MotoGP: The one who has fallen the most after nine Grands Prix is…

The half-time of a season is an opportunity to draw the first lessons from a rich array of statistics. Among the data to consider is the number of falls by category and by pilot. An assessment which is also the reflection of a certain level of form and a reality…

Nine Grands Prix have already taken place during this 2019 season and here is the accident report: according to Dorna statistics, 494 Falls are to be regretted in the three competing categories. 125 of them took place in MotoGP.

With a total of 90 falls recorded, the majority of incidents occurred on the Bugatti circuit at Le Mans. The changing weather conditions of May in France played a big role. With 40 incidents, Mugello (Italy) was the least painful.

Marc Márquez has been the king of falls in recent years. During the 2017 season, the world champion fell 27 times. Last year, there were 23 falls. Currently, Márquez only regrets six accidents. This rate is much better than in 2018, because Márquez There were already 11 falls at this stage of the competition.

Current accident statistics put tops after nine races Johann zarco. He has already fallen to the ground eleven times. This figure also underpins the Frenchman's efforts to adapt to the KTM, as the previous year, zarco had left the Yamaha without his consent only nine times during the season. It has already exceeded this value and ten race weekends are to come…

Jack Miller (Pramac-Ducati) also regrets degraded statistics in this area compared to last year. After the 2018 Sachsenring, five accidents were attributed to him. Currently, he already has ten, so twice as many. The Pramac team had even more work to do as their teammate bagnaia fell eight times. But we will remember that the Italian is making his debut in the category.

Speaking of newcomers. Joan mir, Suzuki factory rider, has one fall more than bagnaia, while Miguel Oliveira (Tech-3-KTM) and fabio quartararo (Petronas-Yamaha) are already proving particularly reliable. Olive tree fell three times and Quarterly only twice. These are values ​​that only the experienced Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) shares with young people.

Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) had four accidents, two of which were at fault at Mugello and Assen. At the same time, the previous year, Red already had four falls on the clock. His best result in recent years was 2015, when the Italian only crashed twice in the season.

In Moto2, Sam Lowes leads the accident statistics with a score of 12. Jorge Navarro et Marco Bezzecchi are at eleven falls after nine races. In Moto3, four riders already have double figures. The winner of Qatar, Kaito Toba, tops the list with twelve falls. Come next Tatsuki suzuki (11) Darryn Binder (11) et Tom Booth Amos (10)