Marcos Mocelin's Fatal Crash @ Autódromo Internacional Zilmar Beux 2016
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The Autódromo Cidade de Cascavel - officially named Autódromo Internacional Zilmar Beux - located near the town of Cascavel in the State of Paraná, southern Brazil, hosted the opening round of the 2016 Campeonato Metropolitano de Cascavel, organized by the Federação Paranaense de Automobilismo (FPrA), in the last weekend of February of that year. 14 cars were entered in the Turismo 1600 class race, and 29 in the subsequent "Categoria Marcas e Pilotos" event. Two drivers of the latter were involved in a huge accident that proved to be fatal for one of them.
Brazilian racing driver Marcos Mocelin, 24-year-old of Cascavel, was seriously injured on Sunday, 28 February 2016, when his red Volkswagen Gol #16 entered by Equipe Ribecar, collided with César Augusto Chimin's Renault Clio. Mocelin was trying to overtake Chimin's car on the approach to the Sete turn into the main straight. Both cars left the track, crossed at high speed the run-off area and crashed hard into the wall of an embankment.
The race was immediately stopped and the remainder of the day's racing events were canceled. Mocelin was transported in critical condition to the Hospital Doutor Lima in Cascavel, where he succumbed to his injuries two weeks later, on Sunday, 13 March 2016 night; cause of death was from a brain concussion, hemorrhages and severe chest injuries. César Chimin, 48, suffered cerebral edema, lung injury and rib fractures in the accident.
Marcos Felipe Mocelin was survived by his sister, Camila, who was at the track with him; his wife, Anne (née Winiarski) and their eight-month-old daughter. Burial was at Ceméterio Jardim de Saudades in his hometown Cascavel.
Just one week after Mocelin's death, a second Brazilian racing driver, Rommel Toscan lost his life as a result of a very similar accident at Tarumã on 20 March 2016.
R.I.P
Brazilian racing driver Marcos Mocelin, 24-year-old of Cascavel, was seriously injured on Sunday, 28 February 2016, when his red Volkswagen Gol #16 entered by Equipe Ribecar, collided with César Augusto Chimin's Renault Clio. Mocelin was trying to overtake Chimin's car on the approach to the Sete turn into the main straight. Both cars left the track, crossed at high speed the run-off area and crashed hard into the wall of an embankment.
The race was immediately stopped and the remainder of the day's racing events were canceled. Mocelin was transported in critical condition to the Hospital Doutor Lima in Cascavel, where he succumbed to his injuries two weeks later, on Sunday, 13 March 2016 night; cause of death was from a brain concussion, hemorrhages and severe chest injuries. César Chimin, 48, suffered cerebral edema, lung injury and rib fractures in the accident.
Marcos Felipe Mocelin was survived by his sister, Camila, who was at the track with him; his wife, Anne (née Winiarski) and their eight-month-old daughter. Burial was at Ceméterio Jardim de Saudades in his hometown Cascavel.
Just one week after Mocelin's death, a second Brazilian racing driver, Rommel Toscan lost his life as a result of a very similar accident at Tarumã on 20 March 2016.
R.I.P