Pictures: Marco Simoncelli dies in race crash
Italian rider Marco Simoncelli has died after a crash at the Malaysian MotoGP aged just 24-years-old
JULY 2008: Italy's Marco Simoncelli smiles on the winner's podium after he won the 250 cc class race of the Motorcycle Grand Prix of Germany
SEPTEMBER 2008: Simoncelli celebrates his race victory of the MotoGP World Championship Grand Prix in Japan
JUNE 2011: Marco Simoncelli in the pits before a race in Montmelo, Spain
JULY 2011: Marco Simoncelli waves at the end of the MotoGP qualification practice of the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello track
OCTOBER 2011: Marco Simoncelli of Team San Carlo Honda Gresini on the podium after finishing second in the Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island
OCTOBER 2011: Marco Simoncelli was leading the field during the MotoGP race in Malaysia before his fatal crash
