2011 WSBK Donington - Maxime Berger crash analysis

[johnheather1]

Ghost riding the Whip

[SirJazz]

made in china

[mad4tarmac]

what make wheel is on the duke????

[shamarone]

all Mg wheels (doesn't matter if cast or forged or the manufacturer) are suspect. they CRACK! most don't understand that the TRUE cost of ownership isn't just the inital price paid? but also the cost of demounting them at regular intervals and sending them out to a service bureau to be x-ray'd. most race teams know all about this. OZ yrs ago even offered to do the testing and included it in the price. the burden however is still upon one to not be lazy and actually send them in.

[jezuz12345]

Might Single-Sided Swing Arms be putting way too much stress on the hub?

[veyronman]

@jezuz12345 they've been using single-sided swingarms for donkeys years. if they were dangerous they wouldn't be used.

[jw1008]

type in "ski crashes" in the youtube search and click the video with stars in the title to be shocked!

[r6simonelf]

Doesn't this look similar to the accident Robert Dunlop had at the 1994 TT when his Honda RC45 (also a single-sided swing arm by the way) had the rear wheel collapse after Ballaugh Bridge? Some controversy followed that one and rumour had it Medd Racing had altered the wheel somehow to reduce weight. Much worse accident due to higher speed involved.

[1000SBK]

That's an O.Z. racing wheel. I've seen their wheels break like this right near the hub on GT race cars too.

[TheJam155]

Lol fail

[jstyants]

0:25

"his tyres come off, then realized it's the wheel"

... arnt they the same thing?

[xcruzrr6]

@jstyants not when you're trying to figure out who to blame

[VRvale46]

@jstyants ... no! The rubber is the tire and the wheel is the metal (or something) where the tire's put on. :p

[tenchinatent]

@jstyants No you dozy twat, the tyre and the wheel are not the same thing. Is everyone in Essex stupid like you?

[VRvale46]

Is this the 1098 or the 1198? because if I'm correct I read 1198 on Checa's bike

[fabianfonzie]

@VRvale46  its an 1198

[M2fiftycal]

@VRvale46 do a little more research. Ducati puts 1198R tags on all it's SBK bikes because they are marketing the new bike while also trying to get the rules changed to allow the 1198R. All the bikes in SBK are actually 1098Rs instead though. Go to the SBK site and look at the race teams, and it will show you 1098R. Google SBK rules and the 1198 and you can read about all the drama Ducati has raised trying to get the rules changed to allow the 1198R. So far it hasn't worked.

[VRvale46]

@M2fiftycal Oh ok, thanks :) I looked at the SBK site (do it weekly) but if I looked at a picture I always read 1198.

[M2fiftycal]

@VRvale46 The markings say 1198, but look at the list of riders and teams (on the sbk site) and they all read 1098R

[VRvale46]

@VRvale46 I know that.... now xD thanks anyway

[Liberaltedjo]

wahahahhaah ! if i be back rider, i will stop for laughing, hahahah

[Beliy2009]

DUCATI SUUUUUUUCK!!!!! :)

[fercho2033]

@Beliy2009  NO SABES LO Q DECIS

[Carr92able]

Ducati have won more than anyone and the 1098 is another great bike so why should it be discontinued? Also single sided swingarm has a place in racing, in endurance racing they can swap wheels rapidly. Honda originally brought it out with the RC30, arguably the best race bike ever made. And the spokes snapped, no fault on ducatis behalf. Just a manufacturer fault in the casting or something by hover made it probs marchesini. Also if the spokes snap in a wheel of a gap bike you are still going t

[caveman357]

the 1098 should be discontinued

[MyOrgoneaccumulator]

OZ wheels break and DYMAG Makers of the best wheels just about keeping their heads above water

[hautepower]

man that is insane!!!

[TheMegaRuneGuider]

Bloke behind him is just chuckling, bye bye wheel, hello first place

[Avus95]

Goes to show you, Single-sided swingarms have NO Place In Racing!

[MyOrgoneaccumulator]

@Avus95 so Every single car is dangerous too???

[Avus95]

@MyOrgoneaccumulator

Not sure how you made that connection, but no... cars are safe.

If you were trying to compare a control arm + hub setup on a car to a single sided swingarm on a bike, That comparison doesn't really hold much water, they are drastically different set ups and are subjected to very different loads and forces...

My original point remains, single sided swingarms [ON Motorcycles] have no place in racing, they are too prone to failure compared to the conventional style swingarm.

[onquarter]

Thats ducati for you- always remember to go japanese when it comes to sportbikes

[onquarter]

@milosdesmo *false

[MyOrgoneaccumulator]

@onquarter Is That why Honda bought the single sided swing arm Patents?

[MyOrgoneaccumulator]

@onquarter Is That why Honda bought the single sided swing arm Patents? from you guest it? Genius Guy Coulon

[nags555]

@kukenuf4u no it's a race spec magnesium alloy rim, but the spokes were sheared completely off the hub. You can't service spokes cos it's rolling too fast.

[xXTHEFuSeXx]

I was there that day :)

[bajtek1]

...i kup tu Ducati, ehh :-/

[shredtheibanez]

couldn't believe this on the live play, had to sky re-wind that! damn!

[qkenuf4u]

carbon fibre rim ? cause there be no spokes in that rim as it rolls away....

[iAMScootaG]

wtf is with that weird 1911 button ..

[spykebaxter]

Made in Japan more like.

[ml497]

@spykebaxter

Made in UK xD

[thePRINTERisOUTofINK]

Lucky

[TheCabtastic]

what is this 1911 pish all about

[thePRINTERisOUTofINK]

@TheCabtastic youtube probably got convinced by some illuminati persons to put it there coz if you take the first 1 out you know what that makes right? that's what i think.

[thePRINTERisOUTofINK]

@TheCabtastic wait, youtube is owned by google and they are part of that satanic Bohemian club. tha one Alex jones exposed

[777shades]

Rota make motorcycle wheels now?

[WBD86]

"Big questions to that wheel manufactor" ... ouch

[zombie014]

haha i would be so confused if this happened to me

[arys210]

@zombie014 If you survive...

[TheVimtoMoustache]

Obviously cast on a Friday afternoon,just before beer o'clock.

[The1stPoster]

Forget china, that bike was made in italy. stick to the pasta lads.

[nyboy101]

Made in vaginal yeast infection land.

[BrotherYounis]

made in nigeria.

[BrotherYounis]

in soveit russia...the wheels overtake the motorbike.

[NicksterOnAGixxer]

If i was behind him when that happened I'd fall off my bike laughing. haha that shit cracked me up!

[DiseasedSquidwurd]

Like something out of Looney Tunes :L

[themarcrpearson]

doesnt magnsium burn really badly?!

[passwordresetisbroke]

I wasnt aware Unicycles were allowed in the WSBK Championship?

[ITW84]

new set of leathers for the rider behind him

can you imagine what the rider was thinking when he came off - probably thinking it was the other rider making contact, then seeing his bike going past him with one wheel

[rajanjr]

LOOOOL DEEEEEEEP!

[hthedog]

Carbon fiber wheel by any chance? Didn't Rob McElne have one break on him many years ago( think he was the first to try 'em?)

[Momosauur]

Yep, that was funny. THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY FOOKIN' HILARIOUS.

[JoshBell1994]

Holy Shit :O :D

[thePRINTERisOUTofINK]

@JoshBell1994 Shit is never Holy.

[Fuzion180]

fuckinhell! lol

[thePRINTERisOUTofINK]

@Fuzion180 You can't do that in hell

[aaaaaaaa3aaaaaa]

Well atleast he crossed the line =)

[kingt34]

The wheel didn't come off: Look closely. It's just the rubber tyre that came off. There is nothing inside the wheel and the actual wheel-part is still on the bike. Still, though, the question is: How the hell did that happen?!

[mm1k3y]

@kingt34 it would be impossible for just the tyre to come fully off like that, it was the wheel mate.

[kingt34]

@mm1k3y but look at it @0:54. You can see silver inside the wheel, yes, but you can still see through it :S

[mm1k3y]

@kingt34 lol to be honest mate i dont give a fuck haha i only watched this vid cos it was on youtube home page :) ... not to be rude or anything sir but y'know have a nice day.

[kingt34]

@mm1k3y don't worry man I didn't take anything you said offensively and I hope what I said to you wasn't offensive at all :) I jjust genuinly wanted to know lol have a good one buddy

[k30mbt]

@kingt34 you are wrong on an epic scale - what do you want? a stone tablet engraved and dropped on your doorstep? let me spell it out for you.

THE SPOKED HUB BROKE FREE OF THE RIM - THE RIM INCLUDING TYRE SEPARATED FROM THE BIKE, THE HUB AND SPOKES ARE STILL ON THE BIKE IN THE VIDEO.

[kingt34]

@k30mbt YOU ARE BEING TOO LOUD USE YOUR INDOOR VOICE

[k30mbt]

@kingt34

I am indoors you MUPPET. ;)

Check your comments page on your profile for the link to photo's of the wheel after the incident.

[s4bones]

@kingt34 nope broke off at the spokes. OZ wheel. G o o g l e OZ wheel failure

[MassMurderMontageSs]

OMG THE ENTIRE RIM BROKE.. I thought bolts snaped

[Xplorati0N]

I bet the behind hims is like Lul Wut?

[Eastaxe]

Why can`t that happen when the twats are speeding along the normal roads and risking other peoples lives??

[hthedog]

@Eastaxe Yeh! it would be really cool if they then hit you standing on the footpath LOL! Now that would be funny! have a short life, fool!

[Eastaxe]

@hthedog Roll on summer lets have the bastards in a ditch. Hopefully you will be one of them.

[Eastaxe]

Why can`t that happen when the twats are speeding along the roads.

[MBGamingLegends]

This video is the only time people will ever give a shit about Euro Sport.

[kezzaman]

@MBGamingLegends LOL

[JordanWells15]

@xRebornHero Go cut your wrists.

[avaroses]

moral of the story.. don't buy a fake superbike..

[s4bones]

@avaroses Yeah!! like the fake superbike that won race 2!!

[pemzija]

Italian quality... :-))

[OdrikT800]

@pemzija says the south korean

[MegaAlmenara]

low cost

[erdunno1]

I couldnt believe wat i was seening, i stood right on that corner, next thing i no im ducking from a wheel LOL

[j1mf1eld]

Why laugh a transformer lost his leg this day :(

[MrThegasspoll]

just like MR bean show very funny

[FERSAXXX]

Loves the guy laughing xD

[mrjost55]

@xRebornHero The tire wasn't the problem, the spokes broke inside the wheel.

[86Nookie]

ROTA began to make wheels for motorcycles? LOL.

[nicknamerad]

How is that funny?

[TheDiederikjeh]

@xRebornHero

faggot XD

[TheRisingDevils]

He was finished at first.

[blackneoNL]

@xRebornHero please kill yourself

[deanaird]

Carl Fogarty a wanker? Are you absolutely joking, the guys a legend!

[zw75ned]

WTF.!!!!  WHAAHAHAHAHA, LMFAO.

[roythersby]

Dont make statements until after you have examined the wheel, to many so called experts who dont know, are on TV

[ms90isr]

Hahaha

[esteva03]

"Somebody is going to be asking a lot o question to that wheel manufacturer" Love it!!! XD

[tiemuhh7]

Maxime crashed went to the hospital than watch this video and disliked him.

[bigbad1000do7a]

DUCATI PASSION

[teamfab]

Neil Hodgson .. ANOTHER TOTAL WANKER..

[teamfab]

Carl Fogarty..WHAT A TOTAL WANKER..

[SirJazz]

Made in China.

[enoshthapa]

@SirJazz

Every thing is made in china. What u on about?

[Sterling20073]

@SirJazz awesome comment

[shabbapaul]

Now thats exciting !

[96Pido]

Haha! What a shame!

[MrJustinlord]

Sabotage?

[Blake1960]

Was he singing afterwards, "You picked a fine time to leave me Loose Wheel." Sorry. Couldn't resist.

[fastra]

@Blake1960

Brilliant - you've used that before haven't you!

[Blake1960]

@fastra No, but I've always wanted to. :)

[InnocenceExperience]

@Blake1960 haha

[thesimracer]

Wheel not forget this one for a while.

[Fovos]

Dont know about bike racing but i guess good thing that didnt happen on the straight line!

[timgroen1995]

0:12 .........lol

[timlee117timlee117]

???

[cartommy109]

太扯了吧~後勤一定被罵到瘋掉@@

[martinpaladio]

jejejejej...Eso es lo que pasa por comprar los neumáticos en la ofertas del Carrefour...... made in prc

[Aribja1]

Well... Somebody WILL get fired!

[StillReloading]

One sided swing arm will do it!

[xlRazorlx]

I would win this shit on a wheelie.

[marquezaledo]

pero que coño!

[heyitsdonm5]

One person is a wheel.

[1987KURK]

wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooow

[Ciaraserumgard]

who is the manufacturer of the rear wheel?

[macgibbon]

@Ciaraserumgard Marchesini

[RazsterTW]

@Ciaraserumgard That will be the big question - a lot of people willa void it.

[brightpics]

@Ciaraserumgard

OZ

[s4bones]

@Ciaraserumgard OZ wheels

[Muzzy337]

Was it carbon fiber, aluminum or magnesium?

[Aexomer]

@Muzzy337 Magnesium alloy. Rules state that Carbon Fibre wheels are not allowed unless the standard road bike is fitted with them.  I have to wonder if it was an old wheel that they'd been running for a while that maybe had a crack or two?

[ChiliFan06]

@Aexomer I think this is the most plausible theory. They're a small team and probably want to cut costs wherever possible, for example by using a wheel for slightly longer than normal.

[2StrokeRacing]

@Muzzy337 magnesium



[teoben77]

non mi sembra tanto "hilarious" come incidente... per fortuna non si è fatto male e non è stato investito da nessuno.

Sarà interessante capire come è successo... chissà che spiegazione daranno i costruttori ?

[BencTheBastard]

@didierrL01 If you pay close attention to the wheel in slow-mo at 0:30 you can see that it didn't come off the axle but snapped off at the spokes so I'd say its the wheel manufacturers fault.

Perhaps an air bubble in the material that made one spoke weak and as soon as that failed all others went instantly.

[ducatinargo]

Se rompieron los radios de la rueda. el pobre mecànico no tiene nada que ver.

[MrDGonzalez5]

so who´s fault is?... rims manofacture. or mechanic´s fault?

[haudiwaudi]

magnesium wheel - they break like this.

[larrybird1967]

Para darle de hostias al paquete del mecánico!!!!!!