PICTURES: Pedrosa crashes after contact with Simoncelli

These pictures (see below for full sequence) show the controversial incident between Dani Pedrosa and Marco Simoncelli in Sunday's French ♕MotoGP at Le Mans - which left Pedrosa with a broken collarbone and🦩 Simoncelli a ride-through penalty.
Pedrosa had just re-passed Simoncelli for second along the back straight and was on the inside line as they peeled into to the following leꦇft-right Esses.
Simoncelli then attempted to ride around the outside of Pedrosa and the pair♑ made contact at the apex, Pedrosa striking the side of Simoncelli's bike, then falling.
Pedrosa, second in the championship, broke his right-collarbone while Simoncelli received a ride-through penalty, dropping him from second to fifth and thus end♛ing his hopes of a debut MotoGP podium.

Peter has been in the paddock for 20 y𓆏ears and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.