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Zarco handed pitlane start penalty for Morbidelli crash at Austrian MotoGP

Johann Zarco has been penalised with a pitlane start for the MotoGP Styrian Grand Prix for the horrific crash with Franco Morbidelli a week ago at the Red Bull Ring. Zarco and Morbidelli suffered a 200mph collision after the Turn 2 kink during lap 10 of the Austrian GP last weekend, with Zarco's bike hitting the airfence at Turn 3 and vaulting over the barrier and narrowly missing Maverick Vinales, while Morbidelli's errant Petronas SRT Yamaha slid straight up the track and only just missed hitting both Valentino Rossi and Vinales. The French rider was criticised by several riders for changing his line under braking, with Morbidelli calling him a "half-killer" and saying that he...
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