Cristiano Ferreira's Fatal Crash @ Interlagos 2013
- 6 months ago
Born in Porto Alegre, in the southernmost state of Brazil, Cristiano Ferreira began to race motorcycles professionally in 2012. The following year he rode the number 84 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R for Equipe Carlos Barcelos in the GP Light class of the Moto 1000 GP championship. Spearheaded by former riders Alex Barros ~ a world championship grand prix winner - and Gilson Scudeler - a seven time national champion -, Moto 1000 GP is Brazil's prime motorcycle racing series. The championship has five classes - GPR 250, GP 600, GP Light, GP Master and GP 1000.
On Sunday, 23 June 2013, Ferreira was one of the nine riders of the Barcelos team participating in the third round of that year's Moto 1000 GP championship, an event held in Interlagos, in São Paulo. The GP Light and GP Master competitors were grouped in a single race, with 48 riders taking the start; Ferreira started it from the 29th position of the departing grid. On the third lap of that race Ferreira's Kawasaki slid on the second leg of Senna's S, one of the slowest parts of the circuit, and he fell from it, being then hit in the neck and run over by another motorcycle.
Ferreira was quickly reached by the medical team led by Dr. Marcos Kourikian, that diagnosed a serious traumas to his skull and chest. The rider was found to be in cardiac arrest suffering a serious hemorrhage, so he received cardio-respiratory resuscitation and was intubated atill at the place of the accident. Dr. Kourkorian also deployed a cervical collar and, given Ferreira's critical condition, handed him for transportation to Hospital Geral de Pedreira, in the neighborhood of the same name. Meanwhile the race was restarted from its very beginning, with the two laps until then completed declared void.
On the way to the hospital Cristiano Ferreira suffered another cardiac arrest, was was reanimated by Dr. Ricardo Duprat. Ferreira was treated at the emergency wing of the Pedreira hospital, where he had a third cardiac arrest and, in spite of the best efforts of the clinic's medical team, passed away at 15h07 that same day. Moto 1000 GP organizers declared a three-day morning on his memory. News of Ferreira's death reached back to Interlagos as the programme was coming to a close, and in sign of respect all podium ceremonies were cancelled.
R.I.P
On Sunday, 23 June 2013, Ferreira was one of the nine riders of the Barcelos team participating in the third round of that year's Moto 1000 GP championship, an event held in Interlagos, in São Paulo. The GP Light and GP Master competitors were grouped in a single race, with 48 riders taking the start; Ferreira started it from the 29th position of the departing grid. On the third lap of that race Ferreira's Kawasaki slid on the second leg of Senna's S, one of the slowest parts of the circuit, and he fell from it, being then hit in the neck and run over by another motorcycle.
Ferreira was quickly reached by the medical team led by Dr. Marcos Kourikian, that diagnosed a serious traumas to his skull and chest. The rider was found to be in cardiac arrest suffering a serious hemorrhage, so he received cardio-respiratory resuscitation and was intubated atill at the place of the accident. Dr. Kourkorian also deployed a cervical collar and, given Ferreira's critical condition, handed him for transportation to Hospital Geral de Pedreira, in the neighborhood of the same name. Meanwhile the race was restarted from its very beginning, with the two laps until then completed declared void.
On the way to the hospital Cristiano Ferreira suffered another cardiac arrest, was was reanimated by Dr. Ricardo Duprat. Ferreira was treated at the emergency wing of the Pedreira hospital, where he had a third cardiac arrest and, in spite of the best efforts of the clinic's medical team, passed away at 15h07 that same day. Moto 1000 GP organizers declared a three-day morning on his memory. News of Ferreira's death reached back to Interlagos as the programme was coming to a close, and in sign of respect all podium ceremonies were cancelled.
R.I.P