This is one of the statistics that is looked at at the end of the season when we evaluate a driver's career. This is the number of falls he made during his campaign, this score then being compared to his results to make an average. Because the fact is that falling is not necessarily bad play. The perfect example is Marc Márquez, who found himself on the ground more often than not, while finishing the year with the laurels. In 2019, he fell less and he explains the reasons, while pointing out that Honda must also help him stay on his wheels…
Marc Márquez is working hard to make a recently operated right shoulder fully operational because it was too damaged from absorbing falls. Last year, the same Honda rider was focused on recovering the left side of the same shoulder, worn for similar reasons. Falling is therefore never trivial for the man on the motorcycle. Although better protected, he is no less a human being. The recipe for self-preservation is, definitely, to stay on your wheels...
Exactly, Marc Márquez worked on the subject in 2019. He managed to significantly reduce his drop rate last year. “ I changed my driving style “, revealed the Repsol Honda rider. The eight-time World Champion regretted a total of 23 falls during the 2018 meetings. Last season, he found himself “only” 14 times on the ground.
« I was already planning to reduce the number of falls per season at the end of 2017 “, explained the champion. “ Because at the time, I fell more than 30 times a year. Before the 2019 season, I set myself the goal of having fewer falls », added the winner of 82 Grand Prix.
« It was a success because I changed my riding style. I managed to take fewer risks entering the corner and use the extra power at the exit of the curve ", declared the brother of one álex who will be his teammate in 2020.
« But we must not hide the fact that we must take a further step in this area. Of course, I fell less often. But how many times have I run away? So we still have work to do. Because in the last part of the braking phase we always have a critical situation with the load on the front tire ", has warned Márquez on speedweek.
Furthermore, the drop in the number of falls of Marc Márquez is part of a general downward trend in the number of accidents in Grand Prix. In fact, fewer falls were recorded in 2019 than in previous years. For the first time since 2015, their number in the three categories of the championship remained below the 1 mark. In total, 971 Accidents were regretted during the 19 race weekends, most of which belong to the entry class that is Moto3.
