The World Motorcycle Grand Prix Racing Series commonly known as MotoGP is a premium motorbike racing competition, in which best riders of the world compete against each other in a clash to the death over various tracks during a season. It is because of this very reason, unlike other racing competitions, MotoGP is considered more dangerous. For the reason that till this day a large number of riders have lost their lives while taking part in this treacherous encounter. Therefore, MotoGP riders who are still alive today consider themselves extremely lucky. Nevertheless, this does not mean at all that MotoGP has failed to produce amazing riders, as there is a long list of such competitors who had mesmerised the fans by showing some unbelievable and exciting stuff. Unfortunately only a few of them are alive today.
It is because of this very reason, today riders do not take their bikes
out without wearing a personal protective gear, which you can easily get
from RiderWear store below are some of the top crash stories of MotoGP riders,
who have either lost their lives in it or managed to survive the
terrible crashes and are now once again taking part in the furious
competition.
Valentino Rossi
The 34 year old Italian MotoGP racer also known as ‘Doctor Who’ is one of the most successful and longest running competitor in the history of motorcycle Grand Prix, who is known for his crazy and ruthless driving. During his long career, Rossi has won nine Grand Prix World Championships, of which seven were in the premier class. This legendary rider is now gearing up to take part in the 66th edition of the MotoGP , in spite of the fact that during last season he managed to survive a serious crash in the first lap of the race at Mugello.
Marco Simoncelli
In contrast to Rossi, 24 year Marco Simoncelli was not so lucky, as after competing in the Road Racing World Championship for straight 10 years, the young rider lost his life during a furious crash in 2011 MotoGP race at Sepang. According to the update, Simoncelli lost the control of his bike during the second lap, as a result of which he slide across the track and during the course he was hit by Rossi and Collin Edwards and his helmet came off. Although, he was immediately taken to a medical centre, unfortunately Simoncelli failed to survive the injuries. Simoncelli’s accident was rated as one of the worst accidents of 2011 on the racing track.
Michael Schumacher
Not many know that seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher has also competed in motorbike bike racing after he announced his first retirement back in 2006. One reason why not many people knew about Schumacher’s motorbike racing is that he used to take part in the competition by using the pseudonym "Marcel Niederhausen". However, his cover finally blew when in February 2009 during a practice session, Schumacher’s bike got crashed and he sustained some serious injuries. Schumacher fractured his bones in both head and neck and these injuries were so severe that even after five months break Schumacher was not able to recover from them. As a result of that the legendary champion had to postpone his first F1 comeback.
Call-ing Edwards
Those, who think that Rossi is the only nutcase rider in MotoGP should think once again, as Call-ing Edwards was another ruthless racer, who proved himself a more crazy than Velentino when he took part in the competition with Yamaha. It is because of this very reason he managed to earn the nickname of Crazy Collin. However, luck never favours a person twice, as after escaping a terrible accident in a race, the nutcase rider died 4 laps into the competition after he recovered and went back into the contest.
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