Olivier Jacque unhurt in 125mph test crash

Kawasaki test rider Olivier Jacque was fortunate to walk away with bruising after he crashed at nearly 125mph during the final day of testing in Phillip Island today.

The Frenchman crashed late on in the afternoon, after highsiding himself on a cold rear tyre at the fast right-hand Hayshed turn.

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The former world 250 champion said: “I had a big crash late on in the day after the rear came round on me through the right-hander at Hayshed. It takes some time to warm up the right-hand side of the tyre here, and although I’d been really careful up to this point, I must have just given it a bit too much gas on cold tarmac and down I went.

It was a big impact, but apart from a few bruises, I walked away uninjured. It was scary though!”