During h꧙is 25-years in moto༺rcycle grand prix racing, Valentino Rossi has been in plenty of dangerous situations.

But the It𓆏alian described the aftermath of Sunday's Austrian MotoGP accident between Johann Zarco and Franco 𓆉Morbidelli as the scariest moment of his career.

When the pair tangled at almost 300km/h, their bikes b🌠ecame unguide𝄹d missiles heading straight for the riders ahead, who were negotiating the slow Turn 3 right-hander.

Zarco's Ducati smashed into an airfence before fl𒈔ying across the track in front of Mav๊erick Vinales, while Morbidelli's 157kg bike – in scenes few are likely to forget – cartwheeled miraculously through a small gap between the sister Yamahas of Vinales and Rossi.

"I think Valentino Rossi is the luckiest guy in the world. I watched the bike jump straight over hඣis head," said KTM's Brad Binder.

Rossi instantly knew how close he had been to disaster, putting his hands on his head as he parked outside the Monster Yamaha pi𒁃ts and remaining visibly shocꩲked as he sat waiting for the restart.

"𝔉It was so scary. It was terrifying," R♋ossi said after the race. "We have to pray to somebody, everybody has to pray to who he decides. But, f**k. I feel bad. I was scared, very much. Because today was very dangerous."

The nine-time world champ𒁏ion admitted it was "very difficult" to go back out and concentrate for the restart, but "at the ⛄end, I don't have a choice. Because I don't want to say 'ciao' to everybody and go home. So I have to restart.

"You try to not ꦜthink about it, but it's really difficult, and even now it's not easy. I spoke to my girlfriend already, she is destroyed! But I haven't spoken to my mother and Grazian🦄o. Now I will call them for sure. Especially Graziano."

Rossi went on to finish in fifth place as the top Yamaha after the restart, then - like VR46 Academy rider Morbidelli - had some : "Zarco overtook Morbidelli on the straight and then didn't want🉐 to be overtaken by Franco in the braking, so he specifically went to brake in front of him.

"Race Direction must do something s🌃erious to Zarco, because in the last race in Brno he knocked out Pol Espargaró, even if he could have avoided the accident."

Upon hearing 🔯those comments, Zarco held a private meeting with Rossi to discuss what had happened and assure the #46 that he had done nothing del🎃iberate.

While 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Zarco felt Rossi understood ꦰhis version of events, the Italian still believes the Ducati rider 'braked in the face' of Morbidelli and called🌱 for greater respect between riders in all🍸 classes.

"Now, everybody is v🍷ery aggressive in MotoGP, and also in the small classes. I can understand it, but for me it's important that we don't exaggerate [the risks]," Rossi said.

"You need to have respect for the other ಌriders because we can't forget that this sport is very dangerous. Especially in a track where you have long straights and you always go at 300 km/h.

"What I said is that also from the small classes, you have a lot of riders who close the door in the face of the others when brakiꦅng. In Italian we say "frenare in faccia", to 'brake in the face'.

"Zarco was very wide, and he 'brakes in the face' of Franco, maybe to not let Franco overtake him back in braking. But he's too close, and when you are at 300 km/h you have a lot of slipstream, and Franco didn't have any chance🦩 to brake [and avoid contact].

"At the end, there is a lot of risk. We risk a ⭕lot, especially me and Maverick. This was a potential disaster.

"I spoke with Zarco, face-to-face. I said this also to him. He said to me that he didn't do it on purpose. But anyway, aggressive is good, but braking in the fac🤪e of the other riders, especially at 300 km/h is a pot꧑ential disaster."

The 41-year-old added that the design of the track, which will host another round next w🍬eekend,ꩵ was also a factor.

"I think that the Red Bull Ring is a bit dangerous in some places, especiaꦚlly when you have hard braking like this from 300 km/h to 50 km/h, and in the hairpin, you have to turn completely in the opposite direction," Ro🅘ssi said.

"This is potentially a very da🍸ngerous place. But I think that it's more about the respect from the riders. This is more dangerous than the track, I think... Everybody has to think about this, not just some."