MotoGP LIVE Portimao Q1: Marc Marquez and Mir pass

fabio quartararo, Franco Morbidelli, Francesco Bagnaia, Johann zarco, Alex Rins, Jack Miller, Luca Marini, Aleix Espargaro, Miguel Oliveira et Maverick Vinales are already qualified for Q2, unlike Marc Márquez, Joan mir, and Valentino Rossi. Which still gives us 18 World Champion titles in the repechages of this third round of the 2021 MotoGP season…

With them, we note the presence of Pol Espargaro which thus positions the Repsol Honda team in the exercise as well as Brad Binder who leads the KTM workforce alone Miguel Oliveira seems able to pull up on its Portimao route. Finally, the exercise will be done without George Martin in trouble since the start of the weekend on this circuit and which fell heavily during FP3. The Spaniard, so brilliant during the last Grand Prix in Doha, is forfeited for the rest of the hostilities in the Algarve.

Two drivers will come out of this Q1 to go to Q2. Before knowing their names, here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far.

MotoGP™ Portimao	2020	2021
FP1	1'40.122 Miguel Oliveira (See here)	1'42.127 Maverick Vinales (See here)
FP2	1'39.417 Johann Zarco (See here)	1'39.866 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
FP3	1'39.205 Jack Miller (See here)	1'39.044 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
FP4	1'40.150 Pol Espargaro (See here)	1'39.798 Fabio Quartararo
Q1	1'39.250 Cal Crutchlow (See here)	1'39.253 Marc Marquez
Q2	1'38.892 Miguel Oliveira (See here)
Warm Up	1'40.067 Cal Crutchlow (See here)
Course	Oliveira, Miller, Morbidelli
All time lap record	1'38.892 Miguel Oliveira (See here)

24° in the air and 31° on the track under an overcast but hardly threatening sky are the conditions proposed to the pilots for the 15 minutes of exercise. We will remember why Jorge Martin is not staff…

Marc Marquez, meanwhile, warmed up during FP4…

Nakagami is also not part of the party while the pilots attack from the start, for fear of a possible shower. The first reference is signed by Joan Mir in 1'39.917. He is followed by Pol Espargaro who has just fallen during FP4…

More Marc Marquez clocked a 1'39.253 which put him in the lead. Joan mir follows. The reigning World Champion is under threat ofAlex Marquez who is ahead Brad Binder.

The second assault is launched. Mir et Marc Marquez rush forward in concert. But probably not to help yourself…

Under the checkered flag, Marc Marquez goes first and he will be accompanied by Joan mir despite a mistake by the Suzuki official. The first disappointment is Alex Marquez who is ahead Pol I will espargaro. Brad Binder closes the top 5 of the exercise. Valentino Rossi will start 17th…

Ranking of Qualification 1 of the MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix in Portimao:

Credit ranking: MotoGP.com