2022 Portuguese MotoGP, Portimao - Warm-up Results
MotoGP Portimao, Portugal - Warm-up Results | ||||||
Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
1 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 1'40.278s | 7/12 | 342k |
2 | Jack Miller | AUS | Ducati Lenovo (GP22) | +0.058s | 11/12 | 348k |
3 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.308s | 12/12 | 341k |
4 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) | +0.340s | 12/12 | 344k |
5 | Alex Marquez | SPA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +0.361s | 12/12 | 340k |
6 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) | +0.445s | 6/12 | 342k |
7 | Joan Mir | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.499s | 11/12 | 336k |
8 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.503s | 12/12 | 341k |
9 | Andrea Dovizioso | ITA | WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) | +0.573s | 12/12 | 334k |
10 | Johann Zarco | FRA | Pramac Ducati (GP22) | +0.604s | 11/12 | 345k |
11 | Alex Rins | SPA | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | +0.708s | 10/12 | 336k |
12 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP22) | +0.804s | 11/11 | 342k |
13 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP21) | +0.861s | 10/10 | 346k |
14 | Pol Espargaro | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | +0.928s | 9/12 | 339k |
15 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP22) | +0.935s | 6/7 | 341k |
16 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +1.012s | 11/12 | 333k |
17 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +1.044s | 12/12 | 334k |
18 | Luca Marini | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | +1.052s | 12/12 | 342k |
19 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | +1.072s | 10/10 | 336k |
20 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)* | +1.509s | 9/9 | 342k |
21 | Remy Gardner | AUS | KTM Tech3 (RC16)* | +1.824s | 11/12 | 333k |
22 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Gresini Ducati (GP21)* | +2.234s | 11/11 | 334k |
23 | Lorenzo Savadori | ITA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) | +2.539s | 7/12 | 339k |
24 | Darryn Binder | RSA | WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)* | +3.738s | 12/12 | 339k |
Pole position time:
Johann Zarco FRA Ducati 1m 42.003s
* Rookie
Official Portimao MotoGP records:
Best lap:
Francesco Bagnaia ITA Ducati 1m 38.725s (2015)
Fastest race lap:
Alex Rins SPA Suzuki 1m 39.450s (2021)
MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo leads the MotoGP timesheets during an intense warm-up session for the 2022 Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimao.
After four wet free practice sessions and a damp qualifying, teams and riders spent the 20-minute warm-up scrambling to find the best dry set-up possible for this afternoon's race.
Quartararo, named alongside Joan Mir as a dry race favourite by Marc Marquez on Saturday, hit the top of the timesheets on his seventh lap, then remained in charge to the end.
Jack Miller, starting just ahead of Quartararo at the head of the second row this afternoon, was just 0.058s slower with Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda), Aleix Espargaro (Aprilia) and Alex Marquez (LCR Honda) claiming a late third, fourth and fifth.
After hurting his right shoulder in the damp Qualifying 1, Francesco Bagnaia was declared fit to ride this morning. The Factory Ducati star set the 12th fastest time in warm-up but will need to start 25th and last in this afternoon's race.
World championship leader Enea Bastianini, another Q1 faller, was also back on track after scans on his right wrist and will line-up 18th on the grid today. The Gresini Ducati rider was just behind Bagnaia in warm-up.
However, rookie Raul Fernandez has been declared unfit after also highsiding in Qualifying 1 and injuring his hand.
Fellow rookie Marco Bezzecchi, starting from a career-best sixth place this afternoon, fell on his way to 20th in warm-up.
Pramac Ducati rider Jorge Martin, injured at this track a year ago, walked away from a bigger fall in the closing minutes. team-mate and pole qualifier Johann Zarco took tenth this morning.
Michelin expects the medium compound slick tyres to be chosen for the race, as were used last November.
After four overseas events, the European leg of the 2022 MotoGP season begins at Portimao this weekend with Gresini’s Enea Bastianini leading the world championship standings by five points over Suzuki’s Alex Rins, after victories in two of the opening rounds.
Aleix Espargaro is 11 points from the top for Aprilia, with Rins’ team-mate Joan Mir, Yamaha’s reigning MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo and KTM’s Brad Binder completing the early top six.
2020 champion Mir, Ducati’s reigning title runner-up Francesco Bagnaia and Repsol Honda’s six-time premier-class champion Marc Marquez (who has missed two races due to diplopia) are among those still seeking a first podium of the season.
The previous Portimao MotoGP rounds, all held since November 2020, have been won by home star Miguel Oliveira (KTM), Quartararo and Bagnaia respectively.
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
COTA: MotoGP World Championship standings | ||||||
Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Points | Diff. | |
1 | ^2 | Enea Bastianini | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP21) | 61 | |
2 | ^2 | Alex Rins | 0 | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | 56 | (-5) |
3 | ˅2 | Aleix Espargaro | 0 | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) | 50 | (-11) |
4 | ^2 | Joan Mir | 0 | Suzuki Ecstar (GSX-RR) | 46 | (-15) |
5 | = | Fabio Quartararo | 0 | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 44 | (-17) |
6 | ˅4 | Brad Binder | 0 | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 42 | (-19) |
7 | ^4 | Jack Miller | 0 | Ducati Lenovo (GP22) | 31 | (-30) |
8 | = | Johann Zarco | 0 | Pramac Ducati (GP22) | 31 | (-30) |
9 | ˅2 | Miguel Oliveira | 0 | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | 28 | (-33) |
10 | ˅1 | Jorge Martin | 0 | Pramac Ducati (GP22) | 28 | (-33) |
11 | ˅2 | Pol Espargaro | 0 | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 23 | (-38) |
12 | ^2 | Francesco Bagnaia | 0 | Ducati Lenovo (GP22) | 23 | (-38) |
13 | ^2 | Marc Marquez | 0 | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 21 | (-40) |
14 | ˅1 | Maverick Viñales | 0 | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP) | 19 | (-42) |
15 | ˅3 | Franco Morbidelli | 0 | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | 14 | (-47) |
16 | = | Takaaki Nakagami | 0 | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 12 | (-49) |
17 | = | Luca Marini | 0 | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP22) | 10 | (-51) |
18 | = | Marco Bezzecchi | 0 | Mooney VR46 Ducati (GP21)* | 7 | (-54) |
19 | ˅4 | Darryn Binder | 0 | WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1)* | 6 | (-55) |
20 | ^2 | Alex Marquez | 0 | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 4 | (-57) |
21 | = | Andrea Dovizioso | 0 | WithU Yamaha RNF (YZR-M1) | 3 | (-58) |
22 | = | Remy Gardner | 0 | KTM Tech3 (RC16)* | 1 | (-60) |