7 Facts About Marco Simoncelli and His Girlfriend Kate Fretti

Marco Simoncelli is a world famous, professional motorcyclist and racer. Sadly, Simoncelli lost his life prematurely in 2011. After he lost his life racing at Sepang International Circuit, in Malaysia. To discover a few facts about Simoncelli’s short lived yet exciting career as a racer as well as the life of his girlfriend Kate Fretti, the Fidanzata di Simonelli Oggi, simply continue reading.

1. At the time of his death Marco and Kate were engaged to be married:

Marco’s tragic premature death devastated his long time girlfriend and fiancée Kate Fretti. As the couple planned to tie the knot and exchange their wedding vows, within a year of Marco’s unexpected death.

2. Kate supported Marco at all of his international races:

Kate was a familiar face at all of Marco’s international races and was often pictured with Marco’s pit crew during important international races. One of the reasons why Marco was so in love with Kate is that she truely understood and supported his passion for motorcycle racing.

3. Kate was photographed in racing gear sitting on the back of Marco’s racing bike:

Kate was even photographed wearing matching racing gear with Marco and sitting on the back of his racing bikes. Which showed that Kate definitely shared Marco’s passion for racing.

4 .Kate witnessed Marco’s tragic high speed death:

Kate was in attendance at Sepang International Circuit, in Malaysia, when Marco crashed and lost his life. While Kate was understandably distraught that the love of her life died in-front of her eyes, she did not regret dating a racer. In fact, in the months following her finances death Kate told Italian journalists that as Marco died pursuing one of his passions in life, that she did not blame Marco for choosing to pursue such a dangerous, high speed sport.

5 .Following Marco’s death Kate was involved in her own accident:

Shortly after the death of the love of her life, Kate was involved in an unfortunate scooter accident and was injured as a result of her crash. However, thankfully Kate was not seriously injured and quickly made a full recovery.

6. Kate is now as influencer and model:

Kate has found her niche and has a successful career as an Instagram influencer and model. To date Kate has 13.6 thousand Instagram viewers, most of whom are Italian. From time to time Kate still posts about Marco and motorcycle racing, showing that her love for her former fiancé and his sport has not died and that Kate is still interested in professional motorcycle racing.

7. Kate is known for her exotic looks:

Kate is biracial and has an Italian parent and an African parent and has built a successful modelling career due to her exotic looks. As well as her connection to her former fiancé Marco. While Marco was alive he fully supported Kate in following her dream of pursuing a professional modelling career.

So if you’re a fan of Marco Simoncelli, hopefully you now feel up to date on the fate of his fiancé Kate Fretti. Who never got to exchange her marriage vows with her long time partner.