Martin “preferred to crash than stay fourth” in Austria MotoGP battle

The satellite Ducati rider ran in the podium battle for much of Sunday’s Red Bull Ring race, at the scene of his first MotoGP win in last year’s Styrian GP, and was fighting with factory counterpart Miller over the final rostrum spot.

But Martin slid off at Turn 1 as he went for a move up the inside of the Australian, before remounting to finish down in 10th.

Speaking…