Hiroshi Yamada's [Bike and lace talking with tires] vol.60 "The only sad you in GP life ... Mourning Yoshiya Tomizawa"

Hiroshi Yamada, who was in charge of Bridgestone in MotoGP (Road Race World Championship) in MotoGP (Road Race World Championship), and retired in Bridgestone in July 2019, looked back on that time.In 2010, MotoGP is a sad event of the death of Yoshiya Tomizawa, who was participating in his Moto2 on the 13th San Marino GP.Mr. Yamada had many interactions with Tomizawa.

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It was really a "good guy"

The most unforgettable event in MotoGP in 2010 was that Yoshiya Tomizawa, who was participating in Moto2, died in the final race of the Moto2 in the 12th round of the San Marino GP held at Misano Circuit, Italy.。While the MotoGP class has become one makeup in Bridgestone since 2009, Moto2 had no direct relationship between riders and tire manufacturers, because Dunlop was an official supplier, but the world is set.There were many contacts because they were the same Japanese fighting in.

I was present several times in an interview with a magazine and had a meal together.It was a "good guy", so it was just the same age, so if I said, "How about my daughter?""Is it?"When he said, "If you become a champion, I'll take you to Ginza for a drink."。So, at the end of December, I promised to have a celebration party as a year -end party, but that didn't come true.

Speaking of which, I heard from my parents that he loved ramen before, and in July I brought one cup ramen from Japan ... Since then, every time I meet, I've been saying, "It was delicious!" The day before the accident, I met after the qualifying and asked, "How are you doing?" In addition to winning Moto2 in the first opening game of Moto2, Tomizawa liked the bright and open personality, and became loved by foreign press in a short time. Therefore, after the final race, the press room was really a sinking mood. After the accident, Dormero Esperator, chairman of Dormo Sports, who operates MotoGP, gained information that he was not conscious and dangerous, but I thought it was "no way."

When the MotoGP race started and was watching the race on the pit lane, the Spanish TV commentator said, "It was no good ...".I turned my head pure white, and after that I was looking at the monitor with my eyes, but no information came in.In this year, after the race, I was interviewing for Nippon Television G+, but at this time I refused because I couldn't talk in front of the camera.Even now, I'm just sorry.

The next match of the San Marino GP was initially scheduled in Hungary, but the circuit was not in time, and it was held as an alternative Aragon GP at the Spanish Aragon Circuit as a replacement.There was a memorial event for Tomizawa, and I was surprised that King Spain attended the ceremony.The former king was known as a motor sports fan, but it is unlikely that the European king will attend a Japanese rider's memorial event.At this memorial event, a considerable number of people, such as riders and stakeholders, gathered on the home straight, and during the silent prayer, the nation was played.When you listen to your generation on the GP, you are always impressed by tears, but at that time, sad tears flowed from the bottom of your heart.

Is Aragon like Mars?

By the way, I wonder if it will continue to talk too much, so let's show some memories other than Tomizawa about the San Marino GP and Aragon GP. First of all, the San Marino GP, but I first went to Misano Circuit in 1991. In fact, at this time, I searched around the circuit and got lost. I thought that if I went to San Marino from the name of the tournament, I would know the location immediately. For a circuit where GP is held in Europe, there are big signboards everywhere ... However, I couldn't find it easily when I went to San Marino, and when I came to a local person, I was told that "Misano has a circuit" and I remember the bitterness that turned blue. By the way, the Republic of San Marino is a mini nation surrounded by Italy, and is the oldest in the world. The Misano Circuit is a distance of several tens of km. At that time, the Internet was not yet widespread, and of course there were no smartphones and google maps. Nevertheless, I went without a preliminary survey, so I decided to look for a circuit in a completely different place.

On the other hand, the Aragon GP held a GP for the first time in 2010. Because the circuit was just completed in September of the previous year. Of course, Bridgestone was the first course to race, so I got a course diagram in advance, dispatched an engineer for inspection and checked the course. Since the official pre -test was not set, many GP riders seemed to go to practice by commercial vehicles. I didn't go to pre -inspection, so when I asked other staff for a lot of information, I was told a joke that I couldn't understand, saying, "Aragon was like Mars!" I visited the race week and was convinced of the remarks. The circuit is surrounded by reddish mountains, and the area around the suburbs is like a desert area. I was really surprised that there was such a place in Spain. In addition, I stayed at a small hotel about 50 km away, but there was no traffic light on the way. I was wondering why the circuit was built in such a place, but it was said that Aragon was built with a loan from the euro to revitalize the region.

The Ducati Works Team Case Stener player won the first Aragon GP for the first time.Honda Works Team Dani Pedrosa was second.Nicky Hayden of the Ducati Works team overturned the last lap, overtaking Jorge Lorenzo of the Yamahawks team, ranked third.I was on the stage on the first podium of the season.Lorenzo missed the podium, but still kept a 56 -point ranking from the second Pedrosa.The remaining battles were in five races, and the ranking 3rd Stoner was 129 points away, so the champion battle was almost narrowed down to Lorenso and Pedrosa.

In the 2020 Opening Cathal GP, Tetsuta Nagashima, the best friend of Shoya Tomizawa, won the Qatar GP / Moto2 class for the first time in 10 years.For Tetsuta Nagashima, the first podium won the first podium [expanded with a photo tap]

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