Italy in mourning as tragic Simoncelli's body is flown back home for funeral (18 PHOTOS)

Devastated: Marco Simoncelli's father Paolo (left) is embraced
by Italian Olympic president Giovanni Petrucci

The body of MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli has arrived back in Italy following Sunday's fatal accident in the Malaysian Grand Prix.


Simoncelli's father Paolo and fellow rider Valentino Rossi were aboard the flight that arrived at Rome's Leonardo Da Vinci airport on Tuesday.

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