Official Yamaha Maverick Viñales started the season with a bang by dominating the Qatar Grand Prix, leaving his teammate Fabio Quartararo in fifth place. But in today's MotoGP nothing is certain. Thus, the following round at the same place in Doha exactly a week later perfectly reversed the places of the drivers of the factory M1, so that arriving at Portimao for the Portuguese Grand Prix, they are in a perfect tie on the championship. That being said, both hope that their performance this weekend in the Algarve will be more glorious than last November...
In 2020, Maverick Vinales had got out of the Portuguese quagmire by bringing back an eleventh place, which put him in front Red and Quartararo. But far from Franco Morbidelli, third after a duel at daggers drawn with Jack Miller. An assessment that the Spaniard obviously does not want to relive this weekend in MotoGP.
Maverick Vinales: “I like this type of circuit”
Before launching into the fray, he comments: “ I can't wait to take part in this race weekend. I really like the Portimao track, it's a challenge he acknowledges. " We didn't get where we wanted last year, but I really liked this race, because the track has a lot of points where you can overtake ».
« I like this type of circuit, it's very exciting » ends Top Gun. “In last year's race I had a particularly good pace towards the end, so this weekend we will focus on making sure we have that feeling from the start of the race ».
Portuguese Grand Prix Portimao: timetables
Friday, April 16 :
10:00 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.: Moto3 Free Practice Nr. 1
10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.: MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 1
11:55 a.m. – 12:35 a.m.: Moto2 Free Practice Nr. 1
14:15 a.m. – 14:55 a.m.: Moto3 Free Practice Nr. 2
15:10 a.m. – 15:55 a.m.: MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 2
16:10 a.m. – 16:50 a.m.: Moto2 Free Practice Nr. 2
Saturday 17 April:
10:00 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.: Moto3 Free Practice Nr. 3
10:55 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.: MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 3
11:55 a.m. – 12:35 a.m.: Moto2 Free Practice Nr. 3
13:35 p.m. – 13:50 p.m.: Moto3 Qualifying Nr. 1
14:00 p.m. – 14:15 p.m.: Moto3 Qualifying Nr. 2
14:30 a.m. – 15:00 a.m.: MotoGP Free Practice Nr. 4
15:10 p.m. – 15:25 p.m.: MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 1
15:35 p.m. – 15:50 p.m.: MotoGP Qualifying Nr. 2
16:10 p.m. – 16:35 p.m.: Moto2 Qualifying Nr. 1
16:35 p.m. – 16:50 p.m.: Moto2 Qualifying Nr. 2
Sunday April 18:
10:00 – 10:20: Moto3 Warm Up
10:30 – 10:50: MotoGP Warm Up
11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.: Moto2 Warm Up
12:20 p.m.: Moto3 Race
14:00 p.m.: MotoGP Race
15:30 p.m.: Moto2 Race
