Starting grid for the Portuguese MotoGP: How today's race will begin
Full Qualifying results and starting grid line-up for the Sunday race at the Portuguese MotoGP at Portimao, round 2 (of 21) in the 2024 world championship.
| Portuguese MotoGP, Portimao - Full Qualifying Results | ||||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Time/Diff | Lap | Max |
| 1 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) | 1'37.706s | 5/7 | 343k |
| 2 | Maverick Viñales | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) | +0.082s | 7/7 | 342k |
| 3 | Jorge Martin | SPA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | +0.106s | 6/8 | 344k |
| 4 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo (GP24) | +0.216s | 8/8 | 344k |
| 5 | Jack Miller | AUS | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.326s | 3/8 | 344k |
| 6 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) | +0.366s | 7/8 | 342k |
| 7 | Pedro Acosta | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16)* | +0.432s | 3/4 | 340k |
| 8 | Marc Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | +0.441s | 4/4 | 344k |
| 9 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.616s | 7/8 | 342k |
| 10 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM (RC16) | +0.706s | 5/6 | 343k |
| 11 | Alex Rins | SPA | Monster Yamaha (YZR-M1) | +0.796s | 6/7 | 339k |
| 12 | Alex Marquez | SPA | Gresini Ducati (GP23) | No Time | - | - |
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| 13 | Aleix Espargaro | SPA | Aprilia Racing (RS-GP24) | 1'38.279s | 6/7 | 342k |
| 14 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | VR46 Ducati (GP23) | 1'38.309s | 5/6 | 340k |
| 15 | Miguel Oliveira | POR | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP24) | 1'38.385s | 5/7 | 341k |
| 16 | Raul Fernandez | SPA | Trackhouse Aprilia (RS-GP23) | 1'38.448s | 6/8 | 341k |
| 17 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pramac Ducati (GP24) | 1'38.454s | 7/8 | 338k |
| 18 | Augusto Fernandez | SPA | Red Bull GASGAS Tech3 (RC16) | 1'38.934s | 6/7 | 338k |
| 19 | Johann Zarco | FRA | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1'39.004s | 3/8 | 340k |
| 20 | Joan Mir | SPA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 1'39.025s | 6/8 | 335k |
| 21 | Takaaki Nakagami | JPN | LCR Honda (RC213V) | 1'39.058s | 7/7 | 336k |
| 22 | Luca Marini | ITA | Repsol Honda (RC213V) | 1'39.451s | 7/7 | 340k |
*Rookie.
Official Portimao MotoGP records
Best lap: Marc Marquez 1m 37.226s (2023)
Fastest race lap: Aleix Espargaro 1m 38.872s (2023)
Enea Bastianini claims his first pole position as a factory Ducati rider at the 2024 Portimao MotoGP and will be joined on the front row by Aprilia's Maverick Vinales and Pramac's Jorge Martin.
Martin had lost a flying lap after exceeding track limits on the exit of the final corner on his first run. The title runner-up made amends during his second run but couldn’t contain Friday leader Bastianini.
Reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia will start at the head of row two in fourth, with Jack Miller the top KTM in fifth and Marco Bezzecchi the only rider to use the hard front tyre on his way to a competitive sixth for VR46 Ducati.
The 2023 pole qualifier Marc Marquez - fast all weekend and chasing his first front row for Gresini - suffered a nightmare start to qualifying when he lost the front on the out-lap as he peeled into the ultra-fast final corner at just under 200km/h.
The eight-time world champion sprang to his feet without harm, but his number one bike and one set of new tyres were out of action. Marquez returned for the final run to salvage eighth place, just behind rookie Pedro Acosta.
Marquez wasn’t the only rider on the ground early on with Brad Binder falling from his Red Bull KTM, at a much slower speed. Binder was left in tenth.
Yamaha had surprised with both its riders directly through to Qualifying 2 on Friday afternoon. Fabio Quartararo went on to claim ninth on the grid and team-mate Alex Rins eleventh.
Alex Marquez and Acosta topped the Qualifying 1 session to reach Q2 while Aleix Espargaro, Fabio di Giannantonio and home hero Miguel Oliveira missed out.
Alex Marquez wasn’t credited with a flying lap in Q2.
After challenging the Yamahas in Qatar, all four Hondas will start at the back of the grid in this weekend’s races, starting with the Saturday afternoon Sprint.
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.
