Factory Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo has slammed countryman Alvaro Bautista for the 'crazy' first corner move which saw them both end in the gravel trap and Lorenzo's championship lead disappear in a big puff of engine smoke.

Bautista attempted to outbrake the world as the pack moved into Haarboct after the lights went out but lost the front and skittled Lorenzo. His penalty is to start the German round at the back of the grid, which Lorenzo says is a 'nothing' punishment.

“Well, today was a complete disaster, Alvaro's move was crazy. I met him after the incident, he apologised and we shook hands but in my opinion this is not enough to justify the accident. When I made a mistake in Japan in 2005 I was penalized with a race. Race Direction told me that he will start from last position on the grid in Sachsenring but this is nothing," said Lorenzo.

"We hope that we will be lucky in the future that nothing will happen but if the riders are not penalized properly then they will continue to do crazy things like today. My leg is a big bruise, a big impact but nothing serious happened. Luckily for us we had a 25 point advantage or we would now be far behind. Now we are at zero with Casey so we begin again, the Championship is long so let’s see what happens.”

Bautista apologised, saying: "“Unfortunately, when I followed Dovizioso’s wheel I lost my braking point and hit the brakes far too late. I tried to slow the bike down, but lost grip on the front and low-sided. I am very disappointed, even more so because I took out Lorenzo in the process and that was the last thing that I wanted to happen.

"It was my fault that he crashed out and I apologise profusely to him for that. I hope that nothing similar ever happens again. I also apologise to my team, because they worked so hard this week, only to miss out on what could have been a great result due to this mistake.”