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Francesco Bagnaia reminded the MotoGP world exactly who he is at the French Grand Prix, snatching pole position by just twelve thousandths of a second over teammate Marc Marquez in a stunning Ducati one-two. Bagnaia's best lap of one minute twenty-nine point six three four seconds was his first pole since Malaysia last October, and it came at the perfect moment.
Over in Formula One, Oscar Piastri is speaking candidly about the shifting dynamic with his manager Mark Webber, who has stepped back from trackside duties heading into the two thousand twenty six season. Webber remains Piastri's manager but is now focused on the commercial side of things, marking a meaningful evolution in a partnership that helped shape the young Australian's rise to the top.
And in Pittsburgh, the Aaron Rodgers saga just got murkier. Steelers general manager Omar Khan appeared on a podcast and his comments about a reported weekend meeting with Rodgers were anything but encouraging. Whatever momentum existed around a potential deal seems to be cooling fast, leaving the Steelers' quarterback situation as unsettled as ever heading into the offseason.
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