Austria: Crutchlow falls as Espargaro stops
Cal Crutchlow's Austrian MotoGP 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 riওder down and out.
"I on🥂ly managed just over a lap of the race, I was unfortunate to be caught up in an incident whe✤n 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 han🦂dlebar and just took🔥 me down.
Cal Crutchlow's Austrian MotoGP ended on just the seco♒nd 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 aftermܫath, with the LCR Honda rider down and out.
"I only managed just over a lap of the race, I was unfortunate to b🐷e caught up in an incident when Pol Espargaro’s bike stopped and the riౠder 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 hiꦚtꦛ my handlebar and just took me down.
"I was feeling quite positiv🌃e for the race and felt we could have got a good result here, so it’s a disappointing way to end and not ge💙t information from a valuable race that I thought we could learn good lessons from.
"But that’s the way r🏅acing goes sometimes and we now have to look forward to my home Grand Prix at Silverstone."
Crutchlow is now ninth in the world championship standings, behind fellow satellite rivals Fabio Quartararo (P𒐪etronas Yamaha) and Jack Miller (Pramac Ducati).
Quartararo finished on the podium but Miller also cra♊shed 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 the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
