Pecco Bagnaia blasts “clown” grid penalty at Italian MotoGP
Pecco Bagnaia delivers scathing condemnation ꦚof 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 for obstructing Alex Marquez during Friday practice, and his appꩲeal was rejected.
Bagnaia qualified in second but a three-place ༒grid penalty means he will start the grand prix from fifth (his penalty does not apply in Saturday’s sprint).
He insisted a strong qualifying may have rescued his weekend: “Absolutely. It’s one of the greatest things I could do toཧday, starting on the front row.
“These clown penalties are something useless.
“But, in any case, 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 their incident on Friday.
Bagnaia said before t🅰he stewards’ decision: “[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 it makes a good show.
“In case, I receive a penalty for 𝐆that… [it would] be ridiculous.”
Championship leader Jorge🥃 Martin will begin the sprint ra🔯ce and the grand prix from pole position.
“It feels good,” Martin said.
“We wo🎃rked a lot yesterday evening💞, not on the setup, but on the electronics.
“I was struggled to fin꧑d the grip. The tyre was a bit better, also the elecᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtronics.
“The lap time was amazing. Marc crashed, I lost concentratiꦆon but it was also a good lap.
“To🌠morrow we will be strong. Today? It will be a tough race. Let’s see what we can achie🧜ve.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from Ame🅰rican sports, to football, to F1.
