Features 4 Mar 2014

This Month In Digits: February 2014

Topical numbers broken down from during the past month.

38

The number of years since MV Agusta’s last world championship race win in 1976 (Giacomo Agostini) prior to Jules Cluzel’s Phillip Island Supersport breakthrough.

10

The points lead that factory Aprilia rider Sylvain Guintoli already enjoys over the World Superbike field following round one in Australia.

2010

The last time Suzuki could lay claim to a World Superbike race win prior to Eugene Laverty’s heroics in the opener at the Island.

45

The points haul, from a maximum of 50, that Team Honda Racing’s Jamie Stauffer took from the first leg of the Phillip Island Superbike Championship.

2

The number of podiums from as many starts scored by Superbike class rookie, Kawasaki’s Mike Jones, at Phillip Island.

Image: Russell Colvin.

Image: Russell Colvin.

3

The number of rounds that the Australian Superbike Championship has been reduced to, from six, following riders’ and teams’ mass exodus to the rival Australasian Superbike Championship.

60,000

The dollar value of the five Yamaha bike prizes on offer to competitors in the AFX-SBK Superbike, AFX-SBK Supersport and ASC Formula Xtreme Challenge Cup classes.

30,800

The overall prize pool in dollar value on offer to competitors in the Superbike, Supersport, EVO, 125GP/Moto3 and multi-tiered Production classes in the Australian Superbike Championship.

91

The number of riders officially confirmed by the FIM to contest the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix.

4

The number of Aussie riders included in this tally – Broc Parkes (MotoGP), Anthony West (Moto2), Jack Miller and Arthur Sissis (Moto3).

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