Alex Marquez is definitely in top form. After dominating Friday's morning session for the Portuguese Grand Prix, the Gresini Racing Ducati rider confirmed his supremacy by winning the afternoon's pre-qualifying session, becoming the only one to break the 1'38" barrier with a solid 1'37.974.
In a high-intensity duel, Pecco Bagnaia has regained all his bite. The two-time world champion DucatiAfter lagging behind for much of the morning, he clocked a time of 1'38.004, just 0.030 seconds behind the younger of the two brothers. MarquezA performance that confirms the official driver's return to form, after a hesitant start to the weekend.
Peter Acosta, still as impactful on the KTM, completes the top three. The Spanish prodigy completed his best lap in 1'38.062, 0.058 s behind bagnaia, after briefly holding second place before the final attack by the Italian champion.
Marco Bezzecchi continues its rise to power on theAprilia The RS-GP rider finished fourth, just 0.159 seconds off the fastest time, after an eventful session. After a slight dip in performance midway through, “Bez” responded perfectly on his final run, demonstrating his tenacity once again.
Behind, Joan mir hoist it Honda RC213V Factory to a superb fifth place, the best Japanese bike of the day. The 2020 world champion finally seems to have found the right balance on his Hondaahead of his teammate Johann zarco (LCR), who recorded the sixth fastest time.
Fabio DiGiannantonio (GP25 – VR46 Racing Team) and Fermin Aldeguer (GP24 – Gresini Racing) follow in the top 8, both impressively consistent.
Pol Espargaro, replacing Maverick Vinales injured, completes the top 9 riding the KTM Tech3, while Ai Ogura (Aprilia TrackHouse) snatches the last direct ticket to Q2, confirming its constant progress.
Marini narrowly made it through Q1, Raul Fernandez returns and Bulega impresses in Portugal
Luca marini He missed the top 10 by just 0.108 seconds. The driver Honda Pesaro will have to go through the Q1, after a minor fall at turn 13.
It precedes Franco Morbidelli (VR46 Ducati), fabio quartararo (Yamaha Factory), Brad Binder (KTM Factory), Raul fernandez (Aprilia TrackHouse), bravely returning to the track after a visit to the hospital following his fall in the morning, and Jack Miller (Yamaha Pramac), who had a harmless slide at turn 5.
The rookie Nicholas Bulega, who discovers the MotoGP replacing Marc Marquez injured, impressed in his first participation in a pre-qualifying session.
The Superbike world runner-up finished one second off the fastest time, a respectable gap considering his lack of experience in MotoGP format.
He is ahead of, among others alex rins (Yamaha Factory) Enea Bastianini (KTM Tech3), Somkiat Chantra (Honda LCR), Lorenzo Savadori (Aprilia test rider, replacing the long-term injured Jorge Martin), and Miguel Oliveira (Yamaha Pramac), struggling on its home turf.
With Alex Marquez as leader and bagnaia The duel for pole position, which is lurking in the shadows, promises to be explosive.
But be careful Acosta et Bezzecchi, always formidable in fast laps — not forgetting Mir, which seems more threatening than ever on the HondaPortimão is going to be hot. Very hot.
What will these qualifiers in Portugal hold for us? Before we find out, here is a table summarizing the facts known so far.
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MotoGP™ Portimão, Portugal |
2024 |
2025 |
| FP1 | 1'40.484 Marc Marquez (See here) | 1'39.145 Alex Marquez (See here) |
| Practice | 1'38.057 Enea Bastianini (See here) | 1'37.974 Alex Marquez (See here) |
| FP2 | 1'38.720 Maverick Vinales (See here) | 1'41.654s Fermin Aldeguer |
| Q1 | 1'38.060 Alex Marquez (See here) | 1'38.661s Fabio Quartararo |
| Q2 | 1'37.706 Enea Bastianini (See here) | 1'37.556s Marco Bezzecchi |
| Sprint | Vinales, Marquez, Martin (See here) | (See here) |
| Warm up | 1'39.093 Jorge Martin (See here) | (See here) |
| Course | Martin, Bastianini, Acosta (See here) | (See here) |
| All time lap record | 1'37.226 Marc Marquez 2023 (See here) |
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