Wild card Mika Kallio was taken to hospital with a knee injury after a frightening crash in the early stages of FP2. The Finnish rider, full-time tester for KTM, was appearing in his third wild card outing of the year for the Austrian MotoGP squad.

He ran into the gravel trap outside the fast Turn 8 at barely reduced speed, and was thrown off the KTM at the end of a wild ride, and directly into the air fence. His bike followed him in.

He was stretchered off, and later taken to hospital for further checks.

Kallio, German MotoGP 2018

By Michael Scott

Photos Gold n Goose