Valentino Rossi has described Red Bull Ring’s Turn 8 as “very dangerous” as discussions about safety at the Austrian track continue ahead of this weekend’s MotoGP round. The Spielberg venue has already come in for criticism from numerous riders for a lack of rider safety, Scott Redding in particular questioning the logic of racing at a venue where the run-off areas have been designed predominantly with car racing in mind. On Thursday, organisers took the decision to modify the final corner, Turn 10, by making the track narrower to reduce the risk of a serious accident by distancing the riders from the outside wall. Asked which other corners posed a safety risk, Rossi – who raced...
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