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Bagnaia insists Ducati “will never have” team orders to aid his MotoGP title bid
Francesco Bagnaia lost the world championship lead for the first time since April after finishing eighth in the sprint race, while his title rival Jorge Martin won. Bagnaia had a difficult day, struggling with rear grip issues and failing to advance from Q1, qualifying 13th. Despite running behind his teammate Bastianini during the sprint, Bagnaia was unable to overtake. There were questions about why Ducati didn’t use team orders to help Bagnaia move up to seventh and limit Martin’s lead to six points. Bagnaia explained that Ducati doesn’t employ team orders and that he accepted this strategy.
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