di Giannantonio’s<\/a> biggest issue was that his best lap had been blighted by a bee in his helmet.<\/p>\n\u201cUnfortunately, I\u2019m not very happy. The goal was to start from the front row and, of course, we wanted the pole position,” he said.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBut, in my time attack, a bee got into my helmet, and I struggled to complete a perfect lap.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the last attempt, I tried until the end, but it was too late because the tyres were finished.”<\/p>\n
That left Ducati\u2019s leading rider in the world championship to start from fourth on the grid.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe positive thing is that we are fast, we start from the second row and we will fight in the Sprint.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will have to recover a little bit, all the riders in front are fast, so I suppose the race will be very fast.\u201d<\/p>\n
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di Giannantonio will be chasing his second Sprint podium of the season in this afternoon\u2019s race, which starts at 3pm local time (2pm UK).<\/p>\n
The Aprilia duo of Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin, the only riders currently ahead of di Giannantonio in the world championship standings, will start from third and eighth places respectively.<\/p>\n
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