Cancelled Portugal pole lap “lost” Bagnaia MotoGP win chance

Bagnaia was set to start Sunday’s 25-lap Portimao race from pole after blitzing the lap record in qualifying, only for his effort to be cancelled for a yellow flag infringement, leaving him in 11th.

It took Bagnaia four laps to move up from 11th at the start of the race, but eventually worked his way into podium contention and was promoted to second late on when Pramac’s Johann…