Sérgio Dos Santos Fatal Crash @ Interlagos 2017
- 6 months ago
Sérgio Dos Santos, 48, died at São Paulo hospital after crashing on the Interlagos racetrack. The accident occurred on Sunday, 23 July 2017, during the fourth of eight rounds of the Brazilian Superbike Championship.
The penultimate event of the meeting was the 12-lap Categoria SuperBike Escola race. Sérgio dos Santos had set the ninth qualifyng time, riding his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R #48. With only four laps to go, on the approach to the Curva do Sol, he lost control of his bike which crossed diagonally the run-off area and crashed at high speed into the tyre barrier, landing on top of him.
The injured rider was treated at the medical center of the circuit and was still conscious while being transferred to the Hospital São Luiz, in Morumbi, a district of the city of São Paulo. Sadly he died during surgery.
Immediately after the accident, the direction stopped the race with a red-flag and the final classification was taken from the seventh lap. At the time of the crash, Sérgio dos Santos was running in fourth position, which ended up being his final place. Rodrigo Tamani was the winner of the race.
R.I.P
The penultimate event of the meeting was the 12-lap Categoria SuperBike Escola race. Sérgio dos Santos had set the ninth qualifyng time, riding his Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R #48. With only four laps to go, on the approach to the Curva do Sol, he lost control of his bike which crossed diagonally the run-off area and crashed at high speed into the tyre barrier, landing on top of him.
The injured rider was treated at the medical center of the circuit and was still conscious while being transferred to the Hospital São Luiz, in Morumbi, a district of the city of São Paulo. Sadly he died during surgery.
Immediately after the accident, the direction stopped the race with a red-flag and the final classification was taken from the seventh lap. At the time of the crash, Sérgio dos Santos was running in fourth position, which ended up being his final place. Rodrigo Tamani was the winner of the race.
R.I.P