You may remember San Carlos initiative called ‘Super Message Sic’ where Italian fans could send a SMS message at a cost of 2 euros and dedicate a personal message to the late rider and help support the Marco Simoncelli Foundation, and many of the messages were then seen on the livery of Alvaro Bautista’s San Carlo Honda during the final race of the season at Valencia.
Part of the fairings were later auctioned on e-Bay and raised 2.
520, while the SMS messages were 2935 for a total of 5.
870 euros and San Carlo – the snack food manufacturer generously donated another 100,000 euros to the Foundation.
Besides the 105.
870 euro check that will go the Foundation to sustain its numerous projects, they also donated to the Marco Simoncelli musuem in Coriano, the ‘wall’ that fans signed during this year’s Dedikato event at Misano and also one of the special SMS fairings.
“Marco, one of us” – said Alberto Vitaloni, president of San Carlo – “was a suggestion by one of our collaborators, because Marco in the two years he was with team, literally burst into our family and anyone who knew him appreciated his joy, passion and his uncontrollable desire to win.
This allowed us to keep his memory alive and to remain close to his family, supporting projects that are being carried out by the Foundation in his name.
”Does this really seem that Simoncelli has been forgotten?