Racing motorcycles professionally is a tough way to make a living. You are in danger of crashing every second you’re on the bike, and if you do wreck and aren’t hurt, you sometimes have to borrow a cameraman’s scooter in order to complete your laps.
Everybody who races for MotoGP, the world’s premiere pro motorcycle racing tour, is well aware of the danger. But nobody ever said anything about wasps in your race suit.
Unfortunately for a rider named Cal Crutchlow, he now knows the danger of racing at speeds of 200 mph while trying to kill the wasp that invades your suit. This is what happened this past weekend as Crutchlow was racing through a qualifying run for the Spanish Grand Prix.
Most bizarre moment of the #SpanishGP…
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) May 6, 2017
🐝 problems @calcrutchlow?😖 pic.twitter.com/luOICUbL5b
Yeah, that’s not good, especially when the wasp stings you a total of five times before you can squash it.
A wasp down your leathers must be up there among worst nightmares for #MotoGP riders 🙈#CC35 explains… 🐝💢 pic.twitter.com/esbP99F8iS
— MotoGP™🏁 (@MotoGP) May 6, 2017
Crutchlow ended up qualifying third for the race. As for the race itself, Crutchlow missed making the winner’s podium because he crashed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbTfJuj-9C0
The reason for that crash? Crutchlow allegedly was suffering from ants in his pants.
H/T the Comeback