However, he claimed he was innocent of any wrongdoing. Zarco, the 30-year-old French rider, said he was unsure what caused the crash. Zarco braked in front of him, Franco couldn't do anything." "But at 300 km/h, being a MotoGP, Morbidelli was unable to do anything. "Zarco is not new to these things, what happened is very clear: Zarco overtook Morbidelli on the straight and then didn't want to be overtaken by Franco, so he specifically went to brake in front of him. He added: "We're competing in a very dangerous sport, you have to have respect for those who run on the track with you," added Rossi after a race won for the second year in succession by Andrea Dovizioso on a factory Ducati. Rossi insisted that too many MotoGP riders take too many risks and fail to understand that "our bikes, at these speeds, are bullets". Monster Energy Yamaha's Italian rider Valentino Rossi, left, and Petronas Yamaha SRT' Italian rider Franco Morbidelli compete during the Moto GP Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring circuit in Spielberg, Austria on Sunday. It was really dangerous for me, him, for Rossi and Vinales who were up front and saw a bike coming at them at 280 per hour." (continues below) "I hope this major incident makes Zarco think. "Braking like this at 300kph means having little love for yourself or for those you are racing against. "Zarco is almost a murderer," Morbidelli told Sky Sport Italia. Morbidelli, possibly a teammate of Rossi's next season at the Yamaha satellite team, did not mince his words. "The saint of motorcyclists today did a really great job, it was a very dangerous thing." "I saw a shadow, I thought it was the helicopter from above, sometimes it happens during the race that the helicopter passes over and casts a shadow. I took the biggest risk of my career," Rossi told Sky Italia. I am shaken, resuming the race was tough. Incredibly, Rossi managed to compose himself and after the race was restarted came home in fifth place. "Even Zarco's Ducati passed a few metres over me, it was a very dangerous moment." "Morbidelli's bike nearly killed me," fumed Rossi. Zarco's free-wheeling Ducati also came desperately close to hitting Rossi as well as his Yamaha factory teammate Maverick Vinales who was just ahead of him. Morbidelli and the Ducati of Johann Zarco had collided just seconds before the riders slipped through turn four at Spielberg on lap eight of the race. The 41-year-old Italian, a nine-time world champion, was left badly shaken after Franco Morbidelli's Yamaha flew across the track just centimetres in front of him. SPIELBERG BEI KNITTELFELD, Austria: World motorcycling superstar Valentino Rossi said a rival's stray bike, travelling at around 300 km/h, almost "killed me" in a horrifying near-miss at the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday.
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