World championship leader Fabio Quartararo spent Sunday's Austrian MotoGP races struggling to stop his Petronas Yamaha, due to a technical problem with the brakes. The Frenchman dropped from fifth to last place after running wide at Turn 4 on lap 5 of the initial race.
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.
Andrea Dovizioso lands a huge Austrian MotoGP victory in the wake of the bombshell he'll leave Ducati at the end of 2020 because he doesn't feel valued...
Dovizioso and Ducati take their first win of the season during a chaotic, restarted Austrian MotoGP, held over 20 laps at the Red Bull Ring.
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?