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Catalunya's crashes were a warning

There were some huge crashes and lucky escapes during the MotoGP weekend at Catalunya. Toby Moody explains why lessons need to be learned before it's too late

Barcelona was probably the hottest weekend I've ever spent at a European race meeting since I started commentating on MotoGP in 1996. Jarama 1998 comes pretty close, but it wasn't the kind of heat I felt in the pitlane on Saturday morning - yes, morning. The first umbrella girl fell over at 10:30, while the hot black ashpalt grilled the underside of my feet to a medium-well finish.

Just how the riders coped with it is obvious - they're young, in full fitness (well, most of them) and are distracted by the concentration of trying to thread 240bhp down the straight at 205mph.

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