Luis Salom

Luis Jaime Salom Horrach was a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, born on 7 August 1991 and died on 3 June 2016. He raced in the Moto3 class, where he won nine races and finished second in 2012 and third in 2013, and from 2014 in Moto2, where he finished 41 races with three podiums, including second place at the 2016 Qatar season opener. He died after a high-speed accident in practice at the Circuit de Catalunya, his home event, when his bike and the wall made contact. At the time he was tenth in the 2016 Moto2 standings.