More than 1000 crashes in the 2016 MotoGP season

shaunna · Nov 24, 2016

Thought this was quite an interesting article

One MotoGP season ? more than a thousand crashes | Motor Sport Magazine

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shovelhead · Nov 24, 2016

Top 2 wear Shark helmets.
Lots of extra work in the service dept.

Theo · Nov 25, 2016

Bet none of them would be on a bike if they had to pay for it.

AJV80 · Nov 25, 2016

Theo said:
Bet none of them would be on a bike if they had to pay for it.

Free bikes, leathers, helmets etc .... I'm sure that would help anyone try a little harder.

Iamapony · Nov 25, 2016

I am happy to see that everyone has been right about bashing Cal. ;-P

These stats are really misleading. Highsides are almost completely gone from MotoGP because of TC. We are all going to push harder and risk a front end wash out when we are 4 inches off the tarmac and there are acres of run-off. Guys get up and ride off, quite frequently. There is much less damage to riders and bikes than before the electronic aided age.

Gaz · Nov 25, 2016

Iamapony said:
I am happy to see that everyone has been right about bashing Cal. ;-P

These stats are really misleading. Highsides are almost completely gone from MotoGP because of TC. We are all going to push harder and risk a front end wash out when we are 4 inches off the tarmac and there are acres of run-off. Guys get up and ride off, quite frequently. There is much less damage to riders and bikes than before the electronic aided age.

Miller wins though as he had more crashes per race weekend on average (he missed a few races where Cal missed none).

I saw this a few weeks back before the last round and there was said to be a follow-up coming outlining the type of accident (front/rear highside etc as well as at fault etc) but haven't seen the full break down anywhere since so may have been a bs statement

The other aspect would be a wetter season, new tyres and hell breaks loose as they say.

The Burning Barber · Nov 25, 2016

Go Cal. I wonder if when he made his claim that he works harder than everyone else in the paddock that he's actually talking about his mechanics rebuilding his bike?

Arrabbiata1 · Nov 30, 2016

Iamapony said:
Highsides are almost completely gone from MotoGP because of TC.

That's not true at all.

Iamapony · Nov 30, 2016

Arrabbiata1 said:
That's not true at all.

Yes, it is. Now what? Are you going to say "No, it's not"? We could go on like this forever.

Prove to me and everyone else that they aren't rare compared to other accidents in MotoGP, instead of saying nothing but that I am wrong. Thanks for any half-assed effort.

GOAT · Nov 30, 2016

Does anyone have a similar table with riders who DNF on race day?

I wonder if the same names would come up.

For example some riders might have a lot of crashes while finding their limit on practice/qualifying. But finish most of their races. Or some riders do well when riding alone on practice sessions, but choke when under pressure from the other racers on race day.

shaunna · Nov 30, 2016

GOAT said:
Does anyone have a similar table with riders who DNF on race day?

I wonder if the same names would come up.

For example some riders might have a lot of crashes while finding their limit on practice/qualifying. But finish most of their races. Or some riders do well when riding alone on practice sessions, but choke when under pressure from the other racers on race day.

I dont but first thing that comes to mind in Marquez - he was 'crashing' (coming off the bike at least evne though he had some amazing saves too) a few few times throughout the year pushing the limit but then did well in races.Never counted though, just remember watching throughout the year

Gaz · Dec 1, 2016

GOAT said:
Does anyone have a similar table with riders who DNF on race day?

I wonder if the same names would come up.

For example some riders might have a lot of crashes while finding their limit on practice/qualifying. But finish most of their races. Or some riders do well when riding alone on practice sessions, but choke when under pressure from the other racers on race day.

Theoretically you could review the race by race results on the Motogp website and assume that a DNF = a crash as in most cases it would with a few exceptions (Rossi at Mugello as an example was a mechanical DNF)

Arrabbiata1 · Dec 1, 2016

Iamapony said:
Yes, it is. Now what? Are you going to say "No, it's not"? We could go on like this forever.

Prove to me and everyone else that they aren't rare compared to other accidents in MotoGP, instead of saying nothing but that I am wrong. Thanks for any half-assed effort.

I don't have to 'prove' anything - and I'm not sure what you were watching. Last season is there for all to see. Your statement which was...

Iamapony said:
Highsides are almost completely gone from MotoGP because of TC.

...is completely incorrect. Moreover, it is completely different to being asked to demonstrate "that they aren't rare compared to other accidents in MotoGP" - which I wholly agree.

"Highsides are almost completely gone from MotoGP because of TC" - Try telling that to Lorenzo, Laverty and Pedrosa...we can start at Motegi if you like.

AJV80 · Dec 1, 2016

Arrabbiata1 said:
...is completely incorrect. Moreover, it is completely different to being asked to demonstrate "that they aren't rare compared to other accidents in MotoGP" - which I wholly agree.

"Highsides are almost completely gone from MotoGP because of TC" - Try telling that to Lorenzo, Laverty and Pedrosa...we can start at Motegi if you like.

Highsides where more common during the 2T period even towards the end when they had basic electronics. No matter how much electronics they cram into the bikes they will always have the potential for high sides .... to be fast you need the TC setup to allow the tyres to spin in corners to turn the bike (ie Stoner & Marquez). They could in theory set the TC up in a way to stop high sides from occurring but in doing so they wouldnt be as fast as the guys with the TC dialled back to spin up the rear.

AJV80 · Dec 1, 2016

Got shown this today, 2 stroke violin.

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