Stewards announce verdict on Franco Morbidelli incident in Thai MotoGP practice

Franco Morbidelli ruined Francesco Bagnaia’s Q2 hopes with late blo🎃ck

Franco Morbidelli, VR46 Ducati, 2025 Thai MotoGP
Franco Morbidelli, VR46 Ducati, 2025 Thai MotoGP
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VR46 Ducati MotoGP rider 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Franco Morbidelli has been given a penalty for this weekend’s Thai Grand Prix after blocking 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Francesco Bagnaia at the end of Friday practice.

Double𒀰 wo🌊rld champion Bagnaia was dumped out of the top 10 after a late effort that put him seventh was cancelled, seemingly due to a yellow flag infringement.

This left him with time for one lap to secure a direct Q2 spot for Saturday’s qualifying, but was forced to abandon 🦹that effort when he came across a slowing Morbidelli at Turn 5.

Morbidelli was hauled in front of the stewards for this and has been given a 💙three-place grid penalty for Sunday’s grand prix.

LCR Honda rookie Somkiat Chantra has also been given a three-place gri🧸d penalty for riding too slowly on the racing line. 

Experts shocked at Franco Morbidelli in Thailand MotoGP practice

TNT Sports’ Sylvain Guintoli exclaimed: “Oh, come oღn! Every time…

“How many times has Frankie done that?

“It’s such a shame. Why?”

Gavin Emmett said: “Frustration betw🍸een Bagnaia and 🅠his mate.

“We’ve seen that a💖 few times with 🍬Frankie recently.

“He went off track.”

Guintol🎃i replied: “But he was on the racing line. He should know better. He shouldn’t be there.

"Morbidelli has had multiple penalties a♈lready. That’s not acceptable.

"He’s had at least two penalties for doing this alr𒀰eady. It must be more, but I can think of two. 

"You would think when I’m on a slow lap and it’s the end of the sess꧑ion, you just look bཧack.

"It ca🌄n happen, we’ve all done it at times. Sometimes you don’t see it coming, if you’re on a slow lap the bikes c𝔍ome up to you really fast. You can get surprised.

"It’s not malicious. He’s not doing it m🉐aliciously. But you do need to pay attentio𒀰n.

"He was complete🌌ly on the racing line and ruined his mate Pecco Bagna🅘ia’s best lap."

Michael Laverty said: "It’s strange -ꦓ a rider of his intelligence just seems to have brain fade after he’s completed his session or his lap. 

"It’s like he’s just cruising around."

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