Maxime Berger loses a wheel at Donington Park [w/video]

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Filed under: Motorsports, Motorcycle, Racing

Maxime Berger loses a wheel during World Superbike Racing at Donington Park - Click above to enlarge

There are a few common ways to crash a motorcycle while racing - most often either the extremely dangerous high-side or the usually-little-more-than-ego-scraping low-side incident - but, when dealing with machinery pushed to the very edges of its mechanical abilities, there's always the outside chance of catastrophic equipment failure leading to an astonishing accident.

Such was the case for Maxime Berger, who crashed out of the first race during the second round of World Superbike action at Donington Park in rather spectacular fashion. As you can see from the image above and the video after the break, Berger's privateer Ducati somehow managed to completely shed half its normal allotment of wheels... and in the case of a motorcycle, that's a very bad thing indeed.

Click past the break for a video of the incident, along with a brief press release from the Supersonic Racing Team that includes a quote from Berger himself. Oh, and better luck next time, Maxime!

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