Full Qualifying results and grid line-up for the Portimao MotoGP at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal, round 5 of the 2022 world championship.
After Francesco Bagnaia fell from his Ducati in Friday afternoon's MotoGP practice at Portimao, the Italian bent down and scooped up a handful of gravel.
Following meetings with Yamaha, Andrea Dovizioso is confident the factory understands the ‘reality’ of the situation and hopes they will try some ‘aggressive’ technical changes.
Marc Marquez arrives in Portimao ‘ready to compete’ but insists he still has at least one more step to take in order to bridge the gap between his best finish of fifth this season and what would be a 60th MotoGP race victory.
Dogged by a ‘frustrating’ lack of acceleration throughout the COTA event, Luca Marini is happy to be heading for one of his favourite circuits, Portimao, this weekend.
Maverick Vinales may only have finished tenth in the Austin MotoGP round but the Aprilia rider felt he paid the price for a poor qualifying and had ‘the potential to be in the top 3’.
Following a brilliant fightback from last to sixth in Texas, Marc Marquez is eager to test his and the 2022 Honda’s level during the opening European MotoGP round in Portimao.