Francesco Bagnaia gets Mugello grid penalty for Alex Marquez incident - appeal rejected
FIM Stewards announce a grid penalty for world champion Franc🧸esco Bagnaia after holding up Alex Marquez in Friday practiඣce at Mugello.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Francesco Bagnaia has been handed a grid penalty for obstructing 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Marquez during Friday practice for his home Italian MotoGP.
Marquez gestured angrily at the reigཧning double world champion after being held up in the closing stages, with the incident immediately placed under investigation by the FIM Stewards.
Bagnaia went on to comfortabl🐷y lead the session, with Marquez in eighth place, mea🧔ning both progressed directly to Saturday’s Qualifying 2.
But on Friday evening, the MotoGP Stewards announced their verdict: Bagnaia received a 3-place grid penalty for Sunday's grand prixও after ‘riding slow online [and] disturbing another rider #73 at Turn 12’.
Under the 'penalty protocol' issued to teams, the 3-place pu♏nishment reflects that the incident occurred during the last 20 minutes of practice (when riders are seeking progression into Q2) but also that it was Bagnaia's first offence.
An appeal against the penalty was rejected by the FIM Ap🌱pea💦l 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. Hꦏe didn’t turn [to look] at any time to see who was coming.
“I was on a hot lap, and𝓡 he was completelyꦉ 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 b🦹ox, you need to take care about the riders co🐼ming fast behind you.”
Bagnaia: Penalty would be 'ridiculous'
Immediately after the session Baཧgnaia, seeking his third Mugello victory in a row, brushed off the incident and labelled the #73 “a great showman” for his on-track reaction.
“[It was] Nothing… I was braking out of the [racing] line,” said Bagnaia. “He’s a great showman, for sure. It’𓆉s useless to do some [gestures] like this. But it makes a good show.
“In case, I receive a penalty for that… [it would] be ridiculou💃s. I’m waiting but I don’t think I will receive a penalty.”
Alex’s older𝓀 brother and Gresini Ducati team-mate Marc is currently in contention to join Bagnaia at the factory D𓃲ucati team in 2025, although title leader Jorge Martin is increasingly tipped to get the ride.
Bagnaia is currently 39 point🍷s behind Martin, who was seventh fastest on Frida🐼y.
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.
