MotoGP: Rossi shares video, Zarco made a ‘serious error of judgement'
Valentino Rossi has taken to social media to once more urge his fellow🥃 MotoGP riders to keep safety in mind following the Austrian MotoGP, saying Johann Zaꦿrco showed a ‘serious error of judgement’ in what could have been a more catastrophic accident.
The Italian is still reeling after he and Yamaha team-mate Mav😼erick Vinal𒁏es came to within inches of being struck by the wayward bikes of Franco Morbidelli and Zarco following their own coming together moments before behind them.
In images aꩲnd footage that have been shared wid🐬ely around the world, Rossi was almost struck by Morbidelli’s Yamaha as it threaded through a small gap at Turn 3.
The original accident was caused when Zarco moved across Morbidelꦕli and braked, caus𓆏ing them to make contact and send their respective bikes spiralling out of control up the road.
Sharing a video - viewed more than 2 million 💜times already - using a forward-facing camera on his Yamaha, he says this angle is the ‘one that scares me (him) the most’, adding that while he is sure Zarco had no intention of riding dangerously, this was the result of his ‘serious error of judgement’.
“The images from my camera ar💜e the ones that scare me the most, because f🍷rom here you can understand the speed with which Franco's bike crossed the track right in front of me. It passed so hard that I didn't even see it, when I went back to the pits I was already shocked enough to have seen Zarco's bike literally fly over Maverick's head.
“Miraculously nobody got hurt but I hope this incident makes everyone think, especially us r🐼iders. Zarco did 🅘not intentionally cause such a crash, but it is still a serious error of judgment, which a MotoGP rider cannot afford, especially in a braking at 310 km / h.
“By moving quickly to the right and ꧙b💝raking "in the face" of Franco , did not give him the place to slow down, so Morbidelli could not help but hit him at full speed.
“I understand that in the race we play a lot and everyone gives their best to stay in front, but we must not forget that ours is a sport dangerous, and our safety and our opponents' safety is much more important than gaining a positi🌠on.”
Zarc🅰o and Morbidelli are⛎ due to meet with the FIM to explain their part in the incident ahead of this weekend's Styrian MotoGP, which will take place at the same Red Bull Ring
