Nup , he highsided and landed HARD....Just watched it on motogp.com, looks like he made it off nicely and just slid (hard to tell for me) but that bike was mangled and flipping all over.
Carbon swingarm smashed in half and rim rooted.I haven’t seen a bike that tore up in a long while. The rear tire was ripped off the wheel and the wheel almost ripped from the bike altogether. Takes very large cajones to get right back on and ride at those speeds. Having happened right after leaving the pit makes me wonder if something wasn’t as tight as it should’ve been.
Another good race , good battle for third , wont spoil it for anyone recording it .
Especially bad for Rossi at that track , in front of all the big bosses !! Man I luv Rossi , but I can see him running his own team one day , and getting let down by the factory is speeding this up imho .Three brands on the podium and Q times within a second of each other. Sad though, Rossi crashing out with four laps to go, not that he was challenging anyone. He has 89 premier wins I think but when was the last one? And why can’t his team beat out the two Petronas Yammies on the front row? (They) outran Dovi’s Ducati and one of them earned Rookie of the Year honors and a second place finish.