MotoGP Portimão-2 Warm Up LIVE: Bagnaia/Quartararo/Lecuona!

After the little duel where alone a thousandth of a second separated Francis Bagnaia de fabio quartararo in FP3, the Italian continued his momentum in qualifying while the Frenchman took a poor technical direction. It is therefore “Pecco” who will start from pole position for the Algarve MotoGP Grand Prix, while “El Diablo” will be content with 7th position on the Portimão grid.

However, the die is not cast and the Yamaha rider is counting a lot on this 20-minute warm-up to validate the choice of a medium rear tire which was so lacking during qualifying.

But the contenders for victory are not limited to two drivers, and there is no doubt that Jack Miller, Joan mir, George Martin, Johann zarco et Espargaro Pol, who make up the first two rows of the starting grid, will apply themselves to optimize their racing pace after having done the difficult choice of the best performing rear tire over 25 laps.

The weather forecast predicted a dry and sunny weekend, which is still confirmed today with immaculate skies and temperatures of 15° in the air and 15° on the asphalt of the Portuguese track.

As the 22 drivers prepare for this fourth free practice session, let's take advantage of these few live moments thanks to the official website MotoGP.com :

Here is the table which summarizes the facts known so far:

MotoGP™ Portimao	4-2021	11-2021
FP1	1'42.127 Maverick Viñales (See here)	1'40.192 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
FP2	1'39.866 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'39.390 Fabio Quartararo (See here)
FP3	1'39.044 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'39.202 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
FP4	1'39.788 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'39.665 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
Q1	1'39.253 Marc Márquez (See here)	1'39.130 Johann Zarco (See here)
Q2	1'38.862 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'38.725 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
Warm Up	1'39.721 Jack Miller (See here)	1'39.711 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)
Course	Quartararo, Bagnaia, Mir (See here)
All time lap record	1'38.862 Fabio Quartararo 2021 (See here)	1'38.725 Francesco Bagnaia

When the red lights go out... it's for once alex rins who rushes first, while like yesterday, Francis Bagnaia et Fabio Quartararo judge that there is no reason to panic, probably due to the relatively low temperatures this morning.

The Italian even decides to stay in his box and is the only one not to take to the track for the moment.

In terms of tires, everyone is equipped with the soft front, while the choices are shared for the rear.

From his first lap launched, fabio quartararo registered 1'41.052 while Alex Marquez minor fall at turn #7.

On the next pass, the Frenchman was in 1'40.685 before handing over command to Joan mir in 1'40.585.

The Suzuki rider drives home the point in 1'40.148, but halfway through the session fabio quartararo regains the advantage in 1'40.078 in front Joan Mir, Jack Miller, Aleix Espargaro Pol Espargaro, Franco Morbidelli, Iker Lecuona, Luca Marini, Alex Rins, Danilo Petrucci, Takaaki Nakagami, Francesco Bagnaia, Johann Zarco, Brad Binder, Andrea Dovizioso, Miguel Oliveira, Valentino Rossi, Maverick Vinales, Jorge Martin, Stefan Bradl, Enea Bastianini and Alex Marquez who has still not recorded any time.

In the wake, Francis Bagnaia is in third position while the Frenchman goes below the 1'40 mark in 1'39.838.

Alex Espargaro fall without gravity.

Five minutes from the checkered flag, Francesco Bagnaia goes to second position, Iker Lecuona in third place !

Change of leader one minute before the flag was lowered, Francis Bagnaia registering 1'39.711.

Article updated until the end of the session

Algarve MotoGP Grand Prix warm up results in Portimão:

Credit Ranking: motogp.com