An incredibly tight battle behind let Raul Fernandez escape, while the title went all the way to the line with Albert Arenas crowned champion at the Moto3 Portuguese Grand Prix.
Crutchlow fastest during his final morning warm-up as a full-time MotoGP rider, at Portimao. LCR team-mate Nakagami second ahead of KTM rookie Binder, who was quickest for most of the session. Bradl walked away from a fast fall at Turn 9.
Remy Gardner gained his second pole position of the season to sit in front of the title fight on the grid ahead of the Portuguese Moto2 title decider in Portimao.
Oliveira takes his first MotoGP pole at home in Portimao. Morbidelli and Miller complete the front row, with Crutchlow starting fourth for his final race as a full-time MotoGP rider.
The top two riders in Q1 - Crutchlow and Morbidelli - now progress to the Q2 pole position shootout, where they will join the ten fastest riders after third practice. The others will start, in the following order, from 13th on the grid onwards…
Espargaro and home hero Oliveira form a KTM one-two during final practice for the Inaugural Portimao MotoGP round. Espargaro slid off at Turn 5 early in the session, while Zarco suffered an engine problem at the end, stopping with smoke spewing from his machine.
Raul Fernandez claimed his sixth pole position, as a late lap from Ogura sees him line up ahead of Arenas after qualifying for the Moto3 Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimao.
Miller tops Free Practice 3 for the Inaugural Portimao MotoGP ahead of Oliveira and Rins. The top ten riders after FP3 (combined times) receive direct access to the second and final part of qualifying.
The news that Yamaha has chosen not to continue with Jorge Lorenzo and instead sign Cal Crutchlow as its factory MotoGP test rider next season, prompted the following tweet from the five-time world champion likening the move to 'exchanging gold for bronze'.
Although transitioning from the factory to satellite Yamaha team in MotoGP next season, Valentino Rossi said he expects to have the same level of involvement in development of the M1. But the Italian then quipped he's unsure how much he's currently involved.
Aprilia looks to be nearing a decision on Andrea Iannone's 2021 MotoGP replacement and it's American Moto2 rider Joe Roberts that has moved into a surprise pole position for the RS-GP seat.
Zarco (Avintia Ducati) leads day one of the inaugural Portimao MotoGP weekend ahead of Vinales (Monster Yamaha) and Espargaro (Aprilia) as lap times accelerate during the afternoon session.