Having secured a career-best fourth in the Superpole race earlier on Sunday, Moto2 convert Vierge was set for another top-five finish on an ever-improving Honda bike as he battled with the Motocorsa Ducati of Axel Bassani.
But just after the halfway point of the race, Bassani hit the front tyre of Vierge’s Honda CBR1000RR at Turn 11, with the Spanish rider revealing that he had to jump off the bike to avoid hitting the wall at the exit of the corner beyond the gravel trap.
