14 Facts About Shoya Tomizawa

Shoya Tomizawa died after sustaining cranial, thoracic and abdominal trauma at the San Marino Grand Prix.

Shoya Tomizawa started pocket bike racing at age 3 in 1994, and moved on to minibikes around 2001.

Shoya Tomizawa appeared on both 125cc and 250cc class in the following year, finishing 3rd in the 125, and 8th in the 250 for 2007 season.

Shoya Tomizawa moved to the new Moto2 class, which replaced 250cc, for 2010.

Shoya Tomizawa took a further pole position at Brno later in the season.

Shoya Tomizawa was competing in the eleventh round of the inaugural Moto2 World Championship, the San Marino Grand Prix at the Misano World Circuit on 5 September 2010.

On lap 12, holding 4th place, Shoya Tomizawa fell at the Curvone, a fast right-hand corner, when he was forced wide and lost grip in his rear tire.

Shoya Tomizawa was then struck by the motorbikes of Scott Redding and Alex de Angelis, and suffered cranial, thoracic and abdominal trauma.

Shoya Tomizawa was initially taken to the circuit's medical centre, before being transferred to hospital in Riccione.

Shoya Tomizawa died from his injuries at 14:20 local time in hospital, aged 19.

Shoya Tomizawa's death was announced at the end of the MotoGP race.

Shoya Tomizawa was the first on-track fatality at Grand Prix level since his countryman Daijiro Kato was killed in the senior class at Suzuka in 2003.

Shoya Tomizawa had placed Kato's racing number 74 on his left shoulder as a tribute to him.

Alex Hofmann originally reported on German TV that neither Shoya Tomizawa nor Redding had suffered life-threatening injuries; he had apparently received this information from Dorna themselves.