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RACING DRIVER

Marco Simoncelli

1987 - 2011

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Marco Simoncelli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko simonˈtʃɛlli]; 20 January 1987 – 23 October 2011), nicknamed Sic (Italian: [ˈsitʃ]), was an Italian professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the MotoGP World Championship for 10 years from 2002 to 2011. He started in the 125cc class before moving up to the 250cc class in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marco Simoncelli has received more than 1,461,272 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Marco Simoncelli is the 326th most popular racing driver (down from 310th in 2019), the 3,271st most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,015th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Italian Racing Driver.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Marco Simoncelli ranks 326 out of 888Before him are Alex Ribeiro, Mike Spence, Eugène Chaboud, Teo Fabi, Michael Andretti, and Lance Macklin. After him are Guy Mairesse, Dieter Quester, Johnny Claes, Brian Redman, Timo Glock, and Pablo Birger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1987, Marco Simoncelli ranks 53Before him are Gervinho, Luiz Adriano, Evan Peters, Salvatore Sirigu, Iago Aspas, and Davide Astori. After him are José Callejón, , Alex Song, Nicole Aniston, Evan Rachel Wood, and Jérémy Ménez. Among people deceased in 2011, Marco Simoncelli ranks 259Before him are Nusrat Bhutto, Andrej Bajuk, John Shalikashvili, Vittorio De Seta, Peter Post, and Kenneth Mars. After him are Abderrahmane Mahjoub, Max van der Stoel, Bob Benny, Gil Scott-Heron, Dana Wynter, and Mikhail Simonov.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marco Simoncelli ranks 3,271 out of 4,668Before him are Vittorio De Seta (1923), Davide Astori (1987), Daniele Gatti (1961), Tullio Regge (1931), Luigi Di Biagio (1971), and Enzo Sacchi (1926). After him are Attilio Nicora (1937), Dario Marianelli (1963), Nanni Loy (1925), Giuseppe Vitali (1875), Francesco Moraglia (1953), and Giovanni Battaglin (1951).

Among RACING DRIVERS In Italy

Among racing drivers born in Italy, Marco Simoncelli ranks 56Before him are Piero Carini (1921), Gabriele Tarquini (1962), Consalvo Sanesi (1911), Carlo Maria Abate (1932), Franco Rol (1908), and Teo Fabi (1955). After him are Piercarlo Ghinzani (1952), Fabrizio Meoni (1957), Ettore Chimeri (1921), Mauro Baldi (1954), Miki Biasion (1958), and Paolo Barilla (1961).