Marco Simoncelli, nicknamed Sic, was an Italian professional motorcycle racer, born on 20 January 1987 in Cattolica and raised in Coriano. He began racing minibikes at the age of seven, won the Italian Minimoto Championship in 1999 and 2000, took the Italian 125cc title in 2001 and the European 125cc Championship in 2002. He made his Grand Prix debut in 2002 with Matteoni Racing, adopted the number 58, moved up to the 250cc class in 2006 and won the 2008 250cc World Championship with Gilera. He entered the MotoGP class in 2010 with the Honda Gresini Team and died in an accident at the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang on 23 October 2011.
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competed in the MotoGP World Championship from 2002 to 2011
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