Pecco Bagnaia blasts “clown” grid penalty at Italian MotoGP
Pecco Bagnaia delivers scathing conde♎mnation 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 Al𓆏ex Marquez during Friday practice, and his appeal was rejected.
Bagnaia 🍸qualified in second but a three-place grid 𒉰penalty means he will start the grand prix from fifth (his penalty does not apply in Saturday’s sprint).
He insisted a strong qualifying may hav꧒e 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, todಞay it is important t♛o start well, to do the maximum.
“We know our pace is very fast.
“If we can l𒀰ead on the first lap, we have an advantage꧙.”
Bagnaia had previously called Maﷺrquez “a great sho🔯wman” for his on-track gesture, after their incident on Friday.
Bagnaia said before the stewards’ decision: “[It was] Nothing… I was braking ꧋out of the [racing] line.
“He’s a great showman, for sure. It’𝔍s useless to do some [gestures] like this. But it m🐷akes a good show.
“In case, I receive a penalty♋ꦦ for that… [it would] be ridiculous.”
Championship leader Jorge Martin w𝔍ill begin the sprint race and the gran▨d prix from pole position.
“It feels good,” Martin said.
“We worked a lot yesterday evening, not on the s𓄧etup, but on the electronics.
“I🌞 was struggled to find the grip. The tyre was a bit better, also the electroni✱cs.
“The l♕ap time was amaꦺzing. 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 se🌊e what we can achieve.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything fro🌠m American sports, to football, to F1.
