9-year-old Argentine driver dies after accident at the Interlagos Racetrack

The nine-year-old Argentine driver, Lorenzo Somaschini, died on Monday night (17), after suffering an accident at the Interlagos Circuit during free practice last week.

According to SuperBike Brasil, Lorenzo was admitted to the Albert Einstein Hospital, in the south of São Paulo, since the early hours of Saturday (15) in serious condition. The death occurred at around 7:43 pm this Monday.

“Everyone on the SuperBike Brasil team is appalled by the event and expresses sincere condolences to all of Lorenzo’s family and friends”, lamented SuperBike in a note of condolence on social media.

The accident

During the first free practice session of the Jr Cup, in the 4th stage of SuperBike Brasil, last Friday (14), the rider suffered a fall at the Interlagos Circuit. As soon as the accident happened, Lorenzo was treated by the local teams and taken to the emergency room.

After the Argentine’s clinical condition was stabilized by the medical teams, he was taken by a mobile ICU to the General Hospital of Pedreira, where he remained until the early hours of Saturday, when he was transferred to the Albert Einstein Hospital.

The event organizers stated that they have been providing full assistance to Lorenzo’s family since the accident.

See SSP note

“The Civil Police are investigating the death of a 9-year-old child after an accident that occurred on Friday morning (14), at the Interlagos racetrack, in São Paulo. According to the police report, the victim was training for an event when he had an accident.

She was rescued, but did not survive her injuries. The case was registered as a suspicious death and will be investigated by the 48th DP (Cidade Dutra).”

(*Under supervision of Bruno Laforé)