"South Africa in general is an amazing place, for sure. The Petronas-liveried machine was literally inches away from collecting Rossi.

"It's awesome to see these huge steps forward, and in general I think there's more to come," he added. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. After I was with Maverick, entering Turn 3, I felt something arrive. Michelin forced to predict September weather in Barcelona for the delayed Catalunya MotoGP, cool and slippery conditions created 'a very demanding weekend'. All the riders, results, schedules, races and tracks from every Grand Prix.

The Frenchman, who underwent surgery after fracturing his scaphoid in the accident, will start his next race -- potentially this weekend -- from the pit lane. “It was difficult to restart, sincerely, but I didn’t have a lot of choice. The current MotoGP team/rider contract list is shown below and will be updated as each place on next year's grid is filled... Repsol Honda:Marc Marquez (End of 2024)Pol Espargaro (End of 2022), Monster Yamaha:Maverick Vinales (End of 2022)Fabio Quartararo (End of 2022), Valentino Rossi (joining Petronas Yamaha for 2021), Ducati Team:Jack Miller (End of 2021, option for 2022)TBA (Francesco Bagnaia or Johann Zarco), Andrea Dovizioso (leaving Ducati at end of 2020)Danilo Petrucci (joining Tech3 KTM for 2021), Suzuki:Alex Rins (End of 2022)Joan Mir (End of 2022), Red Bull KTM:Miguel Oliveira (End of 2021)Brad Binder (End of 2021). The main thing about South Africa, I don't really know how to explain it, it's just home, you know? Rossi and Yamaha will be back on track at the Styrian GP on Friday, ready to try and work towards mounting a podium attack on Sunday. "You know the bikes are probably still going at more than 200 kph, and a bike weighing in at 185kgs flying at close to 200 kph, if that hits somebody, I think we all know how that might end. So what did Rossi have to say on the incident after the race? We have to pray to somebody tonight.

"I don't think we quite expected it so soon, especially in only my third grand prix. Meanwhile, Viñales was incredibly lucky to not get hit by Zarco’s bike that had been flung in the air thanks to the air-fence doing its job of zapping a shed load of energy out of the crash. However, what they didn’t know was that a stricken Yamaha and Ducati were flying towards them – and others – at a terrifying rate of knots. "For sure, when you have a small hairpin then you exit the opposite way and you arrive very, very fast ... this is very dangerous," said Valentino Rossi after narrowly escaping a horror crash in Austria: https://t.co/Acos4Ammxi #MotoGP pic.twitter.com/R8qv58pp4K, Austria 2002 #F1 y Austria 2020 #MotoGP, ambos en la curva 3. pic.twitter.com/fKsjY7ydT6. We lost a lot of time and lost the first group. The rides still to be confirmed for 2021 include the second Aprilia seat alongside Aleix Espargaro, which will depend largely on the outcome of Andrea Iannone's CAS appeal against his 18-month doping ban, plus the remaining Ducati rides. "For sure, when you have a small hairpin then you exit the opposite way and you arrive very, very fast, so this is very dangerous," he told CNN during a media conference. Check out the Crash MotoGP YouTube channel - … It’s testament to every MotoGP™ rider’s ability to go back out and ride the wheels off their fire breathing thoroughbreds after an incident like that. Jack Miller's third podium of the season was just out of reach during the Catalunya MotoGP, which he finished as the top Ducati rider. "We were very lucky because neither bike touched us.". "It blocks your vision a little bit in the last part of the corner to tip in, but it's safer than what we had last week in an extent [that] there was no barrier there, it stopped at a certain point where they've extended it as much as they can in in the safest way possible for this Grand Prix here.". Morbidelli collided with Zarco on the run through the fast Turn 2 kink as the Avintia Ducati rider moved slightly off line under braking, with the pair sent hurtling into the gravel at horrifying speeds. “I have spoken with Zarco already, he promised me he didn’t do it on purpose because he went very wide when braking and he shut the door in the face of Franco. If something bad happened, it’s completely different.”.

When not competing, he is often found honing his skills in Spain. Life on the road is, however, nothing new for the Binder brothers. Espargaro-Petrucci-Zarco chain reaction ends with Andrea Dovizioso being taken out of the MotoGP title lead on the opening lap of the Catalunya Grand Prix. The rookie's success has been well-received at home. "I saw just the bike of (Johann) Zarco flying over Maverick, but sincerely I didn't see that of Franco Morbidelli because it was too close and too fast," he told reporters. It's all those things. Tito Rabat has an Avintia contract in place but is currently struggling to match Zarco and it's possible that another Moto2 star, Luca Marini, could get the ride. Verstappen ‘extracted every ounce of performance’ in F1 Russian GP – Horner, F1 video: Why Sebastian Vettel is perfect for Aston Martin. Johann Zarco checks on Franco Morbidelli after the crash. Ferrari's 1000th GP: Top 10 greatest Ferrari F1 cars. A return visit home would definitely be welcome, but he admits he does keep a little taste of South Africa with him. Somehow, thankfully, Morbidelli’s bike shot straight through the gap that separated the two Monster Energy Yamahas. It's that place that I go to and I know exactly how everything works. Rossi admitted that he didn't see Morbidelli's Yamaha narrowly miss him during the incident.
The air-fence on the outside of Turn 2 – the right kink – managed to take a lot of energy out of Zarco’s GP19, which was still upright. The Petronas SRT machine was skidding along the grass and arrowing straight for the Turn 3 apex at unreal pace – exactly where Viñales and Rossi were.

Warm-up results from the 2020 Catalunya Moto2 Grand Prix at Barcelona. Binder says he enjoys getting support from his native South Africa.