Pecco Bagnaia blasts “clown” grid penalty at Italian MotoGP
Peccoꦦ Bagnaia de🌜livers scathing condemnation of decision to penalise him
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia has criticised the decision to hit him with a grid penalty at the Italian MotoGP.
The MotoGP champion was 🅷punished for obstructing Alex Marquez during F🍸riday practice, and his appeal was rejected.
Bagnaia qual🌳ified in second but a three-place grid penalty means he will start the grand p💝rix from fifth (his penalty does not apply in Saturday’s sprint).
He insisted a strong q꧅ualifying may have rescued his weekend: “Absolutely. It’s one of the greatest things I could do today, starting on the front row.
“These clown penalties are something useless.
“But, in any case, today it is important to st𝓡art well, to do the maximum.
“We know our pace is very fast.
“If we cꦿan lead on the first lap, we have an advantage.”
Bagnaia had previously called Marquez “a great showman” for his on-track ge𝔍sture, after their💜 incident on Friday.
Bagnaia said before the steꦕwards’ d⛄ecision: “[It was] Nothing… I was braking out of the [racing] line.
“He’s a great showman, for sure. It’s useless to do some [gestures] like this. But iꦡt makes a good show.
“In case, Iℱ receive a penalty for that… [it would] be ridiculous.𝄹”
Championship leader Jorge Martin will begin the sprint r﷽ace and the grand prix from pole position.
“It feels good,” Martin said.
“We worked a lot yesterday evening, not on the s🧔etup, but o♍n the electronics.
“I was struggled to find t💎he grip༒. The tyre was a bit better, also the electronics.
“The lap t💃ime was amazing. Marc crashed, I lost concentration but it was also a good lap.
“Tomorrow we will be strong. Today? It will be 💃a to🐟ugh race. Let’s see what we can achieve.”
James was a sports journalist 🥃at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to f♛ootball, to F1.
