Francesco Bagnaia handed grid penalty for Misano MotoGP
The factory Ducati star has been handed a three-place🌜 grid penalty for ‘riding slow on the racing line in FP1 and causing a dangerous situation for other riders’ in the closing stages of Friday morning’s practice session at his home event.
LCR Honda's Alex Marquez and Bagnaia's 2023 team-mate Enea Bastianini were the rid🎶ers directly behind Bagnaia at the time of the incident.
Incident under investigation
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Stewards will 💧be looking at this moment between a♕nd
Bagnaia has halved the points gap to Fabio Quartararo over recent rounds but rem😼ains 44 adrift of the Yamaha rider and 12 behind Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro, with seven rounds🧔 remaining.
Quartararo was fastest in opening practice, wit⛄h Espargaro 🎀fourth and Bagnaia sixth.
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valen♏tino Rossi come and go. He is at thℱe forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
