On lap three of the 27-lap Pink Bull Ring race, KTM wildcard Pedrosa misplaced the front-end of his RC16 on the Flip 3 right-hander whereas he was working in twelfth.
The Spaniard’s stricken KTM was in left stranded on the racing line and Aprilia’s Savadori might do nothing to keep away from it.
Savadori struck the KTM and the bike burst into flames, which unfold throughout the circuit at Flip 3, instantly bringing out the pink flags.
Pedrosa received up shortly from his tumble whereas Savadori was seen getting away from the incident, although wanted to be taken away on a stretcher.
Fortunately, Savadori was seen sitting up by the facet of the observe and talking to medical employees.
MotoGP has since confirmed Savadori has been taken to the medical centre for additional checks, whereas Pedrosa can be allowed to restart the race on his spare bike.
The circuit at Flip 3 is presently present process a serious clean-up operation with the pitlane set to open at 14:38 native time forward of a 27-lap race restart.
Crash at flip 2
Photograph by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images
On the pink flag it was Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia who led the sector from Pramac poleman Jorge Martin.
The opening laps have been frantic, with championship chief Fabio Quartararo on the Yamaha placing on a courageous transfer on Joan Mir and Marc Marquez at Flip 6 for fourth.
This got here as each reigning champion Mir and Marquez made contact on the nook, with the Suzuki rider put into that place when he ran extensive at Flip 4 whereas working within the podium locations.
The race can be restarted over 26 laps and the grid order can be because it was for the unique begin, with Martin on pole from Bagnaia and Quartararo.
That is the third Pink Bull Ring MotoGP race in succession to be red-flagged following critical incidents.
The 2020 Austrian GP was red-flagged after a horrifying collision between Franco Morbidelli and Johann Zarco, which noticed each of their bikes nearly hit Maverick Vinales and Valentino Rossi.
Within the Styrian GP the week after, a brake failure for Maverick Vinales at Flip 1 pressured him to leap off at 140mph and resulted in his Yamaha smashing into the air fence and bursting into flames.
Pink Bull Ring security has been a relentless matter for dialogue in recent times, with riders notably involved if races are to be hit by rain – which stays a menace this afternoon.