MotoGP Portugal Qualifying LIVE: Enea Bastianini takes pole ahead of Maverick Viñales

In an impressive display of speed at Portimao, Enea Bastianini dominated the Portuguese Grand Prix stage on her Ducati, recording the fastest time in the second practice session of the Portuguese Grand Prix, qualifying directly for Q2.

With a dazzling performance, bastianini made an impression by completing a lap in 1'38.057 during his 17th outing, lifting his Desmosedici GP24 to the top, just ahead Jack Miller on his KTM Factory. The Australian, with a slim margin of only 35 thousandths, could only follow the momentum of the incredible Marc Marquez, who, in addition to his speed over a lap, showed remarkable consistency.

Marquez, despite a minor fall in his last moments on the track, surpassed his compatriot George Martin of Pramac Ducati and Brad Binder from KTM, highlighting the fierce competitiveness of this session.

Marco Bezzecchi, for his part, shone brightly, gaining confidence aboard his VR23 Racing Team Ducati Desmosedici GP 46 to place sixth, closely followed by the best of the Aprilia led by Maverick Vinales.

Both Yamahas are already in Q2 of the Portuguese Grand Prix

In the final moments, Pecco Bagnaia, victorious in Qatar, made his way to Q2, positioning himself eighth, a final rush which also signaled the start of Yamaha who saw Fabio Quartararo and the new arrival Alex Rins obtain their ticket for Q2.

The others, including the young prodigy Pedro Acosta, ranked 11th on his Team GASGAS Tech3 KTM, will have to go through Q1. Behind him we find Fabio di Giannantonio of the VR46 Racing Team, Alex Marquez from Ducati Gresini, Aleix Espargaró Aprilia Factory, which fell at the end of the session, and Franco Morbidelli of Ducati Pramac, whose performance was promising before an unfortunate fall.

Honda continues to encounter difficulties, Takaaki Nakagami of LCR being best placed in 16th position, followed by Joan mir et Johann zarco of HRC. Luca marini brings up the rear MotoGP, struggling to adapt to the RC213V.

What will these second qualifying sessions of the season have in store for us in Portugal on the Portimao track? Before you know it, here is the table that summarizes the facts known so far.

MotoGP™ Portimao	2023	2024
FP1	1'38.782 Alex Marquez (See here)	1'40.484 Marc Marquez (See here)
Practice	1'37.709 Jack Miller (See here)	1'38.057 Enea Bastianini (See here)
FP2	1'38.577 Marco Bezzecchi (See here)	1'38.720 Maverick Vinales
Q1	1'37.675 Marc Marquez (See here)	1'38.060 Alex Marquez
Q2	1'37.226 Marc Marquez (See here)	1'37.706 Enea Bastianini
Sprint	Bagnaia, Martin, M. Marquez (See here)	(See here)
Course	Bagnaia, Vinales, Bezzecchi (See here)	(See here)
All time lap record	1'37.226 Marc Marquez (See here)

 

Let's go for the Q1 session which will see two drivers qualify for Q2

A 15min session... lots of good people in this session which will be contested...

Who Zarco, Acosta, Di Giannantonio or else will come out of this Q1??

It is By Giannantonio which signs the reference time in 1.39.032s. He is taken by AMarquez (1.38.422s) then by Acosta in 1.38.403s. 

AMarquez takes control in 1.38.340s but Acosta pushes him back into 2nd position with his time of 1.38.328s. Behind, AEspargaro, Oliveira and Fernandez complete this top5 with 7 minutes to go. zarco is 6th time in 1.39.004s

The boss is watching...her foal is in good shape and for the moment he is qualified for Q2.

Last runs…2.50 minutes left before the end of the session.

Acosta improves and maintains the course of 1st position in 1.38.065s. But AMarquez responds and takes control in 1.38.060s. 

Straight for Acosta in the last lap, he stays on his wheels..

The local of the stage, Oliveira is 5th

End of session and the 2 drivers qualified for Q2 are AMarquez and Acosta.

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It's time to go after pole! A session that will last 15 minutes.

The public is ready just like MMarquez !

Let's go !!!

It is Vinales which signs the reference time in 1.38.214s. Miller and Bagnaia follow in his footsteps!

kick of MMarquez in turn 15

Binder also falls.

bagnaia takes control in 1.37.942s.  Miller, Vinales, Bezzecchi and Quartararo complete this top 5 with 7 minutes to go. Martin has no time yet, the latter having come out a little wide in the green part..

The sprint of MMarquez..

There are 3 minutes left in this session, and Martin takes control in 1.27.706s. But bastianini recovers the best time in 1.37.706s. bagnaia is the 3rd best time in 1.37.942s. Miller and Acosta complete the top5. Quartararo is 9th, Acosta 6th, MMarquez 11th

End of session and it's Bastianini who takes pole ahead of Vinales and Martin. Bagnaia 4th.

 

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