Motorsports
Rookie and Honda to share disaster in 2022
Dorna has shared the official stats for their 2022 Clash Rankings across three categories. South Africa’s Darrin Binder turns out to be the nasty winner of the ‘Byette Prize’. Most of the time it is known. The rookie leads the MotoGP rankings and a total of 27 after the most eventful campaign in his class since Dorna began publishing his stats in 2006.
Reports where the terms “fall” and “accident” are used interchangeably when the motorcycle physically contacts the ground and remains there. The 2022 campaign was his longest in three categories, with his second-most 1,106 events in the last 12 years, but it is true that he had a record 20 Grands Prix. The record campaign is still 2017 with 1,126 at 18 GGPP.
Of the 1,106 waterfalls in 2022, there are 335 waterfalls in the star category, with an average of 16.7 per GP, the second highest average after 2017 (17.4) with more bad weather. did. Such a high figure of 335 times in the star category has never been achieved before.
Moto2 has the most crashes and the highest number of riders, 428 with an average of 21.4, but falls short of the record 24.1 with 434 that was maintained in the 2017 campaign. With an average of 17.5 in the remaining 343, it’s also not the most eventful campaign (he averaged 21.3 in 2019).
In the Grand Prix, the Portuguese Grand Prix leads the rankings at 105th, followed by France’s GGPP (87th) and San Marino (71st), with Argentina less at 34th, but with one less GP. became. 37 is the Catalan GP. Championship redpoint, Turn 1 at the Sachsenring after 21 crashes.
The battle in MotoGP continues between the rookie, the usual leader every year for obvious reasons, and the accident-prone Honda rider in 2022 on an unruly motorcycle. Binder’s youngest leads at 27, followed by another of his rookies Bezecchi (23), Pol He Espargaro and Alex Marquez at 21. in rankings. And Takashi Nakajo in 12th place is 14th, but he is 3 places less in GGPP.
On the other side, Maverick Vinales stands out, having only paired two of his 20 Grands Prix with Aprilia. In Moto2, Thailand’s Keminkbo had the most accidents, with 25, while Bo from the Netherlands, Bendneider, had the fewest with one. At least Ana Carrasco, three.
MotoGP Ranking
27 Darin Binder (Yamaha)
23 Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati)
21 Pol Espargaro (Honda)
Alex Macquez (Honda)
18 Marc Marquez (Honda)
Enea Bastianini (Ducati)
Johann Zarco (Ducati)
15 Jorge Martin (Ducati)
14 Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati)
Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia)
Remy Gardner (KTM)
Jack Miller (Ducati)
12 Fabio Di Giannantonio (Ducati)
12 Takaaki Nakagami (Honda)
11 Joan Mir (Suzuki)
10 Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha)
9 Brad Binder (KTM)
Raul Fernandes (KTM)
Miguel Oliveira (KTM)
7 Luca Marini (Ducati)
Fabio Quartaro (Yamaha)
Alex Rins (Suzuki)
2 Andrea Dovizioso (Yamaha)
Maverick Vinales (Aprilia)
numbers of the world
MotoGP
335 falls at 20 GGPP, average 16.7%
27 Darin Binder (Yamaha)
23 Marco Bezzecchi (Ducati)
Moto2
428 falls in 20 GGP, average 21.4%
25 Keminth Kubo (Kalex)
22 Niccolò Antonelli (Kalex)
Moto3
343 falls at 20 GGPP, average 17.5%
22 Elia Bartolini (KTM)
20 Kaito Toba (KTM)
depending on the circuit
105 Portimao
87 Le Mans
71 Misano
69 Motegi
66 Austin and Sepang
Source: Mundo Deportivo
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