Lecuona tops 2021 MotoGP falls list, Marquez most per event
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Iker Lecuona topped the list of MotoGP fallers during the 2021 season, although in terms of most per event Marc Marquez had an even higher tally.Official MotoGP stats classed Tech3 KTM’s Lecuona as falling on 26 occasions during the 18-round season, meaning all sessions during grands prix weekends, or an average of 1.4 times per event.”ad_But Marquez, who missed four rounds due to injury, risked his healing right arm by falling 22 times from his Repsol Honda for a higher average of 1.6 accidents per event.The difficult nature of this year’s Honda was underlined by team-mate Pol Espargaro doubling his accident tally from 10 to 20 after moving from KTM, with LCR’s Alex Marquez just behind on 19 falls (five more than in his 14-round rookie season).Related Jack Miller: Arranging ASBK ‘the most organised I’ve ever been!’ Scientific checks of MotoGP parts after Yamaha’s 2020 valve situation Other notable increases were a rise from 12 to 18 for Pol’s older brother Aleix Espargaro at Aprilia (his highest since 2017) and from 2 to 10 accidents for Lecuona’s team-mate Danilo Petrucci (most since 2016) who switched to KTM from Ducati this year.Marquez previously led the MotoGP falls list with 27 on his way to the 2017 crown, remaining on top despite lowering to 23 in 2018.Related Poncharal thanks Pedrosa for Gardner, Fernandez advice Zarco: I need to mix in some of Pecco Bagnaia’s styleJohann Zarco was the most prolific MotoGP er during 2019 (17 out of his 16 rounds) and 2020 (15), but reduced his tally to just 10 this season on the way to a career-best fifth in the standings for Pramac Ducati.Monster Yamaha’s new world champion Fabio Quartararo and Ducati Lenovo title rival Francesco Bagnaia had the least accidents of any riders that completed the full 18-round season, with 7 falls each.Former champion Joan Mir dropped his Suzuki 8 times, with 9 falls for KTM’s Brad Binder, Petronas Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi (in his final season) and younger brother Luca Marini (VR46 Ducati), the lowest by a rookie this year.”4Although he missed three rounds, Maverick Vinales continued his low accident tally with just 4 es after a mid-season switch from Yamaha to Aprilia. Factory Yamaha replacement Franco Morbidelli, who skipped five rounds due to knee surgery, only fell 2 times.Andrea Dovizioso, who has traditionally made the least mistakes of any rider in recent years while at Ducati, didn’t register a single fall during his five end-of-season appearances for Petronas Yamaha.Yamaha stand-in Cal Crutchlow (who fell 26 times during 2016 at Honda) and Suzuki test rider Sylvain Guintoli were the only other MotoGP riders not to fall during any of their appearances this season.”5Aron Canet topped the Moto2 list with 21 falls, with Kaito Toba leading Moto3 on 19.2021 MotoGP falls list RiderBikeFallsRaces (out of 18)Iker LecuonaKTM2618Marc MarquezHonda2214Pol EspargaroHonda2017Alex MarquezHonda1918Aleix EspargaroAprilia1818Enea BastianiniDucati1518Jorge MartinDucati1414Jack MillerDucati1218Takaaki NakagamiHonda1218Miguel OliveiraKTM1218Alex RinsSuzuki1217Danilo PetrucciKTM1018Lorenzo SavadoriAprilia109Johann ZarcoDucati1018Brad BinderKTM918Luca MariniDucati918Valentino RossiYamaha918Joan MirSuzuki818Francesco BagnaiaDucati718Fabio QuartararoYamaha718Maverick ViñalesYamaha/Aprilia415Michele PirroDucati33Stefan BradlHonda25Jake DixonYamaha22Franco MorbidelliYamaha213Tito RabatDucati22Garrett GerloffYamaha11Dani PedrosaKTM11Cal CrutchlowYamaha04Andrea DoviziosoYamaha05Sylvain GuintoliSuzuki04
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