Both riders tumbled, Barbera getting his leg caught in Miller’s rear wheel and the young Aussie catapulting several times over his LCR Honda.

An angry Barbera made no bones about his thoughts on Miller’s riding style: “I’m angry, because it’s sickening when things like this happen. I was looking forward to this race, in Barcelona was the same and I couldn’t show my performance, and here it happened again…

“The race was finished for me before I complete the first lap, Miller missed the brakes going in to the last chicane and he hit me. I don’t really know was he was thinking about, because it was impossible for him to make the turn. I was lucky to walk away unhurt because it was a bad crash; my right leg was caught with the rear wheel of his bike.

“I know Miller is a rookie, he has no experience with these bikes, but you have to be clever, because the race was 26 laps, and you can’t win in the first one. This is racing and now we have to think in Germany.”

Miller said: “I got a really good start and had a small touch with Eugene Laverty off the line, but after that I recovered. Coming into the last corner I tried to pass Bautista but my rear tyre overtook my front tyre and I got a little nudge from someone. It was unfortunate because I felt quite good here all weekend and my pace wasn’t so bad, so to end it like this was a shame.”

Here’s how it unfolded.

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and in spectacular Miller fashion…
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Top 20 Rider Standings | Rd 8 Assen DutchGP: Sat, June 27 2015
Pos. Rider Nation Points
1 ROSSI Valentino ITA 163
2 LORENZO Jorge SPA 153
3 IANNONE Andrea ITA 107
4 MARQUEZ Marc SPA 89
5 DOVIZIOSO Andrea ITA 87
6 SMITH Bradley GBR 77
7 CRUTCHLOW Cal GBR 57
8 ESPARGARO Pol SPA 56
9 VINALES Maverick SPA 52
10 PEDROSA Dani SPA 47
11 PETRUCCI Danilo ITA 44
12 ESPARGARO Aleix SPA 38
13 REDDING Scott GBR 30
14 HERNANDEZ Yonny COL 28
15 BARBERA Hector SPA 16
16 BAZ Loris FRA 14
17 BAUTISTA Alvaro SPA 11
18 MILLER Jack AUS 11
19 BRADL Stefan GER 9
20 PIRRO Michele ITA