MotoGP officials came under heavy fire on Sunday for failing to bring the Moto2 race to a halt following a horror crash.
Spanish rider Jorge Navarro was thrown from his bike after being tagged from behind.
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But it was in the aftermath when the outrage went to the next level as Navarro was left stranded on the side of the track.
As the Spanish star sat on the turf just short of a corner, riders whizzed past as the race continued with no red flags anywhere to be seen in sight.
Navarro lost control of his bike coming around the bend and as he slid across the track he was hit in the back by Simone Corsi.
The sickening collision left Navarro prone on the side of the track and eventually needing to be stretchered off the circuit.
He suffered a fractured femur and was taken to the Alfred Hospital for checks.
Fans watching on couldn’t believe the track wasn’t stopped as marshalls stood next to the injured rider in a dangerous position as riders flew past.
“I think the issue there is Navarro’s come to rest where riders don’t normally end up being,” one commentator said.
“The yellow flags are obviously still being waved into that corner. The marshals are in attendance, they were very quickly on scene.
“Now it’s just a case of getting a stretcher over to Jorge Navarro as soon as possible.”
Freelance MotoGP journalist Simon Patterson was scathing in his assessment of officials as he watched the incident unfold.
“There is an injured rider lying on the inside of a corner, with no helmet on, AND NO RED FLAG. Are race control asleep????” he wrote.
“Jorge Navarro had been lying there for TWO LAPS and somehow THAT’S OK???? What on earth are the clowns doing?
“A horrendous crash where he got run over by another bike. The sort that can cause internal bleeding, collapsed lungs, all sorts of horrible internal injuries. He clearly needed a stretcher.
“Looking back at the incident, I might be wrong but it seems like one of the marshals is signalling that his radio isn’t working and another is calling for the race to be stopped.”
