Vinales penalty puts Bagnaia on Valencia pole for title showdown
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Vinales was shown the back and orange flag during Sunday morning warm-up after a cloud of smoke was emitted from his RS-GP.While Vinales promptly responded to the message by pulling off line and looking down at his bike, the smoke had stopped and he appeared unsure what the message had been For.The Spaniard then continued to ride the remainder of the lap slowly until he reached the pits.The FIM Stewards have punished Vinales with a three-place grid penalty, dropping him from pole to fourth, for “not immediately leaving the track”.Bagnaia, who starts the race 14 points ahead of Jorge Martin, thus moves to pole position ahead of Johann Zarco, with Jack Miller moving to the front row in third.Vinales now heads row two, followed by Brad Binder and Martin.Vinales, like Bagnaia, chose the medium rear tyre (instead of the soft) for Saturday’s Sprint and – after leading for six laps – dropped back to fourth place, with Bagnaia in fifth.Valencia MotoGP: Final 2023 World Championship standingsValencia MotoGP: ResultsValencia Moto2: ResultsValencia Moto3: Results Related Valencia Moto3: Sasaki takes first win of the season in final round Valencia Moto3 Grand Prix, Ricardo Tormo – Race Results
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