From this weekend's WBSK race, Max Berger's rear wheel breaks clean off.

Must be a bit of a surprise drift out of the corner ... *WFO-wobble-oh shit I just did a 180*



YouTube - 2011 WSBK Donington - Maxime Berger crash analysis

For all the fuss we hear about BST carbon wheels shattering, there are quite a few instances of magnesium Marchesini disintegrating.

Pretty funny overall considering it happened in a super low speed corner. Would've been nasty in a fast sweeper.

 

Very lucky indeed.

 

The reason given for why it happened on a low speed corner was thats when the most torque/stress is passed thru the wheel which is a good thing with all the 100+mph corners

 

Lucky fella right there. That could have been VERY fatal.

 

Technically, fatal is pretty binary, isn't it?

 

The difference being, BST suggesting bouncing CF wheels off potholes on the street is perfectly peachy, whereas every magnesium wheel I've ever seen is stamped "for racing use only".

Still, speaks well for single side swingarms. That would have been ugly if the wheel was trapped in a conventional swingarm.

 

Not surprising seeing that magnesium and magnesium alloys in general aren't very good at absorbing impacts.

What do you think would have happened if it had been a conventional swingarm? I can't see it being THAT much worse, it was already a bad crash to start with.

 

Couple aftermath pics. "Impressive".

 

^ Woah!

 

Nah...Not on that corner. His exit speed was so low that either style arm would have most likely put him on the deck in a similar fashion.