PICTURES: Pedrosa crashes after contact with Simoncelli

Dani Pedrosa and Marco Simoncelli collide at Le Mans.
Simoncelli, Pedrosa, French MotoGP Race 2011
Simoncelli, Pedrosa, French MotoGP Race 2011
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These pictures (see below for full sequence) show the cont💟roversial incident between Dani Pedrosa and Marco Simoncelli in Sunday's French MotoGP at Le Mans - which left Pedrosa with a broken collꦯarbone and Simoncelli a ride-through penalty.

Pedrosa had just re-passed Simoncelli for second along the back straight♐ and was on the inside line as they peeled into to the following left-right Esses.

Simoncelli then attempted to ride around the outside of Pedrosa and the pair made contact at the apex, Pedrosa striking൲ the side of Simoncelli's bike, then falling.

Pedrosa, second in the championship, broke his right-collarbone while Simoncelli received a ride-through penalty, dropping him from second to fifth and thus endi𝔍n✃g his hopes of a debut MotoGP podium.

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