Sunday's live Austrian MotoGP TV broadcast showed in shocking detail just how close Maverick Vinales and especially Valentino Rossi came to being hit by the cartwheeling bike of Franco Morbidelli.
Miguel Oliveira seems to be something of a magnet to his fellow KTM riders. Last year at Silverstone he was hit by Johann Zarco, causing a shoulder injury that eventually required surgery.
While Johann Zarco thought he had escaped the massive Austrian MotoGP accident with Franco Morbidelli largely unscathed, a fracture to the scaphoid bone in his right wrist was discovered during follow-up checks on Monday.
Shortly after their huge Austrian MotoGP accident, Johann Zarco said that he and Franco Morbidelli "hugged each other" in the Medical Centre. "Then after I was sad because, during the interviews, bad things came out from the comments by Franco and Vale."
Hafizh Syahrin targets a return to action for this weekend's Styrian Moto2 race after avoiding serious injury in his frightening crash at the Red Bull Ring
During his 25-years in motorcycle grand prix racing, Valentino Rossi has been in plenty of dangerous situations. But the Italian described the aftermath of Sunday's Austrian MotoGP accident between Johann Zarco and Franco Morbidelli as the scariest moment of his career.
After debut MotoGP victories for satellite Yamaha star Fabio Quartararo at Jerez, then a shock first win for rookie Brad Binder and KTM at Brno, what will Sunday's round four at the Red Bull Ring bring?
Andrea Dovizioso insisted he does not have a 'Plan B' in place for the 2021 MotoGP season, despite Saturday's announcement that he has decided not to continue at Ducati next season.
Some of Andrea Dovizioso's MotoGP rivals were unsurprisingly asked for their opinions following Saturday's surprise news that the Italian has decided to end the uncertainty over his Ducati future by informing the factory that he will not continue at the team in 2021.
MotoGP stars Danilo Petrucci and Aleix Espargaro were involved in an angry confrontation during Qualifying 1 for the Austrian Grand Prix, which then continued on Twitter.
The top two riders in Q1 - Zarco and Rossi - now progress to the Q2 pole position shootout, where they will join the ten fastest riders after third practice. The others will start, in the following order, from 13th on the grid onwards…