Marquez brothers top MotoGP falls list

Marc Marquez may have missed three complete weekends, and a further two Sunday races, but his 14 falls by the MotoGP summer break is more than any other rider in 2023.

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04 Jul 2023

Marc Marquez crash, Portuguese MotoGP. 24 March

As the following list of official stats shows, younger brother Alex Marquez (Gresini Ducati) and Repsol Honda team-mate Joan Mir are next closest with 12 accidents.

But while Alex Marquez has completed all eight events, Mir has missed two complete weekends and was forced to withdraw part-way through another two rounds due to injuries.

KTM rookie Augusto Fernandez follows on 11 falls, with Aleix Espargaro's Aprilia the most frequent RS-GP to hit the ground with 9.

Yamaha team-mates Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo have five accidents each, although Quartararo is now just two behind his full 2022 season tally.

The number of falls was always expected to rise this year due to the introduction of Sprint races and, with only 8 of the 12 rounds so far complete, Marco Bezzecchi's 2022 tally of 23 is likely to be exceeded.

The highest total for a single rider in recent years was 27, for Marc Marquez, in 2017...

Falls during opening 8 rounds of the 2023 MotoGP season
Rider	Bike	Falls
Marc Marquez*	Honda	14
Alex Marquez	Ducati	12
Joan Mir*	Honda	12
Augusto Fernandez	KTM	11
Jack Miller	KTM	10
Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	9
Miguel Oliveira*	Aprilia	8
Marco Bezzecchi	Ducati	7
Fabio Di Giannantonio	Ducati	7
Luca Marini	Ducati	7
Jorge Martin	Ducati	7
Brad Binder	KTM	6
Raul Fernandez*	Aprilia	6
Johann Zarco	Ducati	6
Enea Bastianini*	Ducati	5
Franco Morbidelli	Yamaha	5
Takaaki Nakagami	Honda	5
Fabio Quartararo	Yamaha	5
Alex Rins*	Honda	5
Maverick Viñales	Aprilia	5
Francesco Bagnaia	Ducati	4
Stefan Bradl **	Honda	2
Pol Espargaro*	KTM	2
Jonas Folger**	KTM	2
Iker Lecuona**	Honda	1
Danilo Petrucci**	Ducati	1
Michele Pirro**	Ducati	1
Lorenzo Savadori**	Aprilia	1
Dani Pedrosa**	KTM	0