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MotoGP at Portimao: Bagnaia over Quartararo in Friday practice

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Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team) was the only rider under the 1:40 bracket on Day 1 of the Grande Prémio 888 de Portugal after setting a 1m39.866s time in 2nd MotoGP practice. The Italian holds a 0.340s advantage over second fastest Fabio Quartararo (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP), with 2020 World Champion Joan Mir (Team Suzuki Ecstar) claiming third place.

The returning Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) was an impressive P6 on the opening day, 271 days after his Spanish GP crash.  What is really key here is that all the other riders on the Repsol Honda bike now, and since his absence, have looked liked wankers.

“It was a great day, a great feeling to be back in MotoGP.,” said Marquez. “On the first run the track wasn’t so good but I felt good on the bike. I felt better in the morning because the arm was fresh, it was rested, and I had good power. In the afternoon I had to work more to warm up the arm and I could feel it was more tired. But we are in a better situation than what we were expecting before the weekend. I am riding the bike, following my own way and the lap times are coming well. The main question for me is still how the arm will react over the weekend. It is great to be back, we have worked very hard for this moment and it’s great to achieve it.”

Marc Marquez

Practice 2 Results

Pos. Num. Rider Nation Team Bike Time Behind Gap
1 63 Francesco BAGNAIA ITA Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 1’39.866 0.000 0.000
2 20 Fabio QUARTARARO FRA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1’40.206 0.340 0.340
3 36 Joan MIR SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 1’40.285 0.419 0.079
4 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 1’40.328 0.462 0.043
5 43 Jack MILLER AUS Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati 1’40.336 0.470 0.008
6 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’40.339 0.473 0.003
7 12 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 1’40.426 0.560 0.087
8 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Pramac Racing Ducati 1’40.490 0.624 0.064
9 88 Miguel OLIVEIRA POR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1’40.592 0.726 0.102
10 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 1’40.611 0.745 0.019
11 73 Alex MARQUEZ SPA LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 1’40.732 0.866 0.121
12 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’40.743 0.877 0.011
13 10 Luca MARINI ITA SKY VR46 Avintia Ducati 1’40.761 0.895 0.018
14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1’40.907 1.041 0.146
15 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 1’41.125 1.259 0.218
16 32 Lorenzo SAVADORI ITA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 1’41.140 1.274 0.015
17 33 Brad BINDER RSA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 1’41.183 1.317 0.043
18 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 1’41.187 1.321 0.004
19 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA Petronas Yamaha SRT Yamaha 1’41.216 1.350 0.029
20 23 Enea BASTIANINI ITA Avintia Esponsorama Ducati 1’41.836 1.970 0.620
21 27 Iker LECUONA SPA Tech 3 KTM Factory Racing KTM 1’42.461 2.595 0.625
22 89 Jorge MARTIN SPA Pramac Racing Ducati 1’42.921 3.055 0.460