MotoGp, Bagnaia takes pole at Mugello and then argues with Marquez

MotoGp, Bagnaia takes pole at Mugello and then argues with Marquez


SHOES - Pole and track record for a Bagnaia who is stronger than everything, even than usual - incorrigible - Marc Marquez: the world champion set an amazing time at Mugello (1'44"855), remaining lucid and above all fast despite the Cannibal of the Honda was glued to his wheel.At a certain point Pecco lost his nerves: he started cursing at the Catalan, who perhaps left the garage imprudently (Ducati "hopes", words of sports director Ciabatti, "that the Stewards evaluate that maneuver and do something": possible a penalty?) and then he slipped in his slipstream, but he nonetheless brushed a perfect final lap and an impeccable Bucine, trimming a gap of 78 thousandths on the other. For Marquez, however, it is a party: Marc in the front row finds his little brother Alex, a Ducati rider of the Gresini team who finishes with the third fastest time. Once he has crossed the finish line, Pecco looks grimly at Marc but wisely lets go of the controversy. "What happened speaks for itself", he chews bitterly. Valentino Rossi, present in the audience today after yesterday's success at the wheel of a BMW in the Road to Le Mans, taught him that getting angry with the Honda rider is just a waste of energy.

MotoGp, we race at Mugello: all the curiosities of an iconic race

by our correspondent Massimo Calandri


And Marquez laughs: "Thanks, Pecco"

"Thanks, Pecco", Marc laughs. "I regularly left the pits, I don't know why he got angry. He's wrong to get angry, Bagnaia. In reality, I wanted to follow Bezzecchi, but then Pecco joined me and so I got behind me. It went very well". In this afternoon's sprint race (starting at 3pm) and in tomorrow's gp, there are 2 other Borgo Panigale jewels on the second row: Martin and Bezzecchi are 5th and 6th respectively, preceded by Miller's KTM. Third row for Aleix Espargarò's Aprilia, then Zarco and Rins. Very unfortunate Bastianini, who immediately crashed in Q2, reached his garage on foot but made time to do a few laps with the other GP23: the Beast is in the fourth row, behind Binder and Marini.

Vinales disappointment, Quartararo continues to suffer

Quartararo and Vinales, what a disappointment. But if problems are the order of the day for the Frenchman from Yamaha, few expected the Catalan from Aprilia to stay out of Q2. Instead. The first qualifying session promoted Alex Marquez, confirming the superiority of the Ducatis, and the KTM of the Australian Miller. Maverick finds himself alone on the fifth row, and next to him are the pair of M1s: together with the Diablo is his teammate, Morbidelli. Pirro, luxury test rider from Borgo Panigale, with the 17th fastest time is in the sixth row in front of the Aprilia of Portuguese Oliveira, on his return. Seventh row for Di Giannantonio, who signed a historic pole position on this track last year, Savadori starts from the eighth row with a motorbike from Noale.



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