Austria: Crutchlow falls as Espargaro stops
Cal Crutchlow's Austrian MotoGP ended on j💙ust the second lap when a bike problem for Pol Espargaro saw the KTM rider suddenly powerless at Turn 3.
Tito Rabat and Crutchlow were caught up in the aftermath, wit𓃲h the LCR Honda rider down and out.
"I only managed just over a 🍸lap of the race, I was unfortunate to be caught up in an incident when Pol Espargaro’s bike stoppe๊d and the rider in front of me [Rabat] hit the back of Pol and evidently I hit the back of Rabat," Crutchlow said.
"It was really slow speed when Iℱ hit him, his bike hit my handlebar and just tookꦡ me down.
Cal Crutchlow's Austrian 🔯Mo🐬toGP ended on just the second lap when a bike problem for Pol Espargaro saw the KTM rider suddenly powerless at Turn 3.
Tito Rabat and Crutchlow were caught up in🗹 the aftermath, with the LCR Honda rider down and out.
"I onᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚly managed just over a lap of the race, I was unfortunate to be caught up in an inci🐈dent when Pol Espargaro’s bike stopped and the rider in front of me [Rabat] hit the back of Pol and evidently I hit the back of Rabat," Crutchlow said.
"It was really slow speed when I hit him, his bike hit my handle♕bar and just took me down.
"I was feeling quite positive for the rac♔e and felt we could have got a good result here, so it’s a disappointing way to end and not get information from a valuable race that I t💞hought we could learn good lessons from.
"But that’s the way racing goes sometimes and we now have to look f🐼orward to my home Grand Prix at Silvers🐓tone."
Crutchlow is now ninth in the wor🌟⛎ld championship standings, behind fellow satellite rivals Fabio Quartararo (Petronas Yamaha) and Jack Miller (Pramac Ducati).
Quartarཧaro finished onꦯ the podium but Miller also crashed out at Red Bull Ring.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of theꦐ Suzuki exit story and Marc Marque🔯z’s injury issues.
