Moto GP Numbers

[NinjaBoy]

Hey guys. Just had a random thought, does anyone know how Moto GP riders get their numbers?
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[Mr.Everready]

Some choose their own and other are given them. Apart from #1 it's random I think.
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[dibbster]

Quite a few of the numbers have a history behind them, for example Nicky Hayden has no. 69 as it is the number his father used when he raced.
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[Whosthedaddy]

[Bezzer]

You're entitled to the number where you finished in the previous years championship....but...you don't have to have that number, you can pick a higher number if it's not being used but not a lower one than your finishing position.
That was how it used to be but dunno now, Mccoy was using 8 yesterday.
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[Wooly R6]

And Nicky Hayden also likes it because if you crash you can tell who it is easier cause its the same both ways, whether its upside down ot whatever!!!

saves the commentators guessing!!!
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[Mr.Everready]

[McJamweasel]

They used to be handed out at each race until someone (I think it might of been Sheene and number 7) decided that they wanted to keep one number.
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[Wooly R6]

i should learn to read properly
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