The first day of this Portuguese Grand Prix turned to the advantage of the two official Hondas who took advantage of the wet conditions offered by the Portimao track. Quite the opposite of a Yamaha quartet disappointing in the cumulative ranking while at Ducati, we are still counting on its satellite riders to make the difference. At Suzuki, we experienced the splits…
Honda doubled the lead during the second free practice session of the category MotoGP in Portimao, theater of Portuguese Grand Prix, 5th stage of the 2022 season. The best time in 1'50.707 was the prerogative of Pol Espargarò, who on rain tires, preceded his teammate Marc Marquez, the fastest of the FP1 and which remains the reference time to beat.
Andrea Dovizioso was happy by finishing third, which is good for him after the sad race in Austin. In this FP2 he was ahead of the Ducati of Pecco Bagnaia who fell without consequences at the start of the session but who complained about too large stones filling the clearance zone. George Martin (Team Pramac) and the Honda of the LCR teamAlex Marquez follow.
Portugal: Fabio Quartararo is not yet in Q2
Seventh beat for Franco Morbidelli (Yamaha Factory), which preceded the Aprilia of Maverick Vinales, the Honda LCR of Takaaki Nakagami and the KTM of Miguel Oliveira. The reigning champion fabio quartararo (Yamaha) set the 12th time ahead of the Ducati Gresini of the world championship leader Enea Bastianini, While Marco Bezzecchi finished 16th after a bad high-side, fortunately resolved without consequences.
Jack Miller is 17th, ahead of ApriliaAleix Espargarò, wheras'Alex Rins (Suzuki) and Lorenzo Savadori finished in 20th and 22nd position. The qualifiers for Q2 are currently: Marc Marquez, Pol Espargarò, Joan Mir, Marco Bezzecchi, Johann Zarco, Miguel Oliveira, Maverick Viñales, Jorge Martin, Pecco Bagnaia and Jack Miller.
This Saturday is qualifying day as is traditional in Grand Prix. So as not to miss any of the Portuguese festivities, here is the program:
Saturday April 23:
10:00 a.m.-10:40 a.m.: FP3 Moto3
10:55 a.m.-11:40 p.m.: FP3 MotoGP
11:55 a.m.-12:35 a.m.: FP3 Moto2
13:35 p.m.-14:15 p.m.: Moto3 qualifying
14:30 a.m.-15:00 p.m.: FP4 MotoGP
15h10-15h25 : Q1 MotoGP
15:35 p.m.-15:50 p.m.: Q2 MotoGP
16:10 p.m.-16:50 p.m.: Moto2 qualifying
