Kerb strike broke Bastianini’s front wheel in Austria MotoGP

The three-time race winner started on pole for Sunday’s 28-lap Red Bull Ring race, but was jumped off the line by eventual victor Francesco Bagnaia and quickly shuffled back to third.

Bastianini engaged in a tight tussle with Pramac’s Jorge Martin – with whom he is vying for a place at the factory Ducati squad for 2023 – and was running in fourth when he ran over a kerb…