Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa says he didn't see Jorge Lorenzo cutting back on to the racing line fractions of a second before their big crash because he was hanging off the other side of his RC213V so was completely unsighted.

Pedrosa had hit his apex as Andrea Dovizioso ran wide after trying a pass on his Ducati team-mate and he says the next thing he knew he was in the air.

"I couldn't really make an overtake in the braking because I was losing so much in the straights compared to them so I was never close. So I waiting until the end of the race to see if their tyres may lose some traction and I can stay more close to overtake, or maybe take the chance for some mistake," said Pedrosa, speaking at Jerez.

"Finally, in that point, they made a mistake. They both went wide and - I was not going faster otherwise I couldn't keep my line. I did my normal line but they went slower because they were outside. The thing is that Jorge cut down from Dovi after the pass and he wanted to recover his position and maybe he didn't expect me there for some reason.

"The next thing I know, boom, a big hit with Jorge. Unfortunately this ended with a crash for all three. What I can say is in that moment there is one point that I'm watching them going wide, but then I started turning and I'm completely on the right side of my bike and I can't see anything. Even if I want, you don’t see because you are leaning on the other side.

"Instead, Lorenzo was leaning on the inside. He can, more-or-less, see me and also I think when you go out of the racing line you must check when you recover to the line. But finally we touch, and we crash, and there's nothing we can do now."