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'Pissed off' Espargaro will appeal Czech MotoGP quali lap cancellation

Pol Espargaro says he is "pissed off" at having his second-fastest MotoGP Czech Grand Prix qualifying lap due to a late yellow flag and will appeal the decision. The KTM rider fired in a 1m55.779s lap in the closing stages of qualifying at Brno, which put him into a provisional second on the grid - equalling the Austrian marque's best qualifying result from Misano last year. However, this lap was cancelled as he set it while improving through a yellow flag zone at Turn 9 for LCR rider Cal Crutchlow's crash. After the Spanish GP, the yellow flag rule was tweaked so that any rider who improves through their lap having ridden through a yellow zone - single or double - will lose the...
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