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Old 11 Jul 2014, 19:02 (Ref:3432938)   #2
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It's curious the breakdown by nationalities in the former classifications of riders who did "something" notable in any race, in the last post.

Moto3: Three anthems
4 spaniards 44% (Prob Win)
3 italians 24%
1 australian 31%
Three italians in this feeding cat, it is another sign "they" are coming back. Spain continues dominating, but far less that (the slightly embarrassing) last season.

Moto2: A cocktail of nations
3 spaniards 57%
2 german 6%
1 finnish 18%
1 australian 6%
1 swiss 4%
1 french 3%
1 italian 3%
1 belgian 3%
1 british 1%
Out of 12 riders, no one nation dominates the cat. Spain's score is basically one man effort, however it is above the other countries, with three riders.

MotoGP: The Spanish-Italian championship
6 spaniards >84%
3 italians <16%
Astounding domination. Six riders out of nine are from Spain, including one monster and two aliens . The contenders are always italians, headed by the superb-when-not-in-Ducati Rossi.

Total (24 riders)
13 spaniards
6 italians
2 australians
2 germans
1 finnish, swiss, french, belgian, british
In short: Among the notable riders, 50% are spanish, 25% are italians and 25% are of other (7) nationalities.

By the way, the PoW of Marquez in MotoGP doesn't show his true potential, as one can easily understand. The reason for that is the system used here is not able to cope with a so high level of achievement by one rider. So Marquez's PoW is underestimated, it's more like about 80% or so.
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