A-1 Ring crash MotoGP

[Carter Turk]

Probably seen already by most enthusiasts.

The activity is already dangerous w/o this sort of stuff happening.

So much expensive motorcycle carnage.

https://youtu.be/UGPrHj1nPt0

[Buffalo Bill]

Yes, I saw that and amazing. I like this video that includes a post race interview with Rossi:

[steve murdoch]

Watched that many times and the fact the two of them escaped the carnage is amazing.
...."i feel something arrive".... a motorcycle flying past your head.

[Rob S.]

...a motorcycle flying past your head.

Call the pit crew. Tell them to change my tires and my panties. That is scary.

[salty_monk]

Yeah pretty crazy. You can see he stands the bike up to clear some track debris right after the bike goes through. The other bike is further in front of him than it looks on the other shots... Lucky lucky lucky...

[Grimly]

For sale - Excellent Bobber Project

Barn find round the back of the pits. Make excellent chop or bobber for someone willing to put the hours in.
All the tedious work of removing bits already done. Just weld and go.

[Buffalo Bill]

Barn find round the back of the pits. Make excellent chop or bobber for someone willing to put the hours in.
All the tedious work of removing bits already done. Just weld and go.

Top secret stuff there, even if balled up like a dead fly in a spider web.

[wymple]

Stuff really crumbles up at 180MPH

[Nessism]

[GS1150Pilot]

Ed, I can't watch that. It says that Dorna has blocked viewing.

Ah, nevermind. The YT link works.

[hillsy]

The more you look at it - the freakier it becomes....

[GregT]

The track layout at that point is poor. Yes, there's a long gravel trap - which will work for cars that go out there. But demonstrably, bikes can skate over it.

I'd pick that a bank will appear at the end of the gravel trap. Air fence to be in place for bike racing too.

I'd have questions for whoever approved it. There's a similar kink has been added to a circuit here part way along the main straight. You'd never get through the walls that were put there to stop cars doing just what these bikes did.

[Buffalo Bill]

Looks like the corner workers almost got their heads taken off!

[Chris in TN]

I was pretty impressed at how fast the track was modified to prevent that from happening again at that corner. I also thought that race direction was acting completely properly both in that race and the next one when they so quickly red flagged the races when faced with big accidents. So, from my perspective...well done to the track and the Dorna organization for bring on top of things and making rider safety a priority. That sure wasn't how things were back in the old days.