Definitely, it’s time for Maverick Viñales to leave Austria. Last Sunday, during the first Grand Prix on the Red Bull Ring, the Yamaha rider had already seen the motorcycles of Franco Morbidelli and Johann Zarco pass not far from harpooning him. This Sunday, the danger came from his own motorcycle.
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In the middle of a fight in the heart of the peloton, the Spaniard experienced a first warning in a turn, raising his hand to signal that he had a problem. Yet he continued on his way. But on the next lap, as he started to brake out of the pit straight to attack Turn 1, his brakes were unresponsive.
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Full of coolness, the pilot then abandoned his machine to dive on the asphalt at about 200 km / h, leaving his mount to finish its route on fire in the air-fence.
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“Suddenly, in the first corner, the brakes exploded and it was impossible to do anything, he explained. I believe a part came off and my first intention was to get off the bike because I just couldn’t stop it! I wasn’t going to stay on it! I had to jump … I understood very well that the brakes had broken, so I decided to jump. “
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