Email a Friend

*Email Addresses (up to 5):

Personal Message:

*Your Name:

*Your Email Address:

Send me a copy of this email

* Indicates a required field

Email addresses will only be used to send this message. They will not be used for promotional purposes. See our Privacy Policy.

Vo Knows

RSS

Font:

MotoGP Crash Stats

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

This is what they call the domino effect. - Assen

Valentino Rossi and Mr. Crash himself Randy de Puniet hit the deck at the start of the Dutch TT in Assen.

With the 2009 season looming and ready to start this weekend in Qatar we thought it would be cool to take a look at one of the more interesting facts from the 2008 season: Crashes!

Loads of rain and highly completive racing made ‘08 a season full of smash-ups. Here is a quick numbers breakdown of how many machines hit the ground. Let’s just say it was an expensive year for bodywork manufacturers!

Total crashes: 876 (MotoGP – 154; 250cc GP – 259; 125cc GP – 463)
Single event with the highest number of crashes: Phillip Island – 76
MotoGP rider with the most get-offs: Randy de Puniet (LCR Honda) – 22

Post Tags: motogp crashes, valentino rossi, randy de puniet

Blog Archive

2010: Jan; Feb; Mar; Apr; May; Jun; Jul; Aug; Sep; Oct; Nov; Dec

2009: Jan; Feb; Mar; Apr; May; Jun; Jul; Aug; Sep; Oct; Nov; Dec

2008: Jan; Feb; Mar; Apr; May; Jun; Jul; Aug; Sep; Oct; Nov; Dec

Comments

Tim B -I agree April 13, 2009 09:15 AM
That's what I was thinking. It was a profitable year for body work manufacturers! It was also a painful year for Randy de Puniet.

Racer1 -Expensive for who? April 7, 2009 09:12 PM
I think it was a GOOD year for bodywork manufacturers - expensive for the MotoGP teams!