Pecco Bagnaia blasts “clown” grid penalty at Italian MotoGP
Pecco Bagnaia delivers scathing condemnation of𝔍 decision to penalise him
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia has criticised the decision to hit him with a grid penalty at the Italian MotoGP.
The MotoGP champion was punished fo🉐r obstructing Alex Marquez during Friday practice, and his appeal was rejected.
Bagnaia qualified in second but a three-place grid penalty means he will start the grand prix from fiftꦏh (his penalty does not apply in Saturday’s sprint).
He insisted a strong qualifying may havಌe 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 cas✨e, today it is important to start well, to do the maximum.
“We know our pace is very fast.
“If we can lead on the ♐first lap, we have an advantage.”
Bagnaia had previously called Marquez “a great showman” for his on-track gesture, after t൲heir incident on Friday.
Bagnaia said before the stewards’ decision: “[It was] Nothing… I was braking out of the [racin♑g] line.
“He’s a grea�ꦬ�t showman, for sure. It’s useless to do some [gestures] like this. But it makes a good show.
“In case, I receive a ⭕penalty for that… [it would] be ridiculous.”
Championship leader Jorge Martin will begin the sprint race and the grand prix from pole positi💮on.
“It feels good,” Martin said.
“We worked a lot yesterday evening, not on the setup, but on♔ the electronic🦂s.
“I was struggled to find theꦚ grip. The tyre was a bit better, also the ✱electronics.
“The lap🦩 time was amazing. Marc crashed, I lost concentration but it was also a good lap.
“Tomorrow we will be strong. 🐻Today? It will be a tough race. Let’s see what we can achieve.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everyꦬthing from American sports, to football, to F1.
