Portimao Moto2 Grand Prix, Portugal - Qualifying Results
| Portimao Moto2 Grand Prix, Portugal - Qualifying Results | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Time |
| 1 | Aron Canet | SPA | Flexbox HP40 | (Kalex) | 1m 44.151s |
| 2 | Cameron Beaubier | USA | American Racing | (Kalex) | 1m 44.479s |
| 3 | Jake Dixon | GBR | Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team | (Kalex) | 1m 44.501s |
| 4 | Tony Arbolino | ITA | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | (Kalex) | 1m 44.560s |
| 5 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (Kalex) | 1m 44.788s |
| 6 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | (Kalex) | 1m 44.827s |
| 7 | Ai Ogura | JPN | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | (Kalex) | 1m 44.898s |
| 8 | Somkiat Chantra | THA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | (Kalex) | 1m 44.911s |
| 9 | Joe Roberts | USA | Italtrans Racing Team | (Kalex) | 1m 44.915s |
| 10 | Albert Arenas | SPA | Autosolar GASGAS Aspar Team | (Kalex) | 1m 44.999s |
| 11 | Jorge Navarro | SPA | Flexbox HP40 | (Kalex) | 1m 45.016s |
| 12 | Marcel Schrotter | GER | Liqui Moly Intact GP | (Kalex) | 1m 45.018s |
| 13 | Celestino Vietti | ITA | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | (Kalex) | 1m 45.076s |
| 14 | Marcos Ramirez | SPA | MV Agusta Forward Racing | (MV Agusta) | 1m 45.251s |
| 15 | Fermín Aldeguer | SPA | Lightech Speed Up | (Boscoscuro) | 1m 45.304s |
| 16 | Zonta Van Den Goorbergh | NED | RW Racing GP | (Kalex) | 1m 45.354s |
| 17 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | ITA | Italtrans Racing Team | (Kalex) | 1m 46.859s |
| 18 | Keminth Kubo | THA | Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team | (Kalex) | No Time |
| 19 | Filip Salac | CZE | Gresini Racing Moto2 | (Kalex) | 1m 46.086s |
| 20 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (Kalex) | 1m 46.160s |
| 21 | Manuel Gonzalez | SPA | Yamaha VR46 Master Camp | (Kalex) | 1m 46.600s |
| 22 | Bo Bendsneyder | NED | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | (Kalex) | 1m 46.712s |
| 23 | Barry Baltus | BEL | RW Racing GP | (Kalex) | 1m 46.787s |
| 24 | Romano Fenati | ITA | Lightech Speed Up | (Boscoscuro) | 1m 46.787s |
| 25 | Gabriel Rodrigo | ARG | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | (Kalex) | 1m 47.213s |
| 26 | Jeremy Alcoba | SPA | Liqui Moly Intact GP | (Kalex) | 1m 47.274s |
| 27 | Simone Corsi | ITA | MV Agusta Forward Racing | (MV Agusta) | 1m 47.676s |
| 28 | Alessandro Zaccone | ITA | Gresini Racing Moto2 | (Kalex) | 1m 47.762s |
| 29 | Sean Dylan Kelly | USA | American Racing | (Kalex) | 1m 48.021s |
| 30 | Niccolò Antonelli | ITA | Mooney VR46 Racing Team | (Kalex) | 1m 48.305s |
Aron Canet claims pole position for the Moto2 class at Portimao ahead of Cameron Beaubier and Jake Dixon, during the first slick tyre laps of the weekend for the intermediate class.
Portimao MotoGP schedule (UK time)
Friday April 22
9am-9.45am - Moto3 Free Practice 1
9.55am-10.40am - MotoGP Free Practice 1
10.55am-11.35am - Moto2 Free Practice 1
1.15pm-1.55pm - Moto3 Free Practice 2
2.10pm-2.55pm - MotoGP Free Practice 2
3.10pm-3.50pm - Moto2 Free Practice 2
Saturday April 23
9am-9.40am - Moto3 Free Practice 3
9.55am-10.40am- MotoGP Free Practice 3
10.55am-11.35am - Moto2 Free Practice 3
12.35pm-.12.50pm - Moto3 Qualifying 1
1pm-1.15pm - Moto3 Qualifying 3
1.30pm-2pm - MotoGP Free Practice 4
2.10pm-2.25pm - MotoGP Qualifying 1
3.10pm-3.25pm - Moto2 Qualifying 1
3.35pm-3.50pm - Moto2 Qualifying 2
Sunday April 24
9.20am-9.30am - Moto3 warm-up
9.40am-10am - MotoGP warm-up
10.10am-10.20am - Moto2 warm-up
11.20am - Moto3 race
1pm - MotoGP race
2.30pm - Moto2 race
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has seen Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marquez’s injury issues.
