo;t the only commemorative event: &ldquo;At dusk in Coriano, the 58 second flame departed from the monument that Lino Dainese gifted us. I appreciated the respectful, almost surreal silence. It was a very touching moment, very moving for me and his mum&rdquo;. Moments that attracted the attention of fans around the world, proof of the affection fans still have for SuperSic. &ldquo;My whole team took part and I thank them for being there, just as I thank the whole world, simply for being there. I say the whole world, yes, because I heard French, Spanish, German people&hellip; I know that those who couldn&rsquo;t be there marked the anniversary by watching the news or on social media and even if I don&rsquo;t know you, I simply say thank-you&rdquo; concludes Paolo. Translated by Heather Watson MotoGP 2022, Quartararo will not use the 1: &ldquo;20 my only number&rdquo;       

The father of the unforgettable Marco Simoncelli tells of the emotions of Misano as he remembers his son, who passed in 2011 &nbsp;

MotoGP, Paolo Simoncelli: “The whole world was with us to remember Marco”

As usual, Paolo Simoncelli is not holding back. In his regular blog, the owner of Team Sic58 Squadra Corse speaks out against the decision taken by Race Direction at the recent Portuguese GP,&nbsp; which saw his team fined for having waited before sending its riders out during the final minutes of qualifying.  &quot;There&rsquo;s a lot I could say, but today I bring this to your attention, the latest invention by Race Direction, which is still headed up by my friend Freddie Spencer&quot;, begins Simoncelli.  &nbsp;&quot;Punish the riders, not the teams&quot;  &quot;They decided to give a 1000 &euro; fine to me and other teams, because in their opinion we sent our riders out on track, all together and on purpose, three minutes from the end of qualifying, in order to create a blockage, the same we see at the start when everyone sets out together. And although I too do not agree with the show being put on for people at home, with riders waiting for the stronger guys in order to use the slipstream to set a time, to date there is no regulation stating when one can and cannot exit. In any case, it&rsquo;s the riders who should be punished, and not the team. At such a difficult time, when we&rsquo;re spending 60/70,000&euro; on covid testing between the CEV and the world championship (another issue up for debate) you also add the unfair Race Direction rules&hellip;.&quot;  &quot;They always show willing when you go to their offices, they listen to suggestions and give the impression they agree with you but then in the end, they do as everyone does and as soon as your back&rsquo;s turned, they do as they want. They are the most talked about trio in the paddock thanks to their decisions, and all they are doing each time is confirming our suspensions as to their senseless choices&quot;, continues Simoncelli.  &quot;And although they later realise they&rsquo;ve made a mistake, they never back down, in fact they continue along their path, undaunted. Fantastic!&quot;.  Paolo Simoncelli suggests a possible solution for the future. &quot;The only rule that might prevent blockages, in my opinion, is to have riders heading out five seconds apart from each other, or have the much-hated superpole format. I&rsquo;ve said too much already, but it&rsquo;s an absurd situation that is getting on my already fragile nerves&quot;.  Frank and direct, as ever.  Translated by Heather Watson  MotoGP, Aprilia a growing star: how long before the first podium?   &nbsp;   &nbsp; 

The boss of team Sic58 Squadre Corse has reacted strongly after receiving a fine at the end of qualifying at Portim&atilde;o

Moto3: Paolo Simoncelli goes after Race Direction

        As far as Paolo Simoncelli is concerned, the 2020 season was not up to scratch for team SIC58 Squadra Corse. He himself says so, relieved that &ldquo;this complicated year is finally over&rdquo;. In effect, the team&rsquo;s best rider, Tatsuki Suzuki, concluded twelfth, having scored one win and a third-place finish, but that was about it, not least because he sustained an injury in the final stages. And it wasn&rsquo;t a positive year for Niccol&ograve; Antonelli either, nineteenth overall and having come close to the podium just once, in the Czech Republic. There were injuries for him too but, at the end of the day, the points tally for team SIC58 was pretty meagre. &ldquo;I would have bet on us&hellip;&rdquo;  &ldquo;We just have to be grateful despite it all, because this huge circus that is the world championship was able to go ahead and we must thank Dorna for managing it all and seeing it through&rdquo;, states Simoncelli. &ldquo;But let&rsquo;s be honest, it&rsquo;s been tiring in this situation: two (Covid) tests a week, travelling on certain days and taking maybe ten hours to get to Spain (because there were less flights), being stuck in the hotel in self-isolation for three days between one race and another. But also in terms of our results. All of our ambitious plans went up in smoke and we didn&rsquo;t achieve any of what we set out to do, while, at first, I would have bet on us. If I think about it, it makes me angry and, psychologically, the situation has been pretty stressful. &ldquo;After an enthusiastic start, with three poles in a row for Tatsuki, that was it, then at Misano there was the fractured wrist and by the time we got to Portimao he&rsquo;d had three crashes in a row (not all his fault). &ldquo;With Niccol&ograve; it went the opposite way, so he wasn&rsquo;t in shape at the start but then finished the season with his best results. But it wasn&rsquo;t what we expected with either rider. Our performance was not up to par&rdquo;, concludes Simoncelli, hard on both himself and the team. Tests postponed  With morale so low, Paolo Simoncelli didn&rsquo;t even want to take part in the Jerez test. &ldquo;After Portimao we should have gone to Jerez to test and get to know our new rider Fellon, but after Sunday&rsquo;s race I just wanted to put an end the season, unplug and head home. &ldquo;I want to congratulate Tony Arbolino who grew with us from 2014 when he was just 1 metre tall and then debuted with us in the 2017 world championship. I&rsquo;m happy for him. I always called him the &lsquo;bike artist&rsquo;, I always knew he had promise. &ldquo;Another former rider of ours, Yari Montella, will move to Moto2 in 2021, this makes me proud of the work we&rsquo;re doing with these young guys&rdquo;, comments Marco&rsquo;s dad. Thinking ahead to 2021  The unpredictable show that is the world championship is over for another season. "We&rsquo;re already working on next year, the 2021 calendar has just come out, provisional of course, in the hope we can get back to normal. Our old and simple normal, with the chaotic paddock, enlivened after a year of emptiness, hospitality units packed and the stands full of people and noise. "Do we still dream? Of course! During this tough 2020, dreaming is the only thing they can&rsquo;t take from us&rdquo;, concludes Paolo Simoncelli. Translated by Heather Watson Moto2, &ldquo;Beastly&rdquo; Bastianini's championship season       

&ldquo;We didn't achieve any of what we set out to do, while I would have bet on us at the start&rdquo;, comments Marco's dad

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