RATIONALITY HAS NO PLACE

Mark Purslow was 29 years old and competing in his second TT. Yet another unknown soldier of a discipline that only garners attention when tragedy strikes.

As mentioned, just one more rider who lost his life on the Isle of Man, but the first in history to do so in the digital era, during the event’s inaugural full live-streamed edition.

What changes? Nothing.

But it’s a sign of changing times—yet another fracture between the real world and a world that refuses to compromise with the present, clinging instead to passion, dancing with risk, and living a lifestyle we, as “rational” motorsport professionals, can never fully align ourselves with.

Flirting with the extreme is a choice. Right or wrong? It’s not for us to decide—nor for those who remember the existence of this world only when they need a few extra clicks on their so-called “news site.”

Racing, winning, and dying at the TT are symbols of irrationality. That irrationality, even if now just a diluted version on the circuits we're used to, remains the very root of motorsport in all its forms. It’s the slap in the face of logical, linear thinking—a double-edged sword bigger than us, one that must always be handled with care and respected.

© Simone Marchetti