It started off as a fairly typical crash, a motorbike rider at Magny-Cours came off at a corner and his bike proceeded to unseat another racer... but it's what happened next which makes this accident odd.
You see, every so often in sports, there are moments which seemingly defy the laws of physics -- but are actually a wonderful demonstration of science -- whether it's a basketball coming to an abrupt standstill, or the odd bounce of a tennis ball.
And, as you may have guessed from our slightly long-winded build-up, this crash -- during the French Road Racing Cup Promosport at the famous French racing circuit -- was one of those times.
After the two amateur riders, who were battling for the chance to break into international racing, had been unceremoniously thrown from their rides, the bikes came together.
The tangled bikes then began to twirl and spin on the track as though performing an elaborate Latin dance which would almost certainly have got them through the first few rounds of Strictly Come Dancing.
As this happened, the dismounted racers were forced to helplessly watch their bikes' 'almost' sensual moves -- though one, clearly exasperated, did make a wonderfully comedic attempt at stopping them.
When the bikes finally came to a standstill some 40 seconds after they began, marshals wheeled them from the track followed by the angry racers. And there wasn't one stumble.
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