Motorbiker Louis O’Regan has tragically handed away after he crashed whereas making an attempt to qualify for a famed race within the Isle of Man.
Manx Grand Prix organizers mentioned in a press release on Monday morning that O’Regan was driving his MV Agusta F3 on Sunday within the race’s qualifying spherical when he wrecked.
It’s with nice unhappiness that we will verify the lack of Louis O’Regan following an incident in at this time’s qualifying session.
We lengthen our heartfelt condolences to Louis’s companion, his household, family members, and pals. pic.twitter.com/2BEtvQ52vG
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Additional particulars surrounding the incident weren’t made instantly out there.
“We lengthen our heartfelt condolences to Louis’s companion Sarah, his household, family members, and pals,” the Manx Grand Prix mentioned.
O’Regan was simply 43 years previous.
O’Regan made his debut in racing in 2013 on the Newcomers A Race the place he positioned twelfth. His recorded finest lap pace was from the 2019 Junior Race, the place he logged a median pace of 114.7 MPH.
Sadly, this is not the primary time a driver has misplaced his life throughout the Manx Grand Prix. Gary Vines died in final yr’s occasion after crashing within the first spherical. He was simply 33.
Ian Banbridge, 69, died in 2023 after crashing into backyard wall throughout the race in 2023.
