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MotoGP tweaks Red Bull Ring Turn 3 barriers after horror crash

MotoGP has tweaked Turn 3 at Red Bull Ring for the Styrian Grand Prix by extending the air fence following last week's horror smash between Johann Zarco and Franco Morbidelli. Morbidelli collided with Zarco at almost 200mph during the Austrian Grand Prix as the Avintia Ducati rider moved slightly off-line under braking on the run through the fast left kink at Turn 2. Both were sent into the gravel at high speed, while Morbidelli's bike slid straight into the path of the bikes ahead - with Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales narrowly avoiding being hit by the errant Petronas SRT Yamaha. Zarco's bike was launched into the air after it collided with the air fence, with Vinales also lucky to...
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