Originally it was announced French passenger Olivier Lavorel had been killed in a crash with team-mate Cesar Chanal having been taken to hospital - but a new statement was issued clarifying that it was Chanal who died
The statement says a"thorough review of the processes relating to the identification of competitors will take place in due course".Organisers of the Isle of Man TT have confirmed they wrongly identified a competitor following a fatal accident at the weekend.
Originally on Saturday, it was announced French passenger Olivier Lavorel had been killed in a crash during a sidecar race with team-mate Cesar Chanal having been taken to hospital.Lavorel remains in a critical condition in hospital in Liverpool and the families of both competitors have been informed.
The races around the island off the northwest coast of England have been run since 1907 and rank among the most dangerous in motorsport, with 259 fatalities in various events to date.The annual motorcycle racing event returned for the first time since the COVID pandemic, but has been marred by the death of three competitors during this year's festival.
The statement said on Saturday during the opening lap of the first Sidecar Race of the 2022 Isle of Man TT Races, an accident at Ago's Leap involving outfit number 21 of Chanal and Lavorel resulted in the death of one of the competitors.