Francesco Bagnaia gets Mugello grid penalty for Alex Marquez incident - appeal rejected
FIM Stewards announce a grid penal🧸ty for world champion Francesco Bagnaia after holding up Alex Marquez in Friday practice at Mugello.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia has been handed a grid penalty for obstructing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Marquez during Friday practice for his home Italian MotoGP.
Marquez gestured angrily at the reigning double world champion after bဣeing held up in the closing stages, with the incident immediately placed under investigation by the FIM Stewards.
Bagnaia went on to comfortably𝓀 lead the session, with Marquez in eighth place, meaning both progressed directly to Saturday’s Qualifying 2.
But on Friday evening, the MotoGP Stewards announced their verdict: Ba🅠gnaia received a 3-place grid penalty for Sunday's grand prix after ‘riding slow online [and] disturbing another ri🅺der #73 at Turn 12’.
Under the 'penalty protocol' issued to teams, the 3-place punishment reflects that the i▨ncident occurred during the last 20 minutes of practice (when riders are seeking progression into Q2) but als🌊o that it was Bagnaia's first offence.
An appeal again♋st the penalty was rejected🅷 by the FIM Appeal Stewards, who 'confirmed the decision of the MotoGP Stewards panel'.
Before the decision, Alex Marquez said: “He was slow in the middle of the line and I was improving my lap time. So for me, it’s really clear. He didn’t turn [to look] at any time to see who was 🎃coming.
“I was on a hot lap, and he was completely in the middle ꦿ[of the track]. Penalty or not, we will see.
“But after that incident, he went into the box. And when you are🗹 going into the box, you need to take care about the riders coming fast behind you.”
Bagnaia: Penalty would be 'ridiculous'
Immediately after the session Bagnaia, seeking his third Mugello victory in a row, brushed off the incident and laಌbelled the #73 “a great showman” for his on-track reaction.
“[It was] Nothing… I was braking out of the [rౠacing] line,” said 𝔍Bagnaia. “He’s a great 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. I’m waiting but I don’t think I ༒will receive a penalty.”
Alex’s older brother and Gresini Ducati 🔜team-mate Marc is currently in contention to join Bagnaia at the☂ factory Ducati team in 2025, although title leader Jorge Martin is increasingly tipped to get the ride.
Bagnaia is currently 39 poi✃nts behind Martin, who ಌwas seventh fastest on Friday.
Peter has🐭 been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
