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“It can be dangerous” – MotoGP’s Balaton Park race questioned after first lap crash

Tech3 KTM rider Enea Bastianini has questioned the safety of MotoGP races at the new Balaton Park circuit after he was injured during a chaotic first lap in Saturday’s Hungarian Grand Prix sprint.

Bastianini was speared wide at the first corner after a desperate lunge by Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo. It was in the course of this collision, for which Quartararo has earned a long lap penalty on Sunday, that Bastianini hurt his back.

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