Portimao Moto3 Grand Prix, Portugal - Free Practice (2) Results
| Moto3 Portugal - Free Practice (2) Results | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Bike | Time |
| 1 | Mario Aji | INA | Honda Team Asia | (Honda) | 2m 2.491s |
| 2 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | MT Helmets - MSI | (KTM) | 2m 2.544s |
| 3 | Riccardo Rossi | ITA | SIC58 Squadra Corse | (Honda) | 2m 2.566s |
| 4 | Carlos Tatay | SPA | CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP | (CFMOTO) | 2m 2.589s |
| 5 | Ryusei Yamanaka | JPN | MT Helmets - MSI | (KTM) | 2m 2.901s |
| 6 | Jaume Masia | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (KTM) | 2m 3.156s |
| 7 | Scott Ogden | GBR | VisionTrack Racing Team | (Honda) | 2m 3.340s |
| 8 | Tatsuki Suzuki | JPN | Leopard Racing | (Honda) | 2m 3.394s |
| 9 | Ayumu Sasaki | JPN | Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max | (Husqvarna) | 2m 3.456s |
| 10 | Sergio Garcia | SPA | Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team | (GASGAS) | 2m 3.489s |
| 11 | Deniz Öncü | TUR | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | (KTM) | 2m 3.642s |
| 12 | Kaito Toba | JPN | CIP Green Power | (KTM) | 2m 4.294s |
| 13 | Stefano Nepa | ITA | Angeluss MTA Team | (KTM) | 2m 4.447s |
| 14 | Ivan Ortolá | SPA | Angeluss MTA Team | (KTM) | 2m 4.550s |
| 15 | Syarifuddin Azman | MAL | Rivacold Snipers Team | (Honda) | 2m 4.604s |
| 16 | David Salvador | SPA | Sterilgarda Husqvarna Max | (Husqvarna) | 2m 4.656s |
| 17 | Izan Guevara | SPA | Valresa GASGAS Aspar Team | (GASGAS) | 2m 4.700s |
| 18 | Daniel Holgado | SPA | Red Bull KTM Ajo | (KTM) | 2m 4.801s |
| 19 | Joshua Whatley | GBR | VisionTrack Racing Team | (Honda) | 2m 5.192s |
| 20 | Dennis Foggia | ITA | Leopard Racing | (Honda) | 2m 5.288s |
| 21 | David Alonso | COL | GASGAS Aspar Team | (GASGAS) | 2m 5.598s |
| 22 | Joel Kelso | AUS | CIP Green Power | (KTM) | 2m 5.669s |
| 23 | Gerard Riu Male | SPA | BOE SKX | (KTM) | 2m 5.722s |
| 24 | Andrea Migno | ITA | Rivacold Snipers Team | (Honda) | 2m 6.234s |
| 25 | Taiyo Furusato | JPN | Honda Team Asia | (Honda) | 2m 6.302s |
| 26 | Xavier Artigas | SPA | CFMOTO Racing PruestelGP | (CFMOTO) | 2m 6.733s |
| 27 | Ana Carrasco | SPA | BOE SKX | (KTM) | 2m 7.205s |
| 28 | Elia Bartolini | ITA | QJMotor Avintia Racing Team | (KTM) | 2m 7.521s |
| 29 | Matteo Bertelle | ITA | QJMotor Avintia Racing Team | (KTM) | 2m 13.921s |
Mario Aji leads Friday Moto3 practice a wet Portimao, setting the fastest time of the day before worsening weather conditions that eventually blew trackside equipment onto the circuit and prompted a brief red flag period with eight minutes remaining.
Adrian Fernandez has been ruled out of the remainder of the weekend after fracturing fingers in a morning fall.
John McPhee, who had been hoping to return to action in Portimao after missing three rounds due to fractured vertebrae in a post-Qatar training accident, was told by the MotoGP medical team that his injury needs more time to heal and he will now also miss not only Portimao but next week's Jerez event before a further assessment is made.
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
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