Francesco Bagnaia took pole f🃏or the MotoGP Emilia Romagna Grand Prix sporting a tribute helmet supporting 🎃an Italian autism charity.

As is tradition for the Italian riders on the Saturday of a race weekend at Misano, Bagnaia unveiled a special helmet design, which this week is decorated with pictures ꦫof pieces of tortellini.

According to Ducati, it is a tribute to Tortellante - a non-profit 𒆙organisation in Italy which supports young people with autism.

The initiative, which was set up in 2016, brings youn꧟g people with autism to💧gether to classes where they make past by hand.

The idea ♕behind the project is to provide a therapeutic activity for young people who have been diagnosed with autism, while also helping them prepare for adult life and provid♒e support for their families.

The project hopes to𒈔꧋ raise more awareness for autism and promote community inclusion.

Bagnaia is also running a tr♕ibute on his bike t𝕴o the late Luca Salvadori, who lost his life in a road racing accident in Germany last weekend.

The reigning double world champion topped Friday practice at the Emilia Romagna GP and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:carried that form into qualifying on Saturday morning.

Bagnaia beat standings ꦯleader Jorge Martin by 0.214s after posting a new lap record of 1m30.031s.

The Ducati rider said afterwards that the cooler conditions made༒ it “difficult to pushꦇ” in Q2.

“Yesterday, I said it could be difficult for the temperature and it was more or less the situation, because it was difficult to push like we wanted in the left corners,” 🌠he said in parc ferme.

“But I’m very happy, because being on pole position is the most important thing and we start i🍸n the be🥀st position possible to try to win this afternoon.”

Martin also said in parc ferme that it will b🌄e “a🎀 difficult task to beat Pecco” in this afternoon’s sprint.

Just seven points split the pair ahead of the Emilia Ro﷽magna GP sprint race.