Two-time 125cc Grand Prix World Champion and MotoGP World Championship racing team owner Fausto Gresini has died due to complications from COVID-19, according to media reports coming out of Europe. Gresini, the 1985 and 1987 125cc World Champion, was admitted to a hospital in Italy on December 27, 2020 with symptoms of COVID-19. Gresini’s condition […]

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Sad news in MotoGP.

RIP Champion.

EDIT - Links above broken. Apparent due to fake news?

https://www.speedcafe.com/2021/02/23/gresini-racing-quashes-rumours-of-death-of-team-owner/
https://www.gpone.com/en/2021/02/22/motogp/lorenzo-gresini-denies-news-of-the-death-of-his-father-fausto-today-is-not-his-day

Looks like they were premature. Hopefully it turns out that they are entirely wrong and he manages to recover.

Sadly, but probably not unexpectedly, it looks like Fausto Gresini has passed away.

https://www.gpone.com/en/2021/02/23/motogp/fausto-gresini-is-dead-after-two-months-battling-he-passed-away.html

https://motomatters.com/press_release/2021/02/24/press_release_tributes_to_fausto_gresini.html

https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/motorcycles/motogp/fausto-gresini-1961-2021

https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2021/02/23/fausto-gresini-s-incredible-grand-prix-career-remembered/361740