Bagnaia lost points to Martin for the third consecutive rac൩e after slipping from pole position to third in the MotoGP sprint at Sepang. 

Bagna🎀ia appeared to be in complete control at the mid-race point, but that was far from the case as Alex Marquez soon came through to take the lead.

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A block pass at turn nine then left Bagnaia vulnerable to title rival Jorge Martin, before the Pra𝔍mac rider came through five corners later.

Bagnaia immedia✱tely lost touch with the front two and instead dropped into the clutches ༺of team-mate Enea Bastianini.

Asked what went wrong during the race, Bagnaia told MotoGP.com: 🐲“Something that I don’t understand. Thanks to the sprint we will have data for the race tomorrow. 

“But my feeling was not𒉰 the same. Already from the start [of the race] compared to yesterday and this morning. We will check and it’s something to improve. 

“The pace at the start was quite good but then I started struggling a lot with the front. It was hard to stop and꧃ enter the corner fast.”

Bagnaia’s disappointing result came just🤪 hours aft😼er running a very good pace in practice and qualifying.

A new all-time lap record was set by the reigning MotoGP champion en route to pole posit🉐ion, his seventh of the campaig꧅n. 

But Bagnaia knows th♉at racin🐬g is the most important and that clawing points back against Martin is a must. 

Bagnaia𓆏 added: “Pole position is always a fantastic place to be and is very positive. We have to be happy and doing the all-time lap record is something to be proud of. 

“Pole position is okay but it’s more important to finish the race at the fron🃏t. We need to take some points fr♓om Jorge.”