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Penalties cost Bagnaia, Vinales pole laps at Portimao

When the chequered flag was waved at the end of MotoGP qualifying in Portimao, Francesco Bagnaia thought he had sealed his second pole position of the season, with a new lap record. But the celebrations were cut short when Bagnaia returned to pit lane and his Ducati Team broke the news that his fastest lap had been cancelled for passing a waved yellow flag. To make matters worse, the Italian had already lost the best lap from his first qualifying run and so found himself demoted from first to 11th on the grid. Digital light panels are being taken to all venues from Portimao onwards to try and make flag warnings clearer for riders to see. But Bagnaia's problem was that the marshal...
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