Motorcycling: Rossi urges riders to control aggression after 'terrifying' crash

Yamaha's Valentino Rossi has urged riders who make their way up to the premier class to exercise caution when fighting for track positions to avoid a repeat of the horror collision that halted the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday.

The red flag came out early in the race when Franco Morbidelli's Yamaha collided with the Avintia Ducati of Johann Zarco, with their cartwheeling bikes nearly taking out Rossi at turn three of the Red Bull Ring.The two bikes missed the 41-year-old and team mate Maverick Vinales by inches as they slowed down to negotiate the turn and Rossi looked visibly shaken when he returned to the garage before the race's restart.

"I think it is good to be aggressive because everybody tries to do the maximum, but for me we don't have to exaggerate, because we need to remember that this sport is very dangerous. "He went very wide in braking and he slammed the door in the face of Franco," Rossi added."With this bike when you ride 300km/hr, you have the slipstream, so Franco didn't have any chance to brake.

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