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MotoGP qualifying as bad as Moto3, 'impossible to do a lap'

MotoGP riders throwing their hands up in despair or disgust after being blocked on a fast lap is becoming a more frequent occurrence. After qualifying at the Sachsenring, Francesco Bagnaia felt MotoGP has now become 'the same' as Moto3, the class traditionally seen as the epicentre of deliberate - and potentially dangerous - slow-riding in search of a tow. But while the FIM Stewards have clamped down on such behaviour in the junior class, it's almost unheard of for any penalties to be given to the MotoGP competitors. "It was impossible to do a lap today, just because the riders in front were so slow in the middle of the line," said Bagnaia, who will start from tenth on the...
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