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'Happy to be alive' - MotoGP riders talk about the scary accident at the Sepang circuit

Brad Binder hit Quartararo, and he hit Miller causing a Domino effect. Miller was lying down for several minutes before the stewards sent him to the medical center.

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The Malaysian Grand Prix had a scary accident at the start of the race where KTM riders Jack Miller, Brad Binder and Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo crashed in Turn 2 bringing the red flags out. Fortunately, all three riders received Medical Clearance after the race. The incident was scary for many fans who went to see the race. Many of them posted videos of what they captured on the race track on their social media pages.

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Big, Big Crash in Malaysia

But what started the crash? It was when Brad Binder came out of turn 1 and got ready for turn 2 and he dashed with Fabio Quartararo who further hit Miller's KTM and all three crashed. Out of the three riders Jack Miller was the one who suffered the most as the Castrol Honda rider Joan Mir ran over Millers Legs as he couldn't stop on time.

It was horrific to see Miller down motionless for a few minutes before the medical team arrived erected a screen around Jack Miller and placed him on a stretcher. The stewards investigated the incident and declared it as a race incident. Fabio was the only rider to walk away after the incident. Binder and Miller remained on the ground until the medical team rushed to them.

After the race, all three riders were happy to be alive after that horrific crash. Miller was out of the race after the crash as he was rushed into the medical centre. While Binder and Quarttararo came back with the second bike. But even then Binder was out of the race and Fabio was the only one to continue the race and finished P6.

Jack Miller Posted on his Instagram “Lucky to walk away from that one today. Thank you to everyone for the kind messages.” he suffered only a bruised leg as Mir’s bike ran over his legs. Joan Mir admitted that he was worried for Miller and after the race, he rushed to him and the Aussie said he was ok.

Quartararo said “I didn't even see what happened. It just felt like somebody hit me on the inside. It felt like a lot, and it was Jack’s head. I didn't know how he was but I saw him in the paddock just before the restart so I was really happy that he was fine. Because the crash was a really scary one.” All three riders will be riding in the final race of the season set to happen in Barcelona, Spain this month.

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