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an eight-year-old pilot dies in training

BarcelonaTragic week in the motor world. This Friday, the death of Mathis Bellon, a young eight-year-old driver, was confirmed after he suffered a serious accident on July 22 while training at the Ala Karting circuit, a few kilometers from the Italian city of Trento. Bellon had a mild fall during practice, but when he was on the ground another rider ran over him. Although he was taken to the hospital immediately after the accident, the doctors could not do anything to save his life. This loss again hits a motoring world that just under ten days ago already lost eleven-year-old rider Millar Buchanan during motocross training at a circuit in the United Kingdom. Motorcycling has been totally shocked by the news. In fact, the current MotoGP world champion, Fabio Quartararo, Bellon’s compatriot, has been one of the first to express his condolences to the young rider’s family.

Last year was a very tough year for motorcycling. Jason Dupasquier, Moto3 rider, was the first victim of that season in the World Cup. The 19-year-old Swiss rider lost control of the bike when he was doing the last fast lap of practice at the Mugello circuit. In a very unfortunate move, Japan’s Ayumu Sasaki (KTM) rammed him when he was on the ground. Although the doctors did not give more details at the time of the accident, this accidental blow to the helmet area is interpreted as the cause of the young pilot’s tragic outcome. A few months later, another promise of motorcycling, Hugo Millan, died at the age of 14 after a serious accident while competing in the European Talent Cup, one of the categories included in the FIM-CEV Repsol. As in the cases of Dupasquier and Milla, the cousin of Maverick Viñales and the promise of the two-wheeled sport Dean Berta Viñales lost his life in an accident in the motorcycling test of the Supersport 300 championship, which was held in Jerez, when another pilot could not avoid him and ended up running into him and causing his death.

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