MotoGP Portugal Portimão SPRINT LIVE: Francesco Bagnaia doesn't miss the first meeting!

There you have it, the news about Pol I will espargaro being rather reassuring after his serious fall on the Portimao circuit as part of the Portuguese Grand Prix, we can now focus on the big novelty of the 2023 MotoGP season, the Sprint which promises to be extremely hot, given the sessions having preceded it and having already caused completely unexpected surprises, such as the domination of Jack Miller yesterday or that of the animal Marc Márquez This morning.

After chronometric improvements to the circuit record that we would not have thought possible, the first line composed of Marc Márquez, Francis Bagnaia et George Martin can only encourage us to keep our fingers crossed until the end of the first of the 12 laps that make up the Sprint and make us momentarily forget the relative difficulties encountered by our French representatives Johann zarco 10th and fabio quartararo from the 11th.

On the second line, Miguel Oliveira, Jack Miller et Enea Bastianini will be at the forefront of what will happen during the first braking, while in the third row Marco Bezzecchi, Luca marini et Johann zarco remain within reach of an opportunity.

Faced with the unknown that the Sprint represents, tension is very present in the paddock of the Algarve Autodrome and it will undoubtedly not only be the drivers who will be in apnea at 16 p.m., at the time of departure...

The Sprint will take place over 12 laps to bring the following points to the first 9 drivers:

• 1st position: 12 point
• 2st position: 9 point
• 3st position: 7 point
• 4st position: 6 point
• 5st position: 5 point
• 6st position: 4 point
• 7st position: 3 point
• Position yourself: 2 point
• 9st position: 1 points

The sky is clear and the temperatures are 24° in the air and 40° on the ground, as the 21 riders prepare for this first Sprint in the history of MotoGP. So let's take advantage of these few moments of live broadcast thanks to the official website MotoGP.com :

MotoGP™ Portimao	11-2021	2022	2023
P1	1'40.192 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'50.666 Marc Marquez (See here)	1'38.782 Alex Marquez (See here)
P2	1'39.390 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	1'50.707 Pol Espargaro (See here)	1'37.709 Jack Miller (See here)
FP	1'39.202 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'50.552 Miguel Oliveira (See here)	1'38.577 Marco Bezzecchi (See here)
FP4	1'39.665 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'50.750 Miguel Oliveira (See here)	XXXXXXXXXXXX
Q1	1'39.130 Johann Zarco (See here)	1'46.316 Alex Marquez (See here)	1'37.675 Marc Marquez (See here)
Q2	1'38.725 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'42.003 Johann Zarco (See here)	1'37.226 Marc Marquez (See here)
Sprint	XXX	XXX	Bagnaia, Martin, M. Marquez (See here)
Warm Up	1'39.711 Francesco Bagnaia (See here)	1'40.278 Fabio Quartararo (See here)	(See here)
Course	Bagnaia, Mir, Miller (See here)	Quartararo, Zarco, A. Espargaro (See here)	(See here)
All time lap record	1'38.725 Francesco Bagnaia 2021 (See here)		1'37.226 Marc Marquez (See here)

When the red lights go out... Marc Márquez retains the advantage of its pole position whileEnea Bastianini jumped to second at the first corner.

Francis Bagnaia responds and takes second position in front George Martin.

The first turns follow each other without incident while Joan mir fall without gravity.

At the end of the first round, Francis Bagnaia seizes command, bringing in his wake Jorge Martin and relegating Marc Márquez in third position.

In the second round, Enea Bastianini gets hit by Luca marini and both men fall.

After two rounds, the ranking presents Francesco Bagnaia before Jorge Martin, Marc Márquez, Jack Miller, Miguel Oliveira, Aleix Espargaro, Marco Bezzecchi, Alex Márquez, Johann Zarco, Maverick Vinales, Brad Binder, Raul Fernandez, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Fabio Quartararo who was embarrassed by Joan Mir, Alex Rins, Franco Morbidelli, Takaaki Nakagami, Énéa Bastianini, Luca Marini, Joan Mir and Augusto Fernandez.

Marco Bezzecchi makes a mistake while George Martin takes command.

Marc Márquez gets overtaken by Jack Miller et Miguel Oliveira eight laps from the checkered flag.

fabio quartararo has the best lap in the race and continues to improve. He is now tenth.

At the top, we remain relatively grouped with regard to the first five: Jorge Martin, Jack Miller, Francesco Bagnaia, Miguel Oliveira and Marc Marquez.

Six laps from the finish, equipped with a Yamaha-style wing, Jack Miller seizes leadership but George Martin regains the advantage in the straight line thanks to the power of his Ducati!

The positions are currently stabilized for the first seven who are wheel in wheel: Jorge Martin, Francesco Bagnaia, Jack Miller, Miguel Oliveira, Marc Marquez, Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargaro, while the peloton is led by Johann zarco two seconds later.

There are two rounds left and George Martin manages as best he can to maintain an advantage of 4/10 over Francis Bagnaia.

Marc Márquez takes advantage of a little hesitation from his opponents to suddenly pass Jack Miller et Miguel Oliveira !

As the final round approaches, Miguel Oliveira redoubling Marc Márquez while Francesco Bagnaia puts pressure on Jorge Martin.

The reigning world champion takes the advantage in the last lap while Miguel Oliveira fails and wastes a lot of time.

MotoGP Portuguese Grand Prix Sprint Results at the Algarve International Autodrome in Portimão:

Classification credit: MotoGP.com